MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino (Oxon Hill, MD); FAQ in OP

Were you born a coward or did something traumatic happen to you?

What's wrong with you?

I usually have $10k-$15k in my pocket when I go to MGM and do the same thing - take the elevator by myself, look around to see where people are in the garage/ensure I'm not being followed. It's basic safety precautions when carrying a meaningful amount of money.

Hes puffing his chest out because hes mad at me in some other thread.

I'm wondering if anyone was playing late night Saturday at table 32, as I'm interested in how the night ended for a particular player. There was a guy in seat 6 who was really unpredictable. He'd raise $50 most hands or would re-raise $12 or $15 opens to $100 and rip the flop or turn. If he lost, he'd immediately re-buy for $500. Just wondering if he made a comeback or how long he lasted. He had been there at least five hours by the time I left.

He blew his nose in a $100 bill (really), was drinking double tequilas, and was trying to fist bump all the dealers... but honestly, other than that he was a nice dude.

Just curious how his story ended that night. Hope he made a comeback or at least got home safely.

I've seen similar types of players (albeit sober). They buy in for the 40bb, and do like you said.
if they lose, rebuy for 40bb. rinse/repeat. Sooner or later they get lucky or actually have 2pair+.
then people are less likely to call because they know it'll be 200bb+ by turn.
and he'll just run over the table for a little while then leaves with a few hundred profit

I played with him. Blind bet preflop every hand. Called non callers a pooooo sie. Tipped big. Called a 4 bet preflop shove for 550 three way once with 64...won that one. Eventually lost everything and reached his banking withdrawal limit for the day. Nice guy though.

Please no more nine handed. It was terrible today and I decided to quit.

Sunday was really bad. Lucky table/seat is the worst promo ever. It just promotes stale action. Should be a high hand triggered the lucky table with the winner getting 888 and $200 table share every 30 minutes. That woulda been really fun.

welcome to pre-covid?

Running normal high hands seems to bring in decent crowds on Sundays. I don't know why they keep changing the promos, especially on Fridays and Saturdays, with these weird multiplier promos.

Anyone play the tourneys in this room? I play almost exclusively cash but I'm thinking of running a few $200-$400 tournament buy-ins. How is the competition?

Does anybody know if they are doing anything special or different on Christmas eve, Christmas day, New Year's eve, or New Year's day? With the holidays falling in the middle of the week, I just wondered if there might be something different going on.

The amount of people who pressure other players at 2/5 into straddling has become very annoying. Why do you all care if not everyone participates? It’s their money they can do what they want. If you want to do 2/5/10 every hand then go to 5/10 and stop complaining.

Because they lose EV to players who are not doing it, so it is not fair.

If everyone does its equal loss of EV.

It's good for the game and makes bigger pots. They always straddle at 5/10 to 25. Maybe you are just not able to afford 2/5 scarred boy and should go play 1/3.

Nobody should ever be pressured to straddle. If there is someone not straddling and you can’t afford to give up the EV edge, then you are the one you needs to consider what adjustment you need to make. If it makes the game better and you have an edge, you should be able to make enough even if a fish isn’t giving up this EV.

IME pressuring recs to straddle will harden them to refuse or drive them from the game. You may say great the next player will straddle. But that next player might have the edge over you. Also remember you can shear sheep repeatedly but only slaughter them once.

Honestly if you don’t have enough edge that fish isn’t straddling, maybe it is you who needs to consider dropping down is stakes.

Just stop. You're embarrassing yourself. Which is why this is a dummy account I guess

Or maybe YOU should go to 5/10. Who really cares if someone isn’t straddling? We’re only required to post the SB and BB. The amount of bitching and moaning about someone who isn’t REQUIRED to straddle has seriously gotten ridiculous the last few months.

If anyone ever gave me a hassle about not straddling, I'd just say, "I wish I could, but I'm on Social Security now."

Table stakes are 2/5. If someone doesn't want to straddle, it's their right, end of story.

No one is giving fun players or recs a hard time about straddling.

I've played a lot of 2/5, at MGM and it's only the weak tight nits who are terrible for the game that gets any crap for not straddling. They deserve every bit of it too.

Obviously a lot of people care if there is so much bitching and moaning ....

Smart guy this one.

Of course those straddling don’t get hassled for straddling. I assume you meant the fun recs are not getting hassled if they don’t straddle. If so this is different from what others are saying.

If you have to have weak tight nits straddle to win, you prolly do need to consider your game. You want to play bigger with more dead money in the pot. That is fine but you should still be able to crush these weak tight nits.

Regardless, you have provided no reason for me to alter my position, no one in any game for any stakes should ever get hassled for not straddling. As long as they are posting per stakes, it is their decision

a) no, it doesn't make the game better, just bigger
b) correct, it's not fair to pressure someone into straddling, if he doesn't want to. if you wanna play 5-10, why don't you go to 5-10? oh, bc they straddle there, and that's too big for you? :-)))
c) do you hump your chest and fell like a man, when you call someone a scarred boy, just bc he doesn't relent to your pressure? interesting

it's the same **** that goes on at Aria in LV.

There’s enough scarred boys in poker whether they straddle or not so let’s give this a rest.