Wheeling Island Poker Room *update*

[sirfoldalot]

Sure thing. I can tell you now that the quality of the dealers from the soft opening earlier in the week. They are very friendly but very green. Be prepared for some mistakes early on and understand that going in. I will add more comments after this evening.

I can almost guarantee that the green comment will be true for the players as well. I would imagine for many this will be their first casino poker trip.

[Witzo]

whats the max buyin of the NL games? Is 1/2 $100 max or did they bump it up?

[sirfoldalot]

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Will let you know when I get back after tonight's session.

[franknagaijr]

Omaha? Giddyup!!!

See you there. (Sup Bro?)

[sirfoldalot]

On my way there now! Will post TR when I get back which will be late!

[frommagio]

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God, I wish I could go tonight. Too constrained all weekend long, grrrrr..... after all this waiting.

[GoStillerz]

I went to Wheeling tonight. Poker room was full. Waited 45 minutes just to *check in* and then talked to some dude who said he had been waiting two hours since he checked in and still didn't have a seat.

Looked from the board like there were about 8 1/2NL tables, and ~100 people on the waiting list. 2/4L was almost as bad. 3/6L was not as bad, but still quite a wait. Lots of "interest" registrations but no indication that that interest would turn into tables. There were about 8 people "interested" in 2/4 Omaha Hi -- I'da played that game, but wasn't really willing to wait.

As might be expected, most of the staff was pretty clueless; on my way out I signed up for the players club. The guys said, "This is our first night. We're still figuring things out. Apologies. Please come back again." They said that for right now, they're crediting one players club point per hour sat. Kinda crappy; Play 24 hours, get $5 in food. They still have a lot of working out to do.

Really, I wish I had gone to Mountaineer. I may try again tomorrow. It's about an hour drive from where I am. Not too bad, but a bummer to drive there and see that I basically wasn't going to be able to play in a reasonable amount of time. I don't do slots or dogs, so there wasn't anything else to see there.

Crowd consisted mostly of blue-hairs, meathead college dudes and local-WVa-looking people. Looks like it'll be bumpin' for a while.

If anyone else has any reports from later in the night I'd love to hear them. If I go back this weekend I'll go midday and bring a book for the wait.

I'm stoked to have something open, but they need a few weeks to figure some things out. Hope others had fun. Please post and let us know.

Go Stillers!

[WheelingDealer]

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[bigbeardedbryan]

WheelingDealer, did you have the pleasure of dealing the O8 game Sat night (well, into Sunday morning)?

[Spiffysean]

Are they really spreading NL Omaha? How gross would that be?

Any updates on quality of play? Limits? Room? Progress?
I'm trying to decide between Mountaineer and Wheeling.

Thanks!