Rivers Casino (Des Plaines, IL)
I was cruising in the O'hare area recently and saw the new Rivers Casino off the highway. Any plans for poker at that location? Website says no poker now. I'd never stay downtown again if that place had a decent poker room.
What's the rationale for prohibiting it?
Money laundering
That’s wild if there isn’t more to it. I’m sure it’s technically against some terms and conditions some where but poker players using casino chips as currency amongst themselves is super common.
Believe you can *give* chips to other people all you like, you just can't exchange cash for them. They're SUPER strict on it, gaming board rule, casino does not want to lose their license so they ar in turn very strict on it.
Ahh gotta love Chicago poker. Put my name on Bravo 45 minutes before I got there, still waited 1hr 45min.
Yo how does that app work anyway? I got my players card registered and whenever I try to sign up for the waitlist it just seems like it isnt working. I click the checkbox and then the app is non responsive lmao. No live waitlist/list of names to be seen.
Yo how does that app work anyway? I got my players card registered and whenever I try to sign up for the waitlist it just seems like it isnt working. I click the checkbox and then the app is non responsive lmao. No live waitlist/list of names to be seen.
Click the checkbox, wait a second to confirm it registers, then click the "Sign Up' button at the top.
It'll then flash up a box saying "Successfully Signed Up" and a second saying "Server received your enquiry. Success"
You can't see the waitlist but you'll be on the list. Have to check in at the desk within 90 mins.
Anyone else getting something weird in this thread? Says cive responded but empty when I go in
The Illinois Gaming Board is on site at Rivers Casino (usually 24/7). Rivers Casino will not produce the ability to contact them ever (which is against the rules). You may reach them 24/7 at 847-768-5205 (live person).
There is always supposed to be a 'Gaming Official' available in a casino for any patron to make contact with upon request. I've never come across where a patron was denied access to them, but have heard of a few 'delayed response times' when it comes to these requests.
I'm not sure what those folks do as far as daily duties, but I'd assume it becomes pretty mundane in short order.
Public casinos have 'State' Gaming officials whereas the impression of Tribal Gaming comes with a half-smile as a neutral intermediary for patron inquiries. There is a Federal Tribal Gaming Commission that can step in if action needs to be taken up a notch. GL
That gunshot report is weird. I happened to be at Poto in Milwaukee both times there was shots fired in the past 15 years. Ain't no way you're hearing gunshots and then staying around to count that there's 8 people involved. You running away, everyone else is running, and all security officers now start moving towards that location. It's chaos that builds further chaos inside the casino.
How do you feel about the food & beverage manager always walking around the poker room? What function does he have inside the poker room besides nothing? Who enjoys having to shake hands and talk with this person when you’re trying to concentrate on playing poker?
How do you feel about the food & beverage manager always walking around the poker room? What function does he have inside the poker room besides nothing? Who enjoys having to shake hands and talk with this person when you’re trying to concentrate on playing poker?
Could not care less and have literally never even noticed tbh
How do you feel about the food & beverage manager always walking around the poker room? What function does he have inside the poker room besides nothing? Who enjoys having to shake hands and talk with this person when you’re trying to concentrate on playing poker?
Posted by an obvious psychopath. That's the "net", internet.
TheGramuel is the only person stupid enough on this forum to use their username as the name they check in with at Rivers Casino. If you want to match his face with his username, pick your head up next time you hear Gramuel called on the speaker at Rivers Poker Room.
If you don’t like his comments on this forum, put his poker chips where they belong - In your stack!
TheGramuel is the only person stupid enough on this forum to use their username as the name they check in with at Rivers Casino. If you want to match his face with his username, pick your head up next time you hear Gramuel called on the speaker at Rivers Poker Room.
If you don’t like his comments on this forum, put his poker chips where they belong - In your stack!
Incorrect - my username here is not the same as the name I have linked to my Rivers card / use to check in.
Quite amusing if there is another Gramuel though.
Want to get away? Potawatomi opens next Thursday May 2nd at Noon with some Vegas celebrities coming in for a MUG. Plenty of starving fish up there that can't wait for destination poker to reopen.
Why doesn't Rivers have MUGs? Well, it's always full, so no need .. Although Wolfgang Poker did hold/host a semi-private game in the side room some time back.
MUGs (Meet Up Games) are when a Vegas Pro or YouTube Vlogger come in and rotate through a bunch of tables for a session or two (and get a cut of the rake). While it does create a bit of a buzz, most rooms are 'busy enough' as it is and don't need to give away any rake while bringing in extra staff. MGM-Detroit has hosted some of these events on Tue/Wed in the past .. never a weekend day. GL
I would appreciate a few tier credits for playing poker at Rivers Casino!
On a Monday morning, say around 5 or 6, are there 2/5 games running?
Rivers is once again breaking games often. They were doing so good for a long time.
Why would they ever break a game that the players themselves don't ask to break?
When they don't have enough dealers to cover tables etc. They then re-distribute the players at open seats around the room. It's not really a big deal at all.
Usually it's like >1-2am when a game gets down to 5 or less. Sometimes they do have to hold off calling names on the list if they know they're about to lose some dealers. Rare-ish though in my experience other than crazily unexpectedly busy times.
When they want to break a game, they stop allowing anyone to sit at the game when there are seats open. They stop seating the game altogether regardless of if the list is 60 people long.
As you can imagine, the game gets down to 5 people and it brakes.
Back when I played regularly at the Horseshoe on Wednesdays (quite a few years ago), I knew that I had to get there before around 8pm if I wanted to get seated quickly. And if you got there too much later than 8pm you risked not getting seated at all, because they usually had to stop calling names off the list around 10 or 11pm to break tables because of dealer scheduling.
Sadly, I rarely play anymore, so I can't speak to Rivers' track record. But if Gramuel is right and they rarely have to break games due to dealer staffing, that still sounds better than what I used to see. And it also doesn't sound like a big deal unless you're trying to get seated at midnight.
