More or less. Sort of.
Rakeback on The Grind thing is around 10% or so...give or take depending on volume. Plus other value for the points themselves I guess. But The Grind really disappointed me once I looked at it more closely. Possible I didn't do that correctly though.

Rakeback on Stars is obviously higher during a challenge thing for $300 or the current reload bonus thing. You're getting over 30% during those stretches. But that only lasts so long. RB on the chests alone is abysmal and maybe hovers around 10% or so.

So just download the Borgata PA site, I also have the BetMGM site; are they really disconnected from each other? Pool is already ****, BetMGM's bonus is a joke (it's impossible to finish that in 7 days at any low stakes). I then went on the Borgata PA site, it's got one person on 1 table. Bonus is better, you have more time but there is no one playing on the site for cash. It appears there are a few at tournament with what appears to be sizeable overlays. THe 215 had 28 entries and 7500 guarantee, another few have had decent. Was it always the plan to not even have the two party backend sites to be linked?

Guess i'll stick to stars for now. I think the only way these survive long term is by combining pools across states.

site down for anyone else?

So anyone clear the $600 bonus on betmgm and then deposit on borgata (or vice versa) and try to get another $600 bonus? Wondering if you can get the bonus through each skin or if it’s just one or the other.

Know we're still early here...however....

Friday night at 8:45 pm, Party PA
NL200 6max - 2 tables of NL200 6max
NL100 6max - 1 table
That's it. Nothing at NL500 nor full-ring.
Traffic for cash games remains horrendous even during a time that should be a bit busier.

Maybe it can get a little better still.
But even PartyNJ isn't exactly killing it although they are better.
Party Michigan has a fraction of the customers of Stars as well.

PartyNJ currently
NL500 6max - 4 tables
NL200 6max - 3 tables & NL200 9max 1 table
NL100 6max - 2 tables & NL100 9max 1 table

Some of these tournament fees are absurd. $40+$5, $9+$1 for a turbo, $18+$2. Is ROW party like this, too? I get that everything is overlaying, but this is not the way to gain the business of the PA MTT pool.

Do we know if the sports betting bonus at MGM is separate from the Poker deposit bonus? Am I able to get both bonuses with separate deposits?

If it is only one bonus for the whole site, meaning "poker and sports and casino combined" then I'm less worried about traffic and trying to clear the poker bonus, which would be ridiculous and maybe close to impossible just 1 or 2 tables at a time.

I don't HAVE to get the bonus stuff/extra rakeback to play there and I've been thinking about doing it anyway. So far, I've been kind of stalling on setting up an account in hopes that there might be some kind of increase in traffic. But now I'm kind of having my doubts that will ever happen...until the states eventually merge player pools I guess.

1. I won't be of much help, however, Michigan BetMGM customer service rep told me that as long as I was able to see deposit match poker promotion, I was able to take advantage; I've yet to try and deposit due to no need, and the fact that there's not enough traffic to get anything of real value.

*I Originally took advantage of a pre-sign-up bonus that consisted of sports/casino before site went live.

2. Michigan BetMGM traffic is terrible (tournament player), and has only dropped (or so it seems) ever since their spin the wheel promotion ended. Honestly, if I were you, I'd create an account, and take advantage of the tournaments that will have overlay.

Michigan traffic at the time of this typing:
Pokerstars- 1227
BetMGM- 192

Anyone else having trouble installing the software on their PC?

yes. when begin installing, the progress bar stays at 0%. anybody know a fix for this?

sup boys its dbrinker im an hsnl regular on this site and pokerstarsPA

I won this satty the last time it ran. after it not showing up in my account I emailed support and they responded, in the response I also learned that it expires on July 4(after two weeks).

Due to a family situation i will probably have to leave the state and can't play this weekend when the only 1060 event is scheduled for. I emailed support asking for an exchange or extension but it seems unlikely they will help me out.

do you guys think this is fair? ive never heard of a tourney ticket with a 2 week expiration date and there was absolutely no warning in the lobby when i registered

I’d contact them in discord. T$ has no expiration maybe they’ll give you that.

https://discord.gg/BW5hmHzm

the operations team hooked me up and is going to issue me T$ for the expired ticket. thanks guys

I have read that the rake structure is worse on Party than on Stars. Not sure if that is cash-game or tourney stuff though. Not immediately finding that info. Anyone know?


Combined with disappointing rakeback and also poor traffic it is kind of a bummer. Might get more traffic in a few months if some of the states combine their player pools as many believe will be happening.

PT4 stats never align with the correct player at the table, is there a fix for this?

Works fine for me. Maybe you have to set the default seat in your PT4 correctly or you cant use whatever seat you are using on Party. Know that isn't terribly helpful. Just informing that your issue with this isn't universal. The HID stats automatically went to the right seats for me the first time I used it.

Does anyone even play on this site? Just tried to open Borgata Pa and its the lobby is just buffering and saying reconnecting after I logged in.

one shorthanded 100plo, one 100nl, one 500nl at 5:51 pm. also, i cant play because they cant confirm my location while stars and wsop have no problem doing so.

Any clue why there are already 312 players registered for today's $215 30k almost two hours before it starts? They've had a hard time even making the guarantee in the past. Was there a massive $215 ticket giveaway or something?

If you did the wheel yesterday you got a $45 ticket. There was like 350 players in that $45 satty yesterday.

Are there any mtts? I mean probl a dumb question if the cg traffic is so low

1. You can download the client to get a hands-on answer.

2. Yes, BetMGM PA has Mtts.

3. Compared to Pokerstars PA, traffic is small, and you likely won't complete the deposit bonus. Thing is, the deposit bonus isn't where the value is. The value lies within the promotions/overlays.

4. IMO, if you're in PA, and play mtts, you should download the client, and WSOP PA client ASAP for the value in promotions/overlays.

Client was working fine yesterday on Mac, now when I log in it crashes instantly. I tried downloading again and same issue. Anyone have experience with this issue?

Traffic comparisons for all sites available to PA?

Rake?

Rakeback?

Does anyone grind games on this site? Did the traffic ever improve?