MGM National Harbor in Maryland

[13counter]

What a joke!

I finally decided to check out the new casino in PG county Maryland and first off, the casino is nice. It almost feels like you are in a Vegas casino--- until you try to play blackjack.

All the blackjack tables on the floor have continuous shuffling machines-- let me say that again-- all of the blackjack tables are like that on the floor. Sad part was that they were all packed and some minimums as high as $50!!!

The high limit room has hand shuffled decks with a couple of $100 and the rest $200 tables. Those tables, all 6 of them were packed and i couldn't play, but it was 6D, S17. The pit manager I talked to told me that the other half of the high limit room will be continuous shuffling machines also. She even said it was a joke that management was doing that.

For those outside of Maryland, PG county or Prince George's county isn't the best place to be so it does bring in a healthy dose of degenerate gamblers which explains why the blackjack tables were packed.

After, I left the HL room, I played Let It Ride-- just to play a game. Wow-- bad mistake. Bonus bet was $5 and you have to play the 3-card option at the table minimum just to play the bonus bet. What a rip!!! I still played a few hands and only won because the dealer mis-paid me $400 on a 3-card straight-- shhh don't tell MGM. I don't think they care considering they are going to make boat loads of cash on blackjack alone.

Outside of that--the distance to DC is nice since they do have some nice restaurants and lounges there-- but be prepared to pay for it.

I plan to go back in the early AM and check out the HL room and play some blackjack-- i'll update my thread if I spot anything that is advantageous.

[Exoter175]

MGM:NH is the perfect embodiment of what happens when you let the accountants run the show. The long term is going to suffer for them if they don't have a long term plan in place for after they've fleeced their "regulars" with those rules and minimums. Although, the minimums aren't nearly as high on the weekdays like M-W.

[blueman]

Their poker room is full of fishies!!!

[Jabberwocky]

Their poker room is full of fishies!!!

Thats why true APs know several games.

[peaegg]

When I was there, there are about 10 tables not CSM but machine shuffled outside of the high limit. The limit was $50, $75, and then $100 into the night. S17, LS, RA. The rest of the tables were all CSM, some 3:2 but many were 6:5. I saw the crowd too. Not once or twice, people buy in with 100 or less for a $50 minimum game. If you do plan to check it out, be prepare to pay expensive parking fees. PS. The best VP game were 8/5 JoB. Maximum was $1. You are lucky if you can find them because there are not many VP machines on the floor (about 20).

[jacmrose]

What a joke!

I finally decided to check out the new casino in PG county Maryland and first off, the casino is nice. It almost feels like you are in a Vegas casino--- until you try to play blackjack.

All the blackjack tables on the floor have continuous shuffling machines-- let me say that again-- all of the blackjack tables are like that on the floor. Sad part was that they were all packed and some minimums as high as $50!!!

Idk 6:5 CSM's sound a lot like blackjack in Vegas to me.

The best time to go to MGM is weekday afternoons. I usually have no problem finding 3:2 S17 Shoe games (just past the asian pit) for $25. Only thing I don't like about those tables is no mid shoe entry. Also the Blossom Lounge has 3:2 H17 shoes that are usually $25-$50. Maryland Live still has pretty much 100% 3:2 S17 so maybe that will put some pressure on MGM to offer better rules if people start heading back over there after the novelty of MGM wears off.