Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort



The Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort is a casino located in Chester, WV. It began offering Poker in a 39 table card room in October of 2007, and other table games in December of 2007.

Limit hold 'em

 * $2/4
 * $3/6
 * $5/10 (When there is significant interest)

No-limit hold 'em

 * $1/2 blinds ($300 max buyin)
 * $2/5 blinds ($500 max buyin)
 * $5/10 blinds (active when there is enough interest, usually in the evenings)
 * $10/$25 blinds ($1000 min buyin, $7000 max buy in, active Friday and Saturday evenings)

Omaha hi-lo

 * $3/6 (started when there is significant interest)

Seven-card stud
Spread on request

Rake structure / time collection

 * $2/4 Hold 'em: %10 of the pot, up to a $5 maximum
 * $3/6 Hold 'em: %10 of the pot, up to a $5 maximum
 * $5/10 Hold 'em: %10 of the pot, up to a $5 maximum


 * $1-2 NL: %10 of the pot, up to a $5 maximum
 * $2-5 NL: %10 of the pot, up to a $5 maximum
 * $5-10 NL: unknown
 * $10-25 NL: $8 a half

Wait time
For the popular games like 1/2 & 2/5 NL or 2/4 & 3/6 Limit, the wait time is generally short. The floor persons are good about opening new tables as soon as a waiting list hits 10 players. Waits may increase on Friday or Saturday evenings when all of the tables are generally in use, however a 'long wait' consists of 20-30 minutes.

Tournaments
Starting in the last week of December 2007, Mountaineer began spreading tournaments.

Their monthly tournament schedules can be found here