It's well-run and great for cash game players. Overall I would recommend Crown Melbourne as a must-see poker destination in Australia.

Apart from the casino's rewards card, there are no bad beat jackpots or bonuses of any kind.

Rake at Crown Melbourne poker room is high at 10% capped at $15 across most stake levels. There are also time limits on play imposed due to past issues with gambling safety. While service is efficient, everything costs money including non-alcoholic beverages. It can be a bit dark and feel a bit cramped at times during peak hours. Stake levels range from 1/3 to 5/10, with the flexibility to buy in for 200 big blinds.Ĭrown Melbourne offers a comfortable poker room with professional dealers and shuffling machines. No tournaments have been running since the pandemic, but live cash games are thriving. The poker room is conveniently situated and provides tablets for efficient waiting list management. The casino's prime location on the south bank of the Yarra River offers easy access from the airport and the city center. I would have given the venue a lot more stars if the seat quality had been better.Crown Melbourne Poker Room sits at the heart of one of the world's most beautiful cities, Melbourne. Crown regularly run shows in this room but i can think of venues I would rather go in preference to sitting on those awful chairs again. I do not recall anywhere else I have been where this has occurred. The queue during the interval stretched out the entry door with a long wait for relief. I definitely do not want the temporary seating on the floor again. If and when we go to another show in this venue I will try to book one of those seats. In the foyer operated a couple of bars and you could take drinks into the room, some of these little tables were smothered in empty bottles and glasses when we left. Behind the Stalls the seating looked to be permanent and was arranged around small tables. In the row in front of us 4 big people sat next to one small one and the small one had about half a narrow seat! That said the acoustics in the room were good. As the show went on the room got warmer and warmer and my backside got sorer and sorer. However they had no arm rests and you experienced very unpleasant, close body on body with your neighbors all during the show. Fortunately there was plenty of leg room. Only problem was the seats which were narrow, hard, closely packed temporary seats. The Palms at Crown is a very interesting venue, we saw the Men In Black (Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash) and had front stall seats 6 rows back.

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