Rio Poker Room Editor's ReviewEditor's Ratings
General Experience Playing Here: 4.0 We played both cash games and the tournament here and enjoyed the experience of both. The cash game was a late one around 2 in the morning, it was a friendly game. The tournament was the Poker Room's ever popular regular noon time multi-table tournament.
The poker room is fully glassed in on one wall, half glassed in on the opposite wall and open at the opening. It is a long rectangle shaped area with tables aligned in two nicely spaced rows. You didn't feel cramped in this poker room.
Competition during the tournament was on the aggressive side. There were a few players you found out were regulars and played the tournaments all the time.
There was no real aggression during the time we played the cash game, we all pretty much limped in pre-flop and raised post flop if we hit something. Everyone at this late night was not a local but someone staying at the hotel. During the tournament there were always 2 aggressors at any table we sat at. They seemed to read the table and would reraise often.
The cash game was pretty loose with most everyone of our shorthanded table limping in. But the looseness would tighten by the end betting of the turn.
The dealers we had were quick and kept the table running smoothly. One dealer during the tournament seemed to be a bit quicker at calling out for us players to have action. He even said in a firm but friendly way that he was helping us out so that we could play more rounds before the blinds went up.
The service was quick and the waitress was friendly. We weren't up to anything but a coffee at 2 in the morning so can't say how other drinks were, but the coffee was pretty average.
Management was informative and got me seated at the table right away.
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