Rockford Charitable Games Assoc

Do not ever play with these people. The top spots are run by a woman named «josie». I will refrain from insults to her appearance, weight and personality and stick with the facts that she has not idea how to run a poker room
This is a racket to start with with it running under «charity» status which most people can overlook for the fact of an organized game that is legal. The issue is this game is ran like old school Vegas. Preferential treatment to regular players. Dealers who are hand picked for the best game because they kick up tips to Josie and her other staff. Dealers bend and make new rules for regular players at the table. The let cash «behind» in play even though it is a clear violation to the rules. This is a total scam. While it runs «legally» you are most certainly going to get screwed here.
I write reviews for Unilocal all of the time and I can not stress enough how much this place is a scam and that you should stay away. Do not EVER, EVER, EVER play here

Fun place to go kill some time or play tournaments. I agree with the review about the players who cry and whine, but you will find that anywhere.

Lucy and I used to LOVE the RCG. They were fun and exciting and a very friendly place to spend your money. Sadly, things have changed. The people that run it just don’t seem to care anymore. They’re all about money now. The rake is higher now. They take out too much money for the stupid «raffles». Stop the raffles and increase the payouts. The only good thing is that they do pay 3^rd place now. But we don’t need those raffles. Sell raffle tickets if you want to. Let it be our choice to participate, NOT mandatory. Talk to your players! EVERYONE we talk to says STOP THE RAFFLES! More of us are going more often to «Chicago Charitable Games». The other important thing is like others have commented… Players should NOT BE ALLOWED to swear or yell at the tables. Some of these guys use Fu Yu, F-​king this, F-​king that, You B-​ch, Mother F-​er and others. Most of the dealers just sit there and let it go on. They’re afraid they’ll lose their tip if they say something. This kind of behavior is NEVER TOLERATED at any other charity games or Casinos… why is it allowed to go on at RCG? MONEY! Control your tables dealers.

I’ve played at RCG numerous times. Poker is poker, things happen. Men shouldn’t whine or cry. I’ve never seen any of our lady players cry like some of the men but it is only a couple tree that do this (I’m from Chicago, we say «couple tree»). Should it be tolerated? I don’t think so. Those babies should be warned and or ejected.
All in all, I think RCG is a good place to go and have some fun.

I gotta say I was really into charity poker, especially since it’s a great way to play as soon as you’re 18. Out of all the charity poker games though, Rockford Charitable Games is the worst of them. Poor management, overall shitty players ranging from fish, randoms, college, high school, grandpas, business boys, poor boys, etc.
The only reason it gets a second star is because they host a lot of games throughout the month in the northwest suburbs, great way to go blow some money and games go laaaate, and… tournaments start at $ 25, so go spend your lunch money now. At least you can say 30% of it was to charity :)

I love the game of Texas Hold ‘em poker. It’s exciting and a constant learning experience. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to write a one-​star review without sounding like I’m bitter about a bad beat.
As the long-​and-​short of it goes, I found my interest in playing at RCC completely crushed in just two visits. I will never play at another RCC sanctioned event.
My days-​off vary from week to week. RCC holds games more often during a week than Chicago Charitable Games. So, I thought I’d give them a shot.
During the first day, I was moved to one particularly obnoxious player’s table. I arrived to find a developing heads-​up hand. When he won at the showdown, he jumped from his seat, danced, and bellowed about his victory. He reprimanded the other player by loudly calling him «b*tch.»
“Poker is poker, things happen,” as «Howie C.» ignorantly claims, is no excuse to let players act like riotous pre-​teens. At any respectable event, fools end up out on the street.
I looked around the table. Other players stared, some shrugging, another shaking his head to what he was witnessing. Clearly, I was not the only player annoyed by what was happening.
The only thing more offensive than the idiocy was that nothing was done to stop it. An individual working for RCC walked to our table as the wholly embarrassing situation unfolded. Amazingly, she did nothing. The obnoxious player was allowed to continue berating his opponent about the beat for three more hands.
(For the record, and to further dispel the aforementioned «bitterness,» I didn’t lose a single chip to this individual nor was he a factor in any of my hands.)
The next day, I returned to another RCC event. I was seated a table over from the same individual. Unfortunately, two other players kept taking his bait. There were so many eye-​rolls, I eventually lost count. Just when I thought I’d heard it all during the back-​and-​forth shouting, a number of subtly racist comments emerged.
Once again (and unbelievably so), not a single RCC member took action.
If you can’t keep your vulgar and racist commentary in-​check, either don’t play poker or play it at an RCC sanctioned event. They won’t care.
That same obnoxious player showed up at a Chicago Charity Poker event and tried pulling off the same childish antics. To my delight, three retired vets nearly threw him out. He buttoned his trap real damn quick after that.
Chicago Charitable Games might have fewer events during the week, but their quality vastly overshadows the backwoods trailer park-​like experience you’ll have at Rockford Charitable Games. Anyone who’s played poker in a worthwhile environment knows they don’t allow the antics you’ll see at RCC. Anyone who tells you different shouldn’t be playing poker in the first place.