This is how it reads on Poker Atlas:

"10% up to $6+ $1 for promos at $10 (a 2nd dollar is taken at $50 during active promo time only)"

You're 6 months late

Thx Lattimer. Story of my life.

Question: Where can you find results from yesterdays $1100 buy in tourney that was at Encore ? Looking for # of runners/payouts etc.

Poker atlas only lists upcoming events

In Poker Atlas you can click on the day 2 tourney and click on "clock", that will show you the overalls. On Twitter they listed all the day 2 players.

"Comp Dollar" refers to a very specific thing. If the points gained from poker cannot be used as Comp Dollars (e.g., for parking) and are on a whole separate system from Comp Dollars, are they really considered Comp Dollars?

Fair point. I knew they're on a separate system but forgot that you can't spend them on all the same things as the main system ones, only a subset of that. Should be labeled Poker Comp Dollars or something to differentiate them.

Im guessing that is because poker players are the nut low cross-section of humanity that is littered with man-babies and hygenically-challenged misfits of society. Or something like that.

Earlier today I reached under my chair to adjust the height. Some mfer had put their gum under there.

It was posted in the image earlier, but 413 was the number. They seem to be crushing it on the tournys.

Haven't kept up with this thread in a while, all I know is number of 2/5 games have died off significantly since opening especially during the week, which I would have expected. Would like please an update as to quality of game, if it's worth traveling for? I have family in Boston so wouldn't be exclusive for poker but nonetheless, are the games fairly good or a lot of shortstacks, not enough reloading etc.

Thanks a bunch

What I am hearing is that Encore is very satisfied with the way tournaments are going, as of course they should be given the numbers. They further believe that they don’t need any big tournament series, their reasoning being that by offering these special events such as the 600 multi-days, the 1100, and the holiday events, those are in effect a substitute for a series, and they thus don’t need to hold one.

I disagree with that logic. They are doing fine without a series, but if they were to find sufficient space and offered a decent series, they could really be something special. They’d eclipse Borgata, and probably be the biggest venue for tournaments anywhere except for maybe the Rio in June. Hope they get there someday.

So gross about the gum and I'm happy about the rule but how f'ing hard is it to dump your gum in the trash that is less than 80 feet away since there are trash bins all over the poker room.

The tournament crushing is quite nice for them. I've asked about having a limit O8 tournament or even a stud tournament and the standard response is we're considering everything.

The whole comp dollars/points thing from what I heard via typical poker rumors and half truths is basically a big issue with Bravo. Wynn Las Vegas is on Bravo and they're tight with the IT/points people who run the website/systems and they have basically asked them to bar Poker Atlas from integrating into the system and more. Right now you are officially able to ask to use a specific amount of points at an Encore owned establishment and whatever you don't use will get credited back in a few days. Sort of a hassle but the fact that you can even use them is not bad.

Now if they can fix the USB chargers, get the safe deposit boxes working, and bring back some drinks like cappuccinos, lattes, bottled beers, and more then everyone will be super happy. Overall this place is still great, I am grateful I don't have to pay for drinks, have a clean bathroom, not ever feel unsafe carrying $, have plenty of staff in all areas, etc....

I always play 1-3 or 2-5 when I am waiting to play the games I need more experience in and I have to say 2-5 is not very social/fun but there will always be 1-2 players with little experience at poker. 1-3 is super relaxed and social and you can very easily identify the guys who are regulars. I've actually sat at 2-5 with players who have never played before but feel 1-3 is beneath them. There are also many 2-5 players who think they're the best with the sunglasses and hoodies but overall they're not the ones you should fear. The quiet un-assuming quiet solid player is at every table. To answer your question, these games are not super easy but on the flip side not super hard. If you play well they're definitely profitable. Again, with most NL games, the $ is donked off when people are on tilt or stuck. I've seen guys grind up a nice little 2 buy in win only to lose it all on a flip and go on monkey tilt and lose 5-7 buy ins right after that in 45 minutes. Hopefully you are in the middle of that!

They need a series and a ballroom/tournament area. Tourneys in poker room won't work long term.

They keep talking about utilizing that area between the ATM and the hallway to the night club with the sliding doors that originally had another 14 tables. The poker room was supposed to have 88 (like Red 8 and other 8 named things for good luck in Chinese) tables but they removed those other 14 and that table has been the biggest waste of space so far. Even if they just put some lounge chairs in there like by the cashier or in the mid limit section until eventually they use it for the Sportsbook or slot machines or blackjack or whatever it is better than un-used space but they could def run some small tourneys in there and even sng's hopefully.

The problem they created is, if it's not a high-hand day, the traffic drops a ton. I've played the 2-5 on HH day and it's a much better game than the non-HH days.

Is it 1/3 players moving up to avoid the nit limp fest 1/3 becomes on HH days? I sat 1/3 yesterday for ~3 hours and it was painfully passive. People were checking top two on the river on safe boards.


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I think it's more the rec players thinking along the lines of, I'm only playing a few days per month, let's play on the days where I can hit a HH for $1000.

Honestly , has there ever been a more disappointing opening of any casino in terms of anticipation? This place is run horrible and doesn’t give a damn about their players. It’s crazy that an ex-Chinese restaurant in NH is run so much better then a 2.5B$ casino in Boston.

The rake increase to $6 a pot is a real slap in the face. Everyone needs to take their action elsewhere. Otherwise, the rake will be $7 next year. Although I know plenty of folks who have decided to skip trips to encore because of this rake increase I wonder if they realize the business they're losing solely cause of the rake increase.

Curious on the math behind the cost of driving to another casino with slightly lower rake vs. enduring Encore's rake

For people like me - living in Boston with no car - it would take me min. 4 hours RT + $30+ for bus tickets to get to FW or Mohegan as opposed to 30 min by public transit/$7 Uber to Encore - so it's not ideal but no real choice

There's no scenario where I would waste an extra 3.5 hours of my life driving to save $1 on rake. While like most players I wish rake weren't a thing, I'm also realistic enough to recognize a business needs to make money and that the rake could be much, much worse *cough* Playground *cough* Los Angeles *cough*.

It's unrealistic to not expect the rake of a room to reflect both the cost of living of the area and the quality level of the venue. I mean, are people really surprised that a brand new $billion resort next to Boston has a higher rake than an ex Chinese restaurant in NH? I'm not saying you should be happy or not upset about it, but get your heads out of the clouds

The rake isn’t even what I’m talking about , if you play PLO there they do everything wrong. They are costing the dealers and the casino a lot of money with the dealers box/ counting the money and the constant fills. 2/2 PLO is the most consistent game with a player pool that is there 5 days a week. To not have a must move and to say the reason is it’s too much work is a joke, there is a timer on the card swiper thing and it would pretty much work itself out like the old 20-40 LHE game at foxwoods.

On the flips side, even crap poker rooms have figured out how to let their players spend points, etc.

I made a few trips to Encore from NYC. Games are (were?) decent, but everything else is lacking for poker players. At Borgata, you can get comped rooms, easy buffets, nice lounge access, competent dealers, nice casino, website where you can easily check everything and book comped rooms. And it is MUCH lower rake.