71 tables going and over 300 names on the lists is just wow.

I do find the dealers and waitresses get better as the day progresses.
I think they don’t schedule enough people before noon
I was told by a friend who is a floor that they are terribly understaffed and basically if you tell them that a floor or manager referred you, they will hire you on the spot

Foxwoods, Mohegan sun in CT and Atlantic city.

North Elevator question : I drive past main entrance and bear right and take the second right into the main parking lot and as I descend I can take a right onto level 1. If I do that is the North Elevator then to my left as far as I can go or where? Trying to GTO my parking game.

The 5 bet thing in limit is interesting, I just don't play enough limit to know which places have 4/5 bet cap but I'd love to know the differences in strategy. And it is uncapped when heads up? Or is that only on the river?

Back in Vegas for WSOP and (hopefully) I'll be back after 7/16 if I last long in the Main Event but can't wait to play at Encore again. Been talking to a lot of buddies who have been going there.

I am just fascinated by the waitresses quitting and would love to know their reasons. Poker players tend to be generous tippers for the most part, there are the usual miserable people who might give you a literal quarter (25 cents) and I'm sure every guy checking out your boobs and butt is not ideal but I think this every attractive woman deals with this on a regular basis in the real world already and they are not being paid at their job. I would prefer the environment to be super hospitable to good waitresses for best drink service cuz' I just care about not being dehydrated. Hopefully this gets fixed.

Glad to hear the food is good and speedy despite being pricey but I have become price-numb after All American Dave.

Just tried to register for wait list and received an error message saying you have to be within 30 miles of the casino. That’s smart

I think the waitresses quitting has to do with 1 cocktail server handling 8-10 tables. I’m assuming the walk to fulfill the drink orders isn’t the closest but I could be wrong.
Poker players may be generous tippers but we are also demanding pains in the asses.
I know one quit right after she dropped a tray full of drinks
As far as ogling the waitresses? Please. They wear push up boob tape so 1/2 of their breast is on display in the cleavage window. Eye candy is the intent of those outfits.

Not sure if this is germane to the forum, please move/delete if not:

Does anyone know the blackjack conditions here? Is it continuous shuffle machine, minimum bets, rules (S17/H17, DAS, surrender), how many decks, and how deep do they deal?

Probably coming down sometime this week, just trying to get a concept as to whether to stick strictly to poker.

As far as waitresses I heard a bunch quit when they realized they had to pool tips.

Just played my first session. Drove in early and parking was fine. Tomorrow is last day of free parking. Waited 15 minutes for table. By time I left early afternoon wait was big. Need more staff especially waitress. Room was big and very nice. Most people in great mood. Dealers I got were all good though a few took way to long to handle stuff. Some were quick and efficient. Great experience glad to have poker so close to home.

It was glorious!

There are signs all over the place down there. A few should say "Casino North Elevator" with an arrow. Your description of how to find it seems about right to me FWIW.

On a related note, I took an Uber home to H2Otown last night at around 1AM, during what seemed like a small lull in the surge pricing. Despite a few score pretty club kids crowding up the rideshare area, which is across from the valet / front entrance, but still under the porte-cochère, I didn't have much more than a 10 minute wait for the car to come around, and traffic wasn't too bad getting off the property, maybe another 10 minutes tops. Not something I expect to make a habit of since I have a car, but if you are a local, and in too good of a game to make last call at the T, or had one too many greyhounds, it's a perfectly acceptable situation, imo.

I took a Lyft home around 2am last night. The traffic coming in to the main entrance looked crazy, so I walked down the street to Mike's roast beef and got one there in less than 5 minutes. The driver told me that Uber and Lyft drivers wait in the parking lot across the street from the main entrance so if you don't mind the short walk, you can safe 10 or 15 minites of waiting.

The whole casino seemed packed when I was leaving at 2. As you say, kids going clubbing, lot of people super dressed up. All the table games at 50 minimum or higher. And of course the poker room was full. It was open seating when I left for 1/3 and 2/5.

Been playing this week, first time in an east coast casino (am from San Diego). First couple nights were fine but Wednesday Friday was miserable. Tense tables, nobody talking, only comments were people being jerks to each other. Friday night wasn't quite as tense but was just boring - tables filled with regs playing 5/3. Folding top/top twice in an hour and seeing people only tabling TT+ was too much - especially on a Friday night when games should be at their best. Hope it isn't indicative of how the room will be. I was at 2/5 fwiw.

This is the Northeast... We're not exactly friendly folk.

Welcome to New England!!

Aside from year round Vegas I’m confident you will fine these will be the tightest games you’ll find anywhere in the country.

What do you think is causing that? Too many regs in the Boston area and only one casino?

Probably my only complaint is the phone service in here is just horrible.

Yeah, if you have AT&T. I've read that people on other carriers (Verizon) have no issue.

If you connect to the Encore WiFi, and set it to auto-join, you should be good to go though.

Sprint here. I am on the wifi, idk text messages just hang.

New England, along with Vegas, was the original hotbed of poker. Foxwoods was THE place to be and the player base learned the game from playing against the better players year after year. From there, it’s a domino effect. Every newb comes in as a mark (theoretically) so it’s adapt or die. Take players in say, Florida, who learned the game playing with $100 max buyins until true No-Limit became legal just 9 years ago. The recreational player from FL is far behind the curve if their only studying of the game comes at the table.

Interesting floor ruling:1/3 NL. Player on my right has $40 in cash (2 twenty’s) and $40 in chips. He leads out on the flop by throwing the 2 twenty’s in the pot. Floor rules that the bet stands but tells the player to buy $40 in chips from the dealer next time. Surprised me on 3 counts:
1.Didn’t think that cash played.
2. If cash did play, only hundos could be used.
3. I thought that players had to buy chips from the cage or a chip runner.(I do think that players can now buy chips directly from the dealers.)
However, I was puzzled by items 1&2.
FWIW, Floor was very experienced formerly from FW.

Sorry calling BS on this. Socal has had poker rooms for as long gambling became legal in Conn indian tribes and Atlantic City. And still has some of the highest concentration of recreational players.

There are 18+ tables on a Sat night now of 2/5 and even more of that for 1/3. If your table is on the tighter side you have to figure out a way of snapping of their tighter ranges. Or table change and find a better one.

This isnt prior to 2009 and people always stacking off with any pair.

Any and all red chip games are always going to be great games

Speaking of rulings, I can say from experience that a bet is “significant forward action”, which was implied to be forward action beyond one’s cards. Both the dealer and the floor knew the rule cold and applied it right away.

The Puritans are to blame!
But isn't that how most nl tables are?
The limit games are usually more friendly and fun to play at.
Any one here playing any limit? Any report on the 3/6 game?

Visited for for first time today. Great property. Briefly toured the poker area.
Intend to be playing 3/6 starting next week. Will report on the state of the low baller poker scene if anyone interested!

Funny. Must’ve happ around the same time as a player bought $100 in reds from another player at my table with a hundo. Dealer said the hundo could play. I objected and suggested the dealer just give the player with the hundo 4 greens or a black as he had lots of reds. Dealer has ego issues

I see this in my 5/10 NL games in AC, people only playing TT+ and AK. You can generally pick them out (besides watching what they play) by them having an iPad watching Netflix/videos all the time to negate the boredom of folding most of their hands. But when they have hands like KK/AA, they generally will not let them go...

1. As far as I know the cash would play, though I've never seen cash actually go into a pot. Usually the dealer would call for a chip runner, and if the chip runner service were slow, the dealer would give the player chips out of the dealer's chip tray.

3. You're usually allowed to buy chips from the dealer.