They removed the clock from Bravo.
Did they really chop it up probably 10 handed?

You know how many they got and how many got paid etc ?

Does it look like I play there now a days? I'm over 2000 miles away bro

You seem to have all the info though

I know your in Vegas but figured someone told you all that

No I just happened to go thru Bravo to see what they're like now a days over there, since I'm coming up in September

Oh keep forgetting you can see the clock through bravo

It is pretty simple. The event wasn't listed on their monthly schedule, wasn't promoted within the room, was promoted incorrectly on Bravo (wasn't listed as a guarantee), and was in direct competition with the regular Saturday tournament Foxwoods with nearly the same structure except everyone knows Foxwoods is a guarantee.

I heard one reason it was switched to Saturday was to NOT compete with Foxwoods Sunday event which blew my mind since their similar event is held every Saturday! It is only on Sunday during a tournament series. Whoever is making these decisions are really not focused on what is going on in the field.

Was anyone else at Mohegan Saturday evening when that guy went nuts? He was being spoken to at an empty table near where I was playing by a floorperson because of something that happened at another table. He had an accent I couldn't place. Started getting belligerent with the floorperson, asking for his full name. Had a couple racks with a decent amount of chips. Must have been asked to leave, and as he was walking out, started screaming "Mohegan Sun bunch of thieves!" or something to that effect over and over again. The whole room got quiet while he was ranting and burst into applause as he left the room (don't know if it was in agreement or making fun of how bat**** crazy he was).

Later found out he was supposedly at a 2/5 table, got angry and threw a white chip at another player and the player kept it, which led to whatever happened. Sounds like a real douchenozzle (likely a drunk douchenozzle).

Not surprised he got the boot, too bad it wasn't earlier. He sat at my 1/2 table (with $300 in white) when he first got there, talking loud with a fake Borat accent. Floor made him cash in 2 racks of his white to red. Guy immediately wondered aloud if American poker players always acted like this, why won't anyone talk to me? Old guy to my left said because you're an idiot, lol. He gave the dealer a Foxwoods card, then pulled out a frequent coffee club card.

They had just opened our table, but I could only make it 2 hands with this nutjob before I had enough & left to eat. When I came back an hour later, he was loudtalking to the floor about getting seated at 2/5. I think the dude was equal parts attention seeker/mentally ill.

First of all, lol @ fake Borat accent (maybe that's why I couldn't place it).

Second of all, you could be spot on here. I thought I heard one of the dealers saying something about him being bipolar. Seems like it's not the first time they've run into him.

Was this a younger thin guy, would often say "Check-Republic" when checking? Played with someone who met that description two weeks ago at PLO. Said things like "I like to piss-off Americans."

Sat down with about $120 in white at the game and tried to buy more white from the dealer. Really slowed down the game but also really sucked, so the table tolerated him for the most part. One of the dealers called the floor, who talked to him and the floor was called again when he and a MAAG got into it a little

Mohegan Sun is just so, so LOL. Yesterday from 9AM-3PM (I think) they awarded $50 every 10 minutes for a high hand. I manage to win one, and not only end up waiting close to an hour to actually get the $50 but during the process basically have to give them seemingly just a bit less information than when I last applied for a mortgage refinance. After seeing this all go down, a guy near me said he'd flat out refuse to accept it.

Of course I realize that 9AM-3PM on a Monday is a dead time and they want to get the nitty types in the room, but this strikes me as form over substance and not a change for the better when you're already dealing with rec players having to venture through an unoccupied wing of the casino in order to play poker on a weekday. Those folks are used to faster pace, and all this did was slow things to a crawl hand after hand.

Case in point. Summer open series at Borgata...

Although I must say that I really enjoy playing in the Mohegan poker room, I'm wondering if it will remain a viable option to Foxwoods in the foreseeable future. With Foxwoods being so much bigger and only 15 minutes down the street, as well as the location of the room itself, it seems to me that the only people playing this room are the people actively seeking it out. I much prefer the atmosphere (and even the chairs) but I'm beginning to wonder if its worth it, not only for myself, but my recreational poker player friends as well.

Are you speaking of the MA casinos when asking if Mohegan will remain a viable option? All they need to do is keep up with Foxwoods in the HH promotions and they will get the players. The place has been a ghost town all summer with the exception of Fri and Sat nights, how ironic the two nights Mohegan decides to compete with promotions, due to their disinterest in competing with Foxwoods having 4 HH days every week.

I don't understand what you mean by actively seeking it out but when they promote the room properly, albeit rare, they get plenty of business. The Wynn is going to hurt Foxwoods much more than Mohegan just as Twin has hurt Foxwoods more as they attract the majority of the Boston/Providence players compared to Mohegan.

My first thought when I was choosing the words "viable option" is not sitting down at the table and having 75% of the players equal strength or more skilled than myself.

As to my point about actively seeking the room out, I feel that mostly due to its physical location, most people who go there, know its there, rather than the casual passerbys who might want to give poker a try.

You said it yourself, Foxwoods is only down the street. If the games ever get softer there the winning players will transition over until the games become somewhat equal again. The games will be similar forever basically.

It's not just the location (i.e. tucked back into a dead end), it's the fact that the Casino of the Wind is isn't even open for table games on non-holiday weekdays. Plus, there's only one restaurant and a club in that casino.

The reality of the current situation makes it so the days of a casual passerby deciding to give poker a try at Mohegan have come and gone.

How does this differ significantly from the location of the poker room at Foxwoods?

That being said, what ever happened to the rumors that Mohegan was moving the poker room over to the casino of the Earth in the general vicinity of the race book?

Supposedly the company that was going to take over the present location fell through, so no move.

Reserving comped hotels online:

Is there any fee for cancelling these rooms? It doesn't explicitly say either way.

Edit: please disregard above. I received a delayed confirmation email that says "Hotel Reservations for Casino Guests created with a valid Momentum account can be cancelled up to 11:59pm on the day prior to the reservation date without penalty. Cancellations received on the expected date of arrival will be subject to a cancellation charge of $50."

Reading this makes me think they were more than willing to move the poker room to accommodate the new company, rather than making it more accessible to patrons.

Casinos do not want to make their poker room more accessible to patrons. They want their patrons playing the higher margin table games/slots and not in the poker room earning them less money. They also do not want to sacrifice prime locations that can be utilized for the higher margin table games/slots for a lower earning poker room. Poker rooms are typically located in the most remote part of a casino where table games/slots can be sacrificed for a poker room in a poor location.

Just got a promo email which lists a "one grand weekend" promotion where on September 15, 16, 17 they'll supposedly be awarding $1000 per hour for the HH, 12 hours each day (3-3 on Friday and Saturday, 9-9 on Sunday).

Is this just a random weekend, or selected as some sort of FW counterprogramming?

The $1000 per hour is the regular Friday HH and Saturdays is somewhat similar with it ranging from $500-1200 hourly depending on the one-hour window. The only real variation is including it all day on Sunday.