MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino (Oxon Hill, MD); FAQ in OP
This thread is for discussion specifically related to the MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino (MGMNH). Any discussion that is not specifically related to MGMNH--including low-content or chatter posts--should go in the Maryland Regional Communities thread, which can be found here: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/200/r....
WEBSITES:
Main -- https://www.mgmnationalharbor.com/en.htm...
Poker -- https://www.mgmnationalharbor.com/en/cas...
Bravo Poker Live -- https://www.bravopokerlive.com/venues/mg...
DIRECTIONS:
Address: 101 Harborview Ave, Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Driving: Essentially, all directions end in the Oxon Hill Road Exit. The local exits of 495 north will lead to MGM National Harbor, while southbound exits on 495 should exit to Oxon Hill Rd.
Public Transit: NH2 bus -- https://www.wmata.com/schedules/timetabl... -- which connects with metrorail at King Street.
Shuttle: There is a shuttle that runs from National Harbor.
PARKING:
https://www.mgmnationalharbor.com/en/ame...
Self-park: "While the resort will move to a paid parking model in the future, Self-Parking for our guests will be complimentary during the opening period." Johnny recommends floors 3 and 4 near the elevators as the ideal spaces for poker room parking.
Valet: "Valet parking will be available 24-hours per day. Rates will be $25 for up to 12 hours, $45 for 12-24 hours."
THE POKER ROOM
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POKER DIRECTOR: Johnny Grooms (JohnnyGroomsTD)
POKER ROOM PHONE NUMBER: 301-971-5600
Call-ins accepted for time-rake games.
46 TABLES
GAMES- Any game legal in MD: Holdem, Omaha, Badugi, Badeucey, Badacey, and Stud Variants.
BUY-INS
1/3 NL: $100-$500
2/5 NL: $300-$1000
5/10 NL: $600-$2500
10/25 NL: $1,500 min (no max)
25/50 NL: $3,000 min (no max)
50/100 NL: $5,000 min (no max)
1/2 PLO: $200-$700, $5 Bring in
5/5 PLO: $500-$2,500
5/10 PLO: $1,000 min (no max)
10/25 PLO: $2,500 min (no max)
25/50 PLO: $5,000 min (no max)
50/100 PLO: $10,000 min (no max)
All chips will move on transfers, regardless of whether it's a voluntary move or broken table.
RAKE:
10% to $5 max on games below 5/10.
$7 per half hour on 5/10 NL/PL; 15/30 L.
No flop, no drop.
Reduced rake in effect when there are 6 players or less.
BAD BEAT JACKPOT:
$2 jackpot drop ($1 @ $10, $1 @ $30) on jackpot-eligible games.
Quad 7s beaten, pot >=$10, both cards must play in both the winning and losing hands, and kicker must tie or beat the board to qualify.
Both cards must play; kicker must at least tie the board kicker.
Split is 40%-20%-40% with a player share for anyone dealt into the jackpot hand.
MISCELLANEOUS
NLHE games are 10-handed at 1/3 and 2/5 and 9-handed at 5/10 & up.
PLO games are 9-handed.
LHE games are 10-handed below 10/20 and 9-handed at 10/20 & up.
There is no betting line; the racetrack line is a courtesy line.
Players in the hand may talk about the hand when heads up, but no cards may be revealed.
UTG straddles are allowed in NLHE. Mississippi straddles are allowed in PLO.
Running it twice is permitted in time-raked games. Maryland law requires only one flop, but allows for two turns and two rivers.
New players must post in limit games and higher-limit games, but not in low-limit games.
Players with a live hand may request to see other hands at showdown, but any hands shown in this manner are live.
The poker room will use KEM cards.
PLAYER BOXES: Hundreds of boxes are available for a $100 deposit and $100 annual fee. The annual fee may be waived based on frequency and level of play. Boxes must be accessed at least once every 90 days.
COMPS: $2/hr in pot-raked games; $3 in time-rake games. Comps expire one year from the day they were earned. No comped or reduced rates on hotel rooms.
FOOD: All food options available in the food court/market area will be available in the poker room via dedicated food runners.
Free WiFi is available. Players will be allowed to use electronic devices unless their use slows down the game.
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See attached picture. They are closing the main poker room entrance on the 2nd Floor on October 29th. This is REALLY going to suck. I asked security guard about it and I guess the whole casino is going to metal detectors??
My favorite part about the sign is how we are going to take the escalator to the room (that's the escalator that has been broken for at least a month).
This will suck. One of the reasons I really liked coming to this poker room is the ease of access vs just about any other poker room I've ever been to. Getting from the parking garage to the poker room is (was) so easy rather than having to walk through half the casino to get there. This will be one more tick in the no column when I'm deciding whether I want to go play poker. Right now, the biggest drawback for me is that it's a 45 minute drive when there is no traffic. Adding a walk through the casino (that is probably not a direct path) on to the end of that journey might be the tipping point from wanting to play vs not wanting to bother with the hassle.
I've never actually set foot on the main casino floor so could somebody please let me know how easy it is to get from the main entrance to the escalator (assuming it's working) or the elevator up to the poker room?
In the main entrance by the elevators, first left, walk ~100 feet, escalator on right, drops you off at the far end of he poker room. Maybe an extra 500 feet beyond what you walk now, using the elevator.
--klez
I was there last night and asked the guard about it when I left at 5 am today. Metal detectors were still not present but he said they were supposed to be installed today. I mentioned the escalator that has been out of service for about a month. He said that would be fixed too. (Not putting any money on that.)
Metal detectors are in today. Creating long lines at the entrances since only a couple are open.
Escalators still broken…
A little less convenient but not too bad.
heh, when they go to fix the escalators they will likely have to rope them off for at least a few hours if not longer. that will be a fun catch-22, haha.
Man what a world we live in now. Back in the days where AC was the closest option for poker, had to drive for hours one way just to be able to play some cards. Now driving 45 min and using an escalator can derail the whole trip.
Man what a world we live in now. Back in the days where AC was the closest option for poker, had to drive for hours one way just to be able to play some cards. Now driving 45 min and using an escalator can derail the whole trip.
^^^++++
Literally LOL. The things some choose that whine about.
Man what a world we live in now. Back in the days where AC was the closest option for poker, had to drive for hours one way just to be able to play some cards. Now driving 45 min and using an escalator can derail the whole trip.
I just went to the home games. 😃
But, yeah . . . maybe MGM has some master plan for the room, but the only food option is gone, now the only primary entrance is gone . . . just going the wrong direction for me. Hopefully there is some grand vision we don't know about yet.
The 2nd floor elevator was also safer, you can easily tell if anyone is following you because you have the elevator to yourself when you get in. Pretty annoying but they save themselves like a whopping $20/hr on a security guard. I did always find it a bit weird of a setup though, the smokers will probably be happy to not have to go thru a security checkpoint.
So the new promo looks very promising, so of course its when im out of town for 2 of the 3 weekends.
The one part I dont understand, it sounds like the table that gets the highest hand for the hour gets a table wide payout, so if someone hits a royal flush at a table that isnt full, wouldnt everyone just want to table change into the empty seats so they can get a payout at the end of the hour? Or maybe im misunderstanding it?
Man what a world we live in now. Back in the days where AC was the closest option for poker, had to drive for hours one way just to be able to play some cards. Now driving 45 min and using an escalator can derail the whole trip.
Back when AC was the only option, I played maybe 3-4 times a year. With MGM 45 minutes away, I have been playing about 1-2 times a month because it is that much easier to get to. But, because it is in Maryland and I'm in Northern VA, I only play on the weekends because of traffic in the evenings (and I work during the day). I also have back problems and use a walker so having the entrance to the poker room right off the elevator rather than having to walk through the casino was a factor in how much effort it took to get to the poker room and will now factor in to how much I want to go play poker for any future trips.
Man what a world we live in now. Back in the days where AC was the closest option for poker, had to drive for hours one way just to be able to play some cards. Now driving 45 min and using an escalator can derail the whole trip.
+1 Perfect post. The complaining is ridiculous, you have promo grinders in this thread even saying they are worried about being followed and mugged for having to change up their walk to the poker room lol. Remember, 2/5nl grinders that are afraid of their own shadow are below old white ladies blowing their SS checks playing Frankenstein on the casino mugging power rankings.
I have to give MGMNH credit, they have made some great changes lately, hope they keep it up. Staff casino-wide have been a lot more helpful too.
2008 join date and you’re asking about changes, you’re smarter than that W0X0F. I’d list 5 or 6 of them but since you already expressed you are clueless to the changes, I won’t blow up the edges. It is kind of a rule here on the deuce but of course you already knew that.
MGMNH is still the worst and probably most dangerous casino in America (never forget they electrocuted that little girl and ruined her life) maybe some Ameristar or some other Midwest casino is worse, but mgmnh is up there.
The corpo sycophants sure come out of the woodwork when something bad is announced.
Same guy who says the casino is the most dangerous in the country says i shouldnt have any concern about being mugged, and same guy who says the casino has improved, provided zero improvements but mentioned the girl who got electrocuted and how dangerous it is. Great list bud.
I personally dont have a ton of worry about being mugged, but thats because I take necessary safeguards, and have read posts on here about what to do to avoid it, one of which is to try and take an elevator by yourself. I have a young male friend who has been followed home by a mugger (he fortunately noticed in his neighborhood and went back onto the highway and lost him), you arent immune to it, especially when youre carrying significant cash compared to the old ladies you referenced.
Also i thought this was a good promo but its not very good. Sorry for informing people about a significant portion of their winrate, label me a promo grinder idc
2008 join date and you’re asking about changes, you’re smarter than that W0X0F. I’d list 5 or 6 of them but since you already expressed you are clueless to the changes, I won’t blow up the edges. It is kind of a rule here on the deuce but of course you already knew that.
MGMNH is still the worst and probably most dangerous casino in America (never forget they electrocuted that little girl and ruined her life) maybe some Ameristar or some other Midwest casino is worse, but
Apparently I’m not smarter than that. Still no idea what great changes you’re alluding to.
Been playing off and on since they started. Only positive changes I can think of were: adding a bucket of water bottles (because the drink servers are so bad and unreliable) and moving from the center of the casino to upstairs in its own area (debatably a good thing, although the slot machines upstairs are also way too loud).
Hell we still have this completely archaic system of having to request a specific amount of comps to be added to our card before we go to use them.
Between MGM, Charles Town, and Live, MGM is my least favorite room.
Not only has the poker room entrance closed, the one by the old Starbucks has too. They're funnelling all traffic in through the two entrances on either end of the building that now have metal detectors. Boo
The escalator was fixed Friday.
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All the cardplayers are gonna be getting a little extra cardio before they settle into a nice productive poker session
Been playing off and on since they started. Only positive changes I can think of were: adding a bucket of water bottles (because the drink servers are so bad and unreliable) and moving from the center of the casino to upstairs in its own area (debatably a good thing, although the slot machines upstairs are also way too loud).
Hell we still have this completely archaic system of having to request a specific amount of comps to be added to our card before we go to use them.
Between MGM, Charles Town,
They closed snacks so we dont have to smell all the food they are burning anymore!
Sorry, I try to turn them down but some of the louder machines don’t have working volume buttons and sadly because of that, now even squares are figuring out the plays. It’s in everyone’s best interest to quiet them down, hopefully slot techs figure it out soon.
Sorry, I try to turn them down but some of the louder machines don’t have working volume buttons and sadly because of that, now even squares are figuring out the plays. It’s in everyone’s best interest to quiet them down, hopefully slot techs figure it out soon.
Besides ultimate x and the 2 machines by the smoking door, what other plays are there on the upstairs slots? (i havent been to mgm in a while)
Is the poker room busy Sun-Thurs? Thinking about going during weekday daytime (usually go Friday/Saturday) but see only 4-6 tables for 1/3 weekday mornings on Bravo app. Is it pretty empty outside of the weekends?
I dont feel like 4-6 tables is empty. How many tables did you plan to play at?
If your concern is the games are tough, that has not been my experience. I think mgm has a lot of pretty tough weekend warriors, so the tuesday morning games if anything seem to be a lot of bleeders and fewer of both whales and strong players. Of course with fewer tables its a lot more inconsistent.
