Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races (Charles Town, WV) -- FAQ updated 2013.03.18
This thread starts the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town thread anew. Now that the room is open, we're leaving behind the baggage of guessing and complaining without information. Here is the place to complain WITH information :p I will quote the few Trip Reports that have been provided so far since opening.
***CT FAQ by Rayzor***
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town official web site Poker
http://www.hollywoodcasinocharlestown.co...
Dining at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town
http://www.hollywoodcasinocharlestown.co...
Charles Town Regional Communities
(A subforum for discussion among players in live poker "neighborhoods.")
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/200/re...
Bravo Poker Live
http://www.bravopokerlive.com/site/scasi...
Poker room phone number
800-795-7001 Ext 4580
Poker room hours
Open 24 Hours
Can you call and put your name on the waiting list?
No, not at this time.
Number of current poker tables
50
26 Downstairs (Main Room)
24 Upstairs
Parking
East Garage
What games are regularly being spread
$3/6 Limit Holdem
$30 min - $100 max
$1/2 No Limit Holdem
$60 min - $300 max
$2/5 No Limit Holdem
$200 min - $500 ma
$5/10 No Limit Holdem
$500 min - $2000 max
$5/5 Pot Limit Omaha
$500 min - $2000 max
*Note First buy in must be bought from the cage.
Tournaments
See Bravo Poker Live Above
Rake structure
$3/6 Limit Pot Rake 10% to $6.00.
$1/2 No Limit Holdem Pot Rake 10% to $6.00.
$2/5 No Limit Holdem Pot Rake 10% to $6.00.
$5/10 No Limit Holdem $7.00 per half hour @ dealer change.
$5/5 PLO $7.00 per half hour @ dealer change.
When is time rake taken?
If the dealer sits down and everyone tosses him 7 bucks, what happens when a new guy gets seated 10 minutes into the down? The question is, at what point does a new player also pay for the down?
New players usually do not have to pay time until the next dealer after they sit down. So say you sit down 5 mins after a new dealer sits, you don’t pay until a dealer change.
Bad Beat Jackpot info/rules
$1.00 Drop per hand, Holdem only.
$3/6, $1/2 and $2/5.
Started 12/14/2011 $10,000.
Quad deuces beat minimum, both hole cards must play. [/i]
Straddle
Straddles are only allowed UTG. Unlimited on NL, Double BB on Limit
Dinner Break
If you want to go on dinner break you have up to 1 1/2 hours.
When you come back, your name goes to the top of the list of the game that you left.
So you can't leave a 1/2 and come back to a 2/5 you'd just go on the regular 2/5 list.
If you return within an hour you MUST bring back the full amount you left with.
If you return between 1 and 1 1/2 hours you MAY bring back the full amount
or reduce your stack.
Action/Wait Times
Action
Weekdays: Best days to visit are Tuesday and Wednesday
Weekends/Holidays: Fridays and Saturdays are Peak and Sunday till noon.
Wait times:
Weekdays: 10/20 minutes on average.
Weekends: Friday/Saturday an hour or more on average.
Either arrive before 6 pm or after 1 am to avoid the wait. [/i]
Comp/rating structure
Hahahahahaha, LMFAO!!!
As of 12/15/11………..NONE!!!!
Driving directions
From NOVA
495 - 267 (Dulles Toll Road) - Rt 7 – Rt 9 Fastest Route.
495 – 270 - 340 seems to be the quickest way, avoiding tolls.
495 - Rt 7 – Rt 9 Ok Route
Hotel room info on poker rate / availability
There are plenty of close hotels within a mile that have rooms for $60 or less.
Do poker players get any kind of discount or comp on rooms?
Hahahahahahaha!!
Smoking policy
No Smoking in Poker Room.
Smoking in the Grandstand Area.
Food / drink service availability
All rail drinks, beer (natty light), water and soda are free.
Anything above rail is cash.
Hot dogs, sandwiches, etc. available.
Logistical/environmental stuff
All equipment/chips/cards are top of the line.
Individual adjustable seats, auto shufflers, etc.
Bathrooms close by.
***Please contact Rayzor if you would like to contribute to the FAQ.***
18 Replies
Comps for poker of $.50 per hour began yesterday.
--klez
They do 2/1 comps there - so every $1 = $2 when you buy stuff.
I signed up for some promos there, and they gave me $50 in comps and I used $10 of them that night, but they were gone the next time I went there. I went to the help desk and they pretty much didn't know how to help. Perhaps someone took my card and used my comps?
They do 2/1 comps there - so every $1 = $2 when you buy stuff.
I signed up for some promos there, and they gave me $50 in comps and I used $10 of them that night, but they were gone the next time I went there. I went to the help desk and they pretty much didn't know how to help. Perhaps someone took my card and used my comps?
What can you use them for outside of "buying things"?
Are they automatically loaded on your card for use at outlets? I never had comps there so curious how they work. Something is better than nothing. Also do they still have that place in the food court you can buy fudge? I used to enjoy taking a nice brick of that home with me.
Yes, you don't have to go to the floor to get money put on your card.
Yes, you can still buy fudge in the food court.
--klez
That dessert place in the food court is actually very reasonably priced. You can get a huge platter of desserts for less than $30. I've bought it a few times for the table. I feel like the equivalent at MGM would be like 3x as expensive. Even the individual items are reasonable.
Thanks all. I was up there recently to see a show and enjoyed playing there and eating/drinking at the sports bar and betting horses. Hope to get back soon,
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They've just started a Happy Hour in the poker room with free drinks on Wed, Thurs, and Sunday, so I doubt this applies… but I'll see if I can find out.
--klez
Not sure if it was mentioned before, but:
The $0.50 per hour comps for playing poker becomes $ 1.00 per hour when used for food purchases.
Bad beat jackpot was eliminated starting 12/01/24.
Now paying more for Royal Flushes (still requiring both hole cards to be used, $10 in the pot, and 5 players dealt in the hand).
Now paying $2000 if you flop it (was $1000).
Now paying $750 if you turn it (was $500)
Now paying $500 if you river it (was $250)
I was there recently for a concert and I enjoy the place. The 1-2 is bizarre. It can be very tight/passive with a lot of 12 dollar pots or it can be crazy and play huge, especially late at night. Almost everyone you play with is also social and friendly which is a lot different from the Maryland casinos. And I like the food options, particularly nine dragons and the sports bar. Good concert venue also. And I used comps to buy Starbucks coffee. High hands decent too. The only thing I don’t like is raking without a flop, definite ripoff and changes odds on preflop raises. But overall I like it a lot. If it was 30 minutes instead of an hour I’d go a lot more.
Although I usually play at Nat Harbor, which is 30 minutes from me, I made the drive to Hollywood from Tysons, VA a few times in the past year. However, I've decided I'm not going back, even though on the weekend the 70 minute drive is fairly pleasant.
I don't like the vibe there. Despite being a 61 y.o. WM, I just feel out of place there, like it's "Billy-Bob's Underground Room," and I'm the obvious outsider. I witnessed a 3-handed pot in our cash game where one player went all-in, and the other two openly agreed to check it down. I said something to the dealer, who shrugged his shoulders and gave the players a desultory admonishment. I had difficulty trusting that the floor would even rule fairly if there was an actual dispute.
In addition, what's up with the unlimited-size straddles, especially since the buy-in is capped?
I'll just gamble my money in MD.
