Potawatomi (Milwaukee, WI)

I guess you can call me a POTO reg.

The room has hit its stride and is consistently running 6 tables of 1/3 NL and almost always one 2/5 game. The staff is experienced and the room is a good vibe with plenty of recs to fill the seats during primetimes.

The opening sucked, but I'm enjoying the room very much now that the rush died down.

ETA.. the BBJ is 120K and is Quad 2s qualifier. Still hasn't been hit since reopening..

Is the BBJ stuck at quads? I know they used to have a decreasing requirement for the loser, but it started out at like quad 9s and dropped every $xx increase in the jackpot total.

You'd think that the Limit tables would hit the BBJ more often, but I've got no data one way or other. I just know at a couple of rooms they really moan and groan when the once-a-week games hit the BBJ. Not the case at Poto as Limit runs daily. GL

Yes, they're going to hold it at quad 2s for whatever reason.

The dealers are all very good or are trying hard. I’ve never had a problem with a single dealer. However, which floor staff do you find undesirable?

Is Todd Graves still working as the poker room manager? Is he considered Milwaukee’s Sweetheart?

Everyone will need new Poto cards on 7/1. https://www.paysbig.com/casino/rewards

Have they said which cards will go to the top of the waiting list? Right now it's Emerald and Diamond.

I'd guess IGNITE BLAZE FLAME under the new club.

I assume it will be the highest tier will get to the top of the list first. The "black" card used to always get top of list. If you dont have a black card best option would be to put your name down on the bravo app.

I really hope they can fix the bravo app to work on your phone. I found a work around by going on the Bravo desktop site and logging in on there.

If you have a black card, no money you will ever win in the poker room will help you get anywhere close to even for a 12 month period vs. the money you’re loosing in the casino area.

I agree. But you still get moved to the top of the list if you’re trying to play poker.

I wish they would run higher stake games on the weekends to entice these black card players to come down from the pits and play. There was one random night that a 25/50 PLO game got started but haven’t seen anything close to that since.

I wonder why every poker room on the Bravo App posts the name of the poker room manager except for Potowatomi. Are they Sure of their recent hire?

The poker room email is [email]tgraves@paysbig.com[/email] - Todd

We’ve got a new Over/Under on how long Todd Graves will be working at Potowatomi Casino - It’s 8 Months!

What is the issue with Todd? I haven’t been to poto in awhile but seemed like the room was running well when I did play.

Um...Seriously, who's "we've"?

Dude why don't you grow up or just go away? You did nothing but troll the Rivers/Des Plaines venue, complaining about everything possible. Is your life that bad? Now you've moved here to Poto forum?

Poto room is run just fine. Action is good, floor and dealers are experienced, there's no big problems. Please scurry back to Rivers if you don't like Potawatomi.....

There was a 10/25 PLO game with 10k cap that popped up a week after the room opened. That made it bigger than the 25/25 5k cap game at rivers. Haven’t seen one since. Anyone know if these type of games will run again? poto has a chance to be the PLO capitol of Midwest

Razz Poker - Chances are the large PLO game (you mentioned) will not run even once a month or once a year. I’m afraid it takes big money to become the PLO capital of the Midwest and Milwaukee doesn’t have it. However, you can be sure they’ll run a 3/6 limit game on a daily basis!

1) Some Players were booted from Rivers (for exchanging chips) and they may have brought that game to Poto to give it a try. I would assume that it will be very inconsistent, but with the WSOP Series now over you may see it again .. especially come Fall.

2) It would take 'something' for Poto to become even a PLO 'township', much less a 'capital'. There's money everywhere, but you also need the money in the hands of people who want to play poker with it .. in public. IMO Milwaukee has a small town feel to it and anyone who splashing around in even a 5/10 PLO game would get talked about. Sure, there's plenty of Whales at the table games and slots or there wouldn't be a casino! But I think poker gets talked about more since 'single' pots can be identified with the amount of chips in the pot.

3) You'll notice that there wasn't even a low stakes PLO table going and the room wasn't full at only 10 tables. Staff? Manager/Floor mandate? While PLO is a max rake game, it is slower than NL. My home casino is already anit-PLO at times and even considering squashing Bomb Pots since they are taking too long.

4) PLO along I-94 is strong and I wouldn't mind if Poto does catch the bug. I certainly do love Rivers as, IMO, it's well behind in skill than most games in MI. So come on WI .. the water is warm. GL

Does Poto still offer free rooms to anyone for playing? I'm about 50 miles away and years ago I'd be able to get a free night at the hotel on Sun-Thurs. At some point a bit prior to the pandemic I was no longer being offered them. I've been wondering if I could get those offers again if I started coming down at least 1x a week.

Yeah that sounds about what I was getting. It'd certainly help me get down there a bit more if I could just crash at the end of the night.

Keep us up to date on this .. I like to come to Poto, but don't want to intrude on my two buddies too much when I'm around if possible. Always nice to have your stuff close or take a nap! GL

Since the poker room has reopened, there has been no mention of poker rate or free rooms. Playing table games will definitely lead to free rooms but I don’t think poker play will make any influence.