Just got back from an 8 hour session. Dealer said that they're going 7 days a week and being open until 4 am in October. They're talking about doubling the tables as well.

The list of stuff that I would like to see back is long:

• Hours of operations
  Lowered rake
  Tournaments (especially this one)
  Fun variants (O8, mix games, etc.)

It's gonna be a while until I come back to EBH it looks like

I might actually take my first ever trip there tomorrow. Lol. Higher rake is good for the game lmao

Probably gonna be a while. Hours of operation (maybe October).
Lowered Rake is unlikely....best we can hope for is they keep rake the same but add the promos in, so it feels like 8+2.
Tourneys? Probably never.
Fun variants? Maybe at some point if they double the tables.

If they bring back tournaments it’s almost guaranteed the entry fee % would be higher which begs the question which is more acceptable to the common player? High cash game rake or gouging entry fee for tourney?

I’m almost of the mind hit me hard once on the entry fee and I’ll be ok where as In cash it’s each pot getting scooped. IDK.

In the end it’s a sad story for this casino.

The majority or of players don't even care about the rake or even actually know what it is. They could rake 25% and still pack the room. I mean they just take a lead from our own government as we continue to not take action about anything at all INCLUDING ME.. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

Flooding the MGC with complaints seems to have worked to a degree so far, keep doing that

I’m curious if and when the jackpot dries up what they will do.

Just left. Good action at the 2/5 games. Problem was I was stuck 1600 in the first hour. Lol. But managed a $175 win after 4 hours. Swingy but no lack of action.

Gorgeous property. And I liked the room. Makes Foxwoods look like a dump

Do they still have buses to encore around the Worcester Area?

nope

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2/5. Bad beat just hit for 74kish

Do the people ITT that play a lot get any good room offers?

No specific date on this - maybe October - but they're going to move the entire poker room to the old tournament room they never ended up using and it's going to be 25 tables from what I heard. Also, 7 days a week as already mentioned.

In addition, when they get sports betting within a few months they are going to have a full cage again in the poker room area where you can also place sports bets

Absolutely not. You get nothing other than 60 cents an hour of food points

Holy cow!!! $10 rake and all they can give back is $0.60 per hour??? My a$$ is sore just reading that!!!

Yeah 3-4 months ago they decided the $10 rake wasn't giving them enough profit so they cut the comps by 40%

Cutting the poker comp from $1/hr to sixty cents an hour was low.

With the extended hours and despite the high rake I'm thinking of taking a trip to Encore soon. I notice on Poker Atlas today that they have a $2/$2 PLO game. A few questions:

What is the buy-in range? (hope they don't allow short stacks)

Is limping preflop for $2 allowed or is there a $5 bring in? Note I'm used to 2/5 and 5/5 structure where limping is allowed and a pot sized open raise in 2/5 is to $20 (i.e. they round up the $2 SB).

I'm concerned that if betting with $1 increments is allowed the game will be very slow. Hope they require $5 increments on betting.

Also does this PLO game generally go on Sunday and Monday? Do they ever have bigger PLO games?

PLO Buy-in is 300-1000. It's 2-2 5 to go, so it's a red chip game. Runs every day. Only PLO game offered right now.

Thanks for the info. Sounds like they are pricing out short stackers which is great!

nvm.

Middlebridge,
At $10 a hand, they are pricing almost everyone out. If you win say three hands an hour, that is $30 in rake. Compare it to the standard $5 a hand, or the time charge at most places (approximately $12-$14 an hour for PLO and red chip games) and it effectively costs each player $15-$16 an hour more to play. Imagine how many break even or small winners and/or losers (that are the bread and butter of poker rooms) will now over a short period of time notice how drastically worse their results are with no visible change other than this overbearing rake. People that play fulltime will now pay an extra $30,000-$36,000 yearly (2000 x $15 or $16-$18). Very few people (pros, recs, etc.) can withstand this, let alone prosper, and even those that can financially will certainly be put off by their drastically reduced results. This will have the effect of making the games much tougher, and lesser in number, which is bad for everyone, including casino management/ownership. It is very short sided by management in my opinion as in the long term they will lose many of their best customers, and the ones that replace them will have a short shelf life.

Tuffbeat

Looked on Poker Atlas this afternoon, and noticed that hours are now Sunday-Thursday 10:00 am to 4:00 am. If they could just increase the numbers of tables even by ten, I'd go more often.

I heard today they are looking to do this working the next few months. October they are going 7 days 10-4

Poker Atlas: 'Poker Room is now open Sunday through Thursday 10 a.m.– 4 a.m.'

Opinion: The rake is never going down.