The plo doesn't get going often enough. People seem leery about playing. Put your name on the list when you come in and if the list becomes 8 or 9 players ask the floor to start up a game. They usually will but if you don't bug em it just drops off the radar.
Thank you to both. My name was on the list for the 4 hours I was playing 1/2 NLHE. The PLO list got to around 12 by the end of my session. Next time I'm there I'll make sure to follow up with the floor.
Does anyone feel unsafe in the Woodbine parking lot? I imagine I'd be a little concerned leaving in the middle of the night/early morning.
They really should find a way to make the board viewable online or something. Or even allow people to put themselves on a waiting list and then check-in with the kiosk or something when they get there.
I wish they would just automate the entire process. Basically do the card swipe to get on the list and then when a spot opens your name appears at that spot when it flashes at the table (so no one else can log in and take it). You have 3 mins to get to your spot or your name is rolled to the bottom. The staff should be there only to take questions about how to use the tables and answer general questions. There is no reason why that entire room can't be automated.
Also as soon as 10 names appear on the list an empty table loads up and the names are moved to that table. In the case of new tables, the names all appear on the screen so you can choose your seat until all the seats are gone. Same set up, 3 mins to sit or the other names start flashing etc.
I wish they would just automate the entire process. Basically do the card swipe to get on the list and then when a spot opens your name appears at that spot when it flashes at the table (so no one else can log in and take it). You have 3 mins to get to your spot or your name is rolled to the bottom. The staff should be there only to take questions about how to use the tables and answer general questions. There is no reason why that entire room can't be automated.
Also as soon as 10 names appear on the list an empty table loads up and the names are moved to that table. In the case of new tables, the names all appear on the screen so you can choose your seat until all the seats are gone. Same set up, 3 mins to sit or the other names start flashing etc.
Played last night and noticed when the names appear at the table, each individual player's name get a full 15 minutes to get to their seats before being "booted" off the table. 15 minutes is way too long!!!
Been playing at Woodbine's poker room for a full two months now and I've gotten used to some of the lingo found in this particular poker room. I'm not saying the lingo is 100% unique to this very poker room, but you seem to always hear people mention a "set-up" hand when you get beaten by set over set or quads over quads. I assume the word "set-up" is used a lot here simply because it is an electronic poker room and not a regular card room.
Another term people use more at Woodbine's poker room is "sour". The word gets tossed around here a lot when people are rivered or get counterfeited here. You don't seem to hear the word "sour" used nearly as often at Casino Niagara/Fallsview or Casino Rama's poker rooms. LOL
I've been out to Mohawk's poker room a few times now and I cannot believe how many bad beats that I have seen. I'm not talking about bad beats that I have taken necessarily - just overall. I'm not a tinfoil hat kinda guy. My impression so far in my limited experience playing on the electronic tables, is that the software seems to reward bad play. I understand that with the higher rate of hands per hour (40+), one can expect to see a lot of variance is a relatively short amount of time. I'm talking about runner runner straights and flushes catching up to flopped sets and other huge suck outs. And I have never seen so many flopped suited cards in the years I've been playing poker.
Anyway, I had some cash left on my winner circle's card that I thought I'd play with yesterday, and when it was gone I had made up my mind that I'd not return to play on the electronic tables again. For the first few hours I was card dead, and basically catching nothing when I did enter a pot. I switched seats (which I almost never do in a live game) and see what I could do with my last $150.00. With some tight play (the games are ridiculously loose), I managed to increase my stack to over $1600.00. I guess I'll be returning!
One of the statistics that you can view on screen under the options button was the hourly stat for showdowns. Over 25% of all hands went to a show down. This is extremely high IMO, and it suggests that you better have a nutty hand when you decide to contest a pot. BTW..I was 8/8 on showdown after that seat change.
Don't feel like disclosing this beautiful girl's poker handle on this message board, but I'm sure all regulars at this poker room will know exactly who I'm talking about. She is super cute and just way too "nice" for the game of poker. I had the pleasure of sitting with her last night and it was only my second time playing with her. She's always at another table and I've seen her here at least a dozen times. Who else has played with this angel and had a difficult time being cruel and raising her simply because she is so sweet and innocent looking? I only called her instead of raising her because I had a soft spot for her during this money-making hand.
Poker hotties at the table make some of us guys dizzy and not able to focus and concentrate on the game. LOL
BTW, Bobbi the girl working there that wears eyeglasses and looks a bit like a librarian is pretty cute too.
Friday night's waiting list was absolutely crazy. Swiped in after 8pm and remember I was number 63. Only waited for a half-hour and decided to leave and maybe come back another day on Saturday afternoon instead. Before leaving I decided to check how far down the list I was. I was still number 63 and there were now 81 players swiped in for the NL 1/2 game alone.
Don't feel like disclosing this beautiful girl's poker handle on this message board, but I'm sure all regulars at this poker room will know exactly who I'm talking about. She is super cute and just way too "nice" for the game of poker. I had the pleasure of sitting with her last night and it was only my second time playing with her. She's always at another table and I've seen her here at least a dozen times. Who else has played with this angel and had a difficult time being cruel and raising her simply because she is so sweet and innocent looking? I only called her instead of raising her because I had a soft spot for her during this money-making hand.
Poker hotties at the table make some of us guys dizzy and not able to focus and concentrate on the game. LOL
BTW, Bobbi the girl working there that wears eyeglasses and looks a bit like a librarian is pretty cute too.
Banked another decent profit last night at Mohawk. Arrived around 9pm and there was one full table and another table starting up. We were shorthanded the whole way, only getting up to 7 players at one point. Within two hours the tables were combined and the other sat empty the rest of the night. Casino was busy, UFC fight night...just wish there were more poker players at Mohawk. The drive from Kitchener is waaaay better than the commute to Niagara Falls. Speaking of which - I was in NF for three days over March break with family and played at Casino Niagara three nights and there were never more than 3 tables going....Woodbine effect?
Since I had some free time on the weekend I decided to try out the poker at Mohawk and Woodbine...
Friday night I got to Mohawk about 11pm. There were 2 games going - one with 6 and one with 7 players. I was then told about the hoops I had to jump through....
WARNING TO NEWBIES - You can't just sit down at these tables. You have to go get a winner's circle card if you don't already have one, and then fill out a "Poker Pro" form. Once that is done and they have checked it over THEN you have to go to the cashier and actually put money on the card. Only then can you sit down at the table.
Once I loaded my card then I could sit down and play. Look and feel were pretty simple for anyone used to internet poker. Was card dead for a while, and my stack went from $150 to $100 pretty fast.
After about 1.5 hours there were only 10 players left on the two tables. They combined us and I loaded back up to $200 since the table seemed to have a lot more newbies. It was obvious from looking at the table who the loosest player was - young guy trying to show off for his girlfriend who was sitting beside/behind him. A chair was open to his left so I took it right away. Pretty well the first hand there I got pocket 9s. Playing 1/2 there were 4 callers (including myself) and then the button raised to $11. Both blinds folded, but all 4 others called the $11. Flop comes Q 7 4 rainbow. It gets checked the whole way around (?!) A beautiful 9 comes on the turn. I put in a bet of $30, the button now raises to $60. I raise all in for about $150 more and he calls. The Villain had AQ and had decided to slow roll it on the flop :-). Just to add insult to injury for him another Q came on the river - it had to be explained to him why he didn't win.
I won a couple more big pots to go up to about $600, and then was card dead and lost a couple of coin flips against the short stacks to go down to about $550. I cashed out at 3 for a profit of $200 over 4 hours - not bad.
Saturday night my wife and I were in Toronto with the girls, and we had gone out for dinner since "Grandma" had the girls. It didn't take much to twist my wife's rubber arm to go check out Woodbine (she loves her slots). Got to the poker room around 9:30, asked for 1/2 and they told me they had a seat for me right away - not what I expected from other accounts on here.
Went to the cashier and then found out that I would have to fill out and sign another Poker Pro account for Woodbine!! (Even though they are by the same company, apparently they are not linked). I had to sweet talk the cashier to let me fill out a form there at the cage instead of going to the Winner's Circle desk because the Winner's Circle line was lined up pretty well across the casino! (I guess getting $10 in free slot play is worth waiting in line for over an hour to some people). Finally I got the card loaded up and was able to sit down at about 10 pm.
The Woodbine table was a lot more "nitty" than the Mohawk one, but luckily my seat was to the left of the "cannon" at the table. Played fairly tight, but made some money moving the cannon off of hands. Players were easily married to top pair, no kicker so it was easy to make money if you had top top or another good hand.
Was up about $200 when the GSP fight started. I should have checked out then, but I did have a fairly good seat to watch the fight [Except the big screen in front of me would cut out every 30 seconds or so for 2 seconds and then come back on - annoying!]. Went down another $40 or so just paying the blinds and losing one call of an all in with AQ against KJ. Still cashed out $160 ahead for 2.75 hours play.
I would recommend the tables to most players that I know here. I found the games really soft - and saw some absolutely atrocious play along the way (Blinds 1/2 2 callers and the big blind goes all in for $305. Guess he had Aces or he REALLY wanted that $7).
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Went to the cashier and then found out that I would have to fill out and sign another Poker Pro account for Woodbine!! (Even though they are by the same company, apparently they are not linked).
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And you have separate "accounts" for your money as well. Money from one location isn't usable at another. I find that very annoying. You can't use Mohawk money at Woodbine and vice versa.
Just drove all the way to the race tracks from the beaches to find out you need "two pieces of ID when you are under 25." Is this a new rule? I've never been asked for another piece of ID when I show my Ontario Drivers license.
Just drove all the way to the race tracks from the beaches to find out you need "two pieces of ID when you are under 25." Is this a new rule? I've never been asked for another piece of ID when I show my Ontario Drivers license.
I know I have seen young people asked for two valid proof of id's at at least Casino Niagara more than once.. Maybe someone else can verify.
Curious, what do you need to buy liqour or cigarettes here in Ontario? It's been a while since I have been asked for id.
Just drove all the way to the race tracks from the beaches to find out you need "two pieces of ID when you are under 25." Is this a new rule? I've never been asked for another piece of ID when I show my Ontario Drivers license.
i ran into this crap alot on BC.. i finally smartened up and got a BC id card to go with my ontario dl (was weary of walking around with my passport)
here in ontario Ive only ever had to use my DL .. for bars, LCBO, even casino's
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Thank you to both. My name was on the list for the 4 hours I was playing 1/2 NLHE. The PLO list got to around 12 by the end of my session. Next time I'm there I'll make sure to follow up with the floor.
Does anyone feel unsafe in the Woodbine parking lot? I imagine I'd be a little concerned leaving in the middle of the night/early morning.
Yup, until I discovered the valet parking. Especially helpful in -20 windchill. Two red ones worth the hassle IMO.
Fridays seem to calm down between 5-7pm and then its a long list w the exception of 5/5.
Might go by for a couple hours tonight.
Also as soon as 10 names appear on the list an empty table loads up and the names are moved to that table. In the case of new tables, the names all appear on the screen so you can choose your seat until all the seats are gone. Same set up, 3 mins to sit or the other names start flashing etc.
Played last night and noticed when the names appear at the table, each individual player's name get a full 15 minutes to get to their seats before being "booted" off the table. 15 minutes is way too long!!!
Been playing at Woodbine's poker room for a full two months now and I've gotten used to some of the lingo found in this particular poker room. I'm not saying the lingo is 100% unique to this very poker room, but you seem to always hear people mention a "set-up" hand when you get beaten by set over set or quads over quads. I assume the word "set-up" is used a lot here simply because it is an electronic poker room and not a regular card room.
Another term people use more at Woodbine's poker room is "sour". The word gets tossed around here a lot when people are rivered or get counterfeited here. You don't seem to hear the word "sour" used nearly as often at Casino Niagara/Fallsview or Casino Rama's poker rooms. LOL
Anyway, I had some cash left on my winner circle's card that I thought I'd play with yesterday, and when it was gone I had made up my mind that I'd not return to play on the electronic tables again. For the first few hours I was card dead, and basically catching nothing when I did enter a pot. I switched seats (which I almost never do in a live game) and see what I could do with my last $150.00. With some tight play (the games are ridiculously loose), I managed to increase my stack to over $1600.00. I guess I'll be returning!
One of the statistics that you can view on screen under the options button was the hourly stat for showdowns. Over 25% of all hands went to a show down. This is extremely high IMO, and it suggests that you better have a nutty hand when you decide to contest a pot. BTW..I was 8/8 on showdown after that seat change.
Any thoughts?
Poker hotties at the table make some of us guys dizzy and not able to focus and concentrate on the game. LOL
BTW, Bobbi the girl working there that wears eyeglasses and looks a bit like a librarian is pretty cute too.
So soft even fed could make a bankroll last a month.
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Friday night I got to Mohawk about 11pm. There were 2 games going - one with 6 and one with 7 players. I was then told about the hoops I had to jump through....
WARNING TO NEWBIES - You can't just sit down at these tables. You have to go get a winner's circle card if you don't already have one, and then fill out a "Poker Pro" form. Once that is done and they have checked it over THEN you have to go to the cashier and actually put money on the card. Only then can you sit down at the table.
Once I loaded my card then I could sit down and play. Look and feel were pretty simple for anyone used to internet poker. Was card dead for a while, and my stack went from $150 to $100 pretty fast.
After about 1.5 hours there were only 10 players left on the two tables. They combined us and I loaded back up to $200 since the table seemed to have a lot more newbies. It was obvious from looking at the table who the loosest player was - young guy trying to show off for his girlfriend who was sitting beside/behind him. A chair was open to his left so I took it right away. Pretty well the first hand there I got pocket 9s. Playing 1/2 there were 4 callers (including myself) and then the button raised to $11. Both blinds folded, but all 4 others called the $11. Flop comes Q 7 4 rainbow. It gets checked the whole way around (?!) A beautiful 9 comes on the turn. I put in a bet of $30, the button now raises to $60. I raise all in for about $150 more and he calls. The Villain had AQ and had decided to slow roll it on the flop :-). Just to add insult to injury for him another Q came on the river - it had to be explained to him why he didn't win.
I won a couple more big pots to go up to about $600, and then was card dead and lost a couple of coin flips against the short stacks to go down to about $550. I cashed out at 3 for a profit of $200 over 4 hours - not bad.
Saturday night my wife and I were in Toronto with the girls, and we had gone out for dinner since "Grandma" had the girls. It didn't take much to twist my wife's rubber arm to go check out Woodbine (she loves her slots). Got to the poker room around 9:30, asked for 1/2 and they told me they had a seat for me right away - not what I expected from other accounts on here.
Went to the cashier and then found out that I would have to fill out and sign another Poker Pro account for Woodbine!! (Even though they are by the same company, apparently they are not linked). I had to sweet talk the cashier to let me fill out a form there at the cage instead of going to the Winner's Circle desk because the Winner's Circle line was lined up pretty well across the casino! (I guess getting $10 in free slot play is worth waiting in line for over an hour to some people). Finally I got the card loaded up and was able to sit down at about 10 pm.
The Woodbine table was a lot more "nitty" than the Mohawk one, but luckily my seat was to the left of the "cannon" at the table. Played fairly tight, but made some money moving the cannon off of hands. Players were easily married to top pair, no kicker so it was easy to make money if you had top top or another good hand.
Was up about $200 when the GSP fight started. I should have checked out then, but I did have a fairly good seat to watch the fight [Except the big screen in front of me would cut out every 30 seconds or so for 2 seconds and then come back on - annoying!]. Went down another $40 or so just paying the blinds and losing one call of an all in with AQ against KJ. Still cashed out $160 ahead for 2.75 hours play.
I would recommend the tables to most players that I know here. I found the games really soft - and saw some absolutely atrocious play along the way (Blinds 1/2 2 callers and the big blind goes all in for $305. Guess he had Aces or he REALLY wanted that $7).
Al
And you have separate "accounts" for your money as well. Money from one location isn't usable at another. I find that very annoying. You can't use Mohawk money at Woodbine and vice versa.
I know I have seen young people asked for two valid proof of id's at at least Casino Niagara more than once.. Maybe someone else can verify.
Curious, what do you need to buy liqour or cigarettes here in Ontario? It's been a while since I have been asked for id.
i ran into this crap alot on BC.. i finally smartened up and got a BC id card to go with my ontario dl (was weary of walking around with my passport)
here in ontario Ive only ever had to use my DL .. for bars, LCBO, even casino's
i get id'd alot because of my boyish good looks
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You don't get asked when you go for dinner at 4 pm?
Only to get my seniors discount...
I'm sure the last time that happened you were buying both with spare change.
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18 to buy lottery tickets and scratch cards
19 to buy tobacco, alcohol and participate in "gambling" (even though I don't consider poker gambling)
I'm going to go back over the weekend and bring my passport with me, maybe I'll see some of you there!
What I asked was, what proof of age do you require legally, I knew the age...