Thanks for the reply homie. Went tonight an played and the action was great. Plenty of spots to make money. Will definitely be back on sun/mon nights.

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A few thoughts from my first visit there on Friday night:

1) the casino was much bigger and nicer than I expected, not sure why

2) parking, as I mentioned in previous post, was tough. I originally got in the valet line as I had read about parking lot security concerns in earlier posts. The valet line was about 30 cars long and barely moving, so I rolled the dice in a distant lot, after circling for 10 minutes unsuccessfully.

3) wait times were not as bad as feared. I put my name down for 1-2 and 2-5 NL. I barely had enough time to finish a quick slice from Sbarro before getting seated at 2-5. I was called for 1-2 about 45 mins after that but stayed put.

4) dealers were fine, and one woman was especially friendly and competent. I only stayed for three dealers as this turned out to be a bit of a hit and run.

5) players - I was at the must move 2-5 and players were average at best. Plenty of hands got to showdown for $150+ pots with top pair, weak kicker taking the pot, sometimes worse. Lots of calling stations.

6) couple hands: 2nd hand of night, I was UTG + 1, limped with AJo. Button raises to $20 after a few limpers and I called, as did two others. Flop: A72. Checks to button who raises to $50. Other two players clearly folding. I bump to $120 and take down the pot....3rd hand of night I am UTG and raise to $25 with AA. Short stack in middle position raises to $60. Folds around to me and push for his last $100. Call... flop AAQ. Quads. I think I'm gonna like this place. He hit a boat on turn with 77, so I'm probably getting those chips either way.

7) summary: it's always better when you win, but this place exceeded my expectations after reading so many seemingly negative reviews on here. Players were reasonably friendly, tons of games going including 5-10NL. For a poker only trip, I will go here > Foxwoods/Mohegan to save the drive from now on.

Don't u know the negative posts are usually the players that went and lost $$?
Ya'll should know that by now!

I'm glad you liked TR; I enjoy the poker room so much better than Foxwoods. Mohegan is a good room too, and I will go there if I want good food or entertainment.

I agree about the dealers. With a few exceptions on each shift, the dealers are doing a fairly good job. Some of them are clearly new and it takes time for them to get better; it doesn't help that they have to deal other games and don't always get as much time in poker as they need. I have never been in any poker room where the players don't say "Gee, the dealers suck here"; you can look in threads about other poker rooms and see dealer complaints there, too. Most of the time (not all to be sure), people who complain have lost and that colors their perceptions.

The room does have some systematic problems. Many of the floor people have never dealt, and so it takes them a long time to become poker competent. In the rest of the universe, no one would ever be put in as a poker supervisor without having been a poker dealer for at least a year or so. That's not how TR does it - they want to put table games floor people in the poker room because they can't/won't hire experienced poker floor supervisors - mostly because those supervisors can't usually work in the rest of the casino.

The other big problem is, of course, the seating system. I'm not sure where they got this piece of junk, but they can't take call-ins, they can't swipe players in at the table, and they constantly seem to log out the wrong players. One of the floor managers told me its because the casino is simply too cheap to put the units on the table that would let the dealer swipe people in and out like is done at Foxwoods or Mohegan. If that's true, it's unfortunate - I wonder if they realize players' perception of the room would be vastly improved if they fix that problem.

The floor managers are another problem. These are essentially the shift managers you'd see in other poker rooms, but they are also in charge of the non-smoking table games. TR has a limited number of floor managers with poker experience, and TR insists on rotating the floor managers and they don't always schedule the good poker floor managers in poker. There is a really excellent one on swing shift. Day shift used to have a really good one, but she left and now they muddle along. Graveyard actually has a few competent floor managers, but they are all mean and it seems like they don't want to be there. When there isn't a competent floor manager in the room when something goes wrong, it's a problem. There has been more than a few times that the floor manager has to call some other floor manager to find out what to do. Not only does it look unprofessional, it delays the game unnecessarily and also encourages shot takers to cause trouble.

The floor manager problem relates to another higher-level problem: the room doesn't have coherent management; no one is really in charge. There is no poker room manager, everything is run out of the pit. No one single person hires, fires, and disciplines dealers and supervisors. No one person is the "final call" on rules. This leads to different interpretations on different shifts, as the floor managers and their bosses do what they want to do. I'm sure they all think they're doing what is best - but consistency is important, and this room doesn't always have it. It's a direct result of no one being in charge. There is in theory a director of table games, but it's obvious that he does not spend the time in the weeds necessary to straighten these things out - he probably isn't even aware of these problems.

The management problem leads to a related problem. The room is underutilized. Not on Friday or Saturday nights - the room fills up - but the rest of the time there are lots of empty tables and no plan to use them. They could have a complete tournament schedule Sunday through Thursday, and a morning schedule on Friday and Saturday. They are leaving a lot of money on the table, so to speak. If the room had a manager, that person would be taking care of this.

I have ranted too much, especially since I was agreeing with you that the room is actually pretty good. My wife passed away last year, and the last of my kids went off to college this week. I spend 10 hours a day in this room and I'll probably spend more now. Hopefully I'll see you around the tables.

I am very sorry to hear about your wife. The rest of this is trivial relative to that, so it feels wrong to continue commenting on a poker room. With that said, I agree with you on the name calling system. For the 10-15 minutes I waited for my 2-5 seat, there were two wide open seats in the 2-5 game the whole time and no names were being called. I can imagine how much more frustrating this would be with a longer list.

There is definitely a "grain of salt" factor when reading online reviews. After all, most people who are simply satisfied aren't inclined to post a review.

Anyone know what a Friday at the 3/6 table looks like when Foxwoods runs their High Hand Frenzy? Thanks

Game always runs around noon and goes until early evening. Would doubt that there wouldn't be enough interest for the game to go even with the hh frenzy at fw. Personally I just wouldn't play in the game. Very little money to be made over the long term in 3-6 limit with the rake.

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Is TRC Poker Room still hosting 3-6 Limit? It's okay to make fun of me... just looking for a comprehensive answer before I waste my time with a drive.

Last 4-5 posts are about the 3/6 game. Seems to start at noonish and break by dinner time

I recommend to everyone that you can always call the room to inquire about what games are running and what the wait lists are. I never go without calling first. Call the generic TR number as found online and ask for the poker room.

This is a good idea in theory...but the last time I tried I let it ring literally for the entire 45 minute trip down..nobody ever answered.

That being said, the last two trips the room seems to be getting better with dealers anyway.

In probably fifty calls, I've never had this issue. The worst I get is sometimes the call disconnects while I'm being transferred, in which case I just call back. I haven't tried in the last three months though, so maybe it's gotten worse

Mine was attempted at 9:30 in the morning on a Friday so maybe that had something to do with. Overall the room has gotten better, so that's a good thing.

Most reviews will be negative complaints so your point is valid. Having said that however it is difficult for an unbiased observer to ignore the negatives at TR compared to the CT rooms. No call-ins, no Bravo, horrific floor supervisors, the worst group of dealers of the 3 rooms, poor communication/operations (7 and 8-handed games for multiple orbits with lists is unacceptable), poor reward system, no promos, have to pay for drinks. Yes, the action is great and of course that is a huge plus however from an operational perspective it truly is pretty horrendous.

I play here a decent amount as it is convenient, still some at Mohegan and Foxwoods as I get rooms there, and some out of town when on business. I'll post pros/cons on each when deserved. Twin is still far and away overall the worst operationally run room in this area.

Went to TR again on Saturday, played 1/2 NL Dealers were just as brutal as the week before. I submit that if they kept their own tips there would be a big improvement (as their was at Foxwoods, when this happened). One somewhat minor but typical example of dealers attempting to get out as few hands as humanly possible per orbit: A fill comes to the table and as usually happens in any cardroom that I've played in several players stand up to stretch etc. After fill is completed, the dealer asks the 5 players that remained in their seats if we wanted to wait for the other players to return before he resumed dealing! If you think that I am being overly critical try playing at BBCC - like night and day. It's not that they have the worst dealers in the 3 main NE casinos, but you can include the 5 or 6 NH charity games that are much better.

That's not true of all the Twin River dealers. It seems to me that the competent ones all deal at the other two casinos in addition to TR.

Did they expand the poker room yet with that room w/curtain they had up a few months ago or still under construction?

Anyone playing right now? Will be here all night if anyone wants to grab a drink after they play.

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^ standing offer in the future. Just PM me

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One of the first times I went there 2 players got all prelfop. They both had aces. The dealer just starts washing the deck likenthe hand is over. People were like u gotta run it out. She then runs out 3 cards no burn card.....goes back burns 2 cards before turn.....both players said forget it just chop the pot. Was funny. The only real problem I have with the room is how dark it is in there

Does TR or any NE casino match reward status from another casino?

I do know that Mohegan has in the past when approached in advance about switching rooms with two specific individuals. Unsure of the others.

I was told that the dealers in the poker room rotate from the table games. Not sure how true this is. On a more positive note, I was involved in a hand dealt by an obviously very new dealer that resulted in two side pots. I cringed at the prospect of her getting it right. However, she handled it flawlessly & announced (proudly) that it was the first time she expierenced a side pot. I was impressed a that she took her job seriously.

I am proud to say that I have finally logged my first session with any meaningful (more than 15 minutes) time in the Poker Room (section?) at Twin River. A rookie's thoughts:

Overall the experience was very smooth and a good time, with the only real hiccup being at the beginning. The waitlistfor 1-2 NL was maybe nine or ten names long when I joined, though one of the names had TEXT flashing beside it for several minutes. While I was waiting I was trying to ascertain if I should buy my chips at the cashier (the only one I could find was near the table games with the RI lottery slips nearby.) a la Mohegan, or at the table, as I've done at Foxwoods. I saw someone buying chips at the window, so I got in line and purchased them there, although the woman behind the counter didn't seem very familiar with selling chips, so I wonder if this is not the general practice?

Another curiosity, though I'm sure this has been talked about many times here already, I didn't see any computers at the tables for card swiping/accepting.

No issues with the dealers, one guy was actually quite friendly, and one other was indifferent. Both showed some aptitude for the game, though one had to slow down and think over a side pot situation, but to his credit, got everything right!

Uneventful session, played it fairly close to the vest, just trying to get my bearings in a newish (to me) room. Won a few small pots, and left up about $50.

Despite many negative reviews I've seen on Yelp, Trip Advisor, ETC, I do LIKE Twin River. Fred and Steve's Steakhouse is really good, Wicked Good is acceptable, and I can't complain about Haagen Dazs. The only frustrating thing, is when I'm with friends and we want to play blackjack or another table game, the selection is very small, I can't take much more than ten minutes in the much larger smoking section downstairs.

All in all, I approve. And a 30 minute drive beats 1:40 anyday, but ESPECIALLY at 10 pm on a work night!!!

First buyin is at the cage. You can reload at the table.

TR doesn't use Bravo. You have to give your card to a floorperson, and they'll swipe you in at one of their terminals. Be sure to tell them every time you change seats and especially if you're changing tables or games. The system is a bit better than it used to be, as they can swipe you in when you go on the list rather than waiting until you're seated, and the floors are able to sign you out once they see that you've left rather than you having to tell them to sign you out as it originally was (although I still tell them I'm leaving just to be safe and because it helps them).