Thanks for taking the time.

Sounds like I'm not going to make many friends!!

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I played for over 10 hours this weekend and have no way of checking my comp dollar balance I only see I have 25 "points" whatever that means I'm sure there's no way points = comp dollars but it would be nice to know the difference before pulling into the parking garage

Yeah. Tight also sounds good.
Not a limit guru myself.
But have played enough.
That's my plan for now for my own reasons.

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twin river is a filthy stinking dump w/ no comp alcohol and trash food

Foxwoods is middle of nowhere and the regs are angry and clinically depressed

lol @ how miserable the average reg is

That is why Chasers will tic back up.

9dollars and in the same lot at the entrance there’s a private? Lot for 8 and only 4$ on the weekends

Also the millbury, MA shuttle is 7$.
I been thinking about that. No driving and is a straight shot. You will be able to get some comps or free bets etc at some point when you use it often.
I live in worcester so I’m less than 10 min away from the pick up and drop off spots.

I know that MGM national harbor and Borgata have Tier points accrue for cards, and poker room than has different and segregated express comps to be used for meals etc. Maybe Wynn has this set up? Especially with a new casino/system?

These posts are from yesterday, and they both seem to know what they're talking about ITT. So I guess the answer is that they are separate for now but at some point will be all under the 1 system.

I think what would most interest people is getting the $1 from poker to apply to the parking validation. If they're separate systems I'm not sure how that will work.

I've put in about 20 hours at the 3/6 games. It has been typical for the game, a lot of limping, once in a pot most of the players are real sticky. I've had a few pots that were capped pre-flop. The cap is a bet and 4 raises, so $15 which is the same as MGM Springfield. I'm just a low limit punter, there has been a 4/8 O8 game going sometimes and I got on the list for that tonight but it didn't go.

When I left tonight I asked the parking attendant (not JPPsychLady, the one at the garage @ Encore) and he told me parking would be free for another week. I was weary of paying for parking so I had parked at the Rivergreen lot, maybe 50 cars in that lot tonight, though the attendant there told me it was full on Saturday night.

I can't see any comp dollars when I login online but when I went to the Red Card desk to change the email address on my account they could see that I had "15 Comp Dollars" so the systems are linked somehow. I have only played poker so couldn't be earning comps any other way. I meant to stick the card into a slot machine and see if it showed any comps but I forgot. Next time.

How hard?

You try getting dealers and beverage servers with experience out there when they know what cost of living is, and refuse to leave their jobs with seniority and such.

It’s not easy, especially when the agreement with Everett is to put people back to work and having to hire a certain number of them!

They’ll get there, they’ve been sending out management from Vegas from all different departments to come help them reorganize

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That's great to know. I'm not the only low limit punter here!
Hope to maybe get to know you.
Thanks for sharing

P.s. I've played some plo 08 online years ago.
Familiar with game. Maybe when I'm there I'll put myself on list. maybe I'll pm you when there, Help get a game going.

And I'll be checking this board often to see when they get their act together enough to warrant the biggest rake/time that I have seen, other than charitable games which I won't patronize either.

Glad they're putting Everett people to work. Just wish they would have allocated enough time training cashiers and dealers to be efficient before they throw them to the wolves, at our expense. It seems as though the players are paying to train them when they are tossed on the floor with negligible skills.

The cage sounds like a nightmare, the lines, the inexperience counting out money and chips. I understand they just opened but how does that justify inept dealers and cashiers? That was on them to make sure they have qualified ppl on their floor. It all translates to costing the player time, money and aggravation.

The parking sounds like a logistics horror from what I've read here. The food is top dollar no matter where you eat there, $22.00 for a hamburger w/pickle, $17.00 for a lunch meat sandwich in the poker room, not counting tip and then waiting forever to get it. $650-$900 per night for a room.

I'm not familiar with Boston area poker. From what is posted here, TR is woefully rundown. Wynn is giving Boston the Vegas level of glamour but they seem to be charging top dollar for the privilege which is their right. Someone has to repay the billions they paid building it.

What will happen is they will limit their field to locals, which I guess is more than enough to accommodate their room. Sad for us out of towners.

Guess I'll wait until they get the newbie kinks ironed out. Was planning a trip for Labor Day weekend, making it an 8 day poker holiday. Have my plane ticket already booked. Will have to stay offsite, which I detest for not only security reasons but logistically as well. Will have to figure out the protocols on ubering it two three times a day.

One thing you gotta give Foxwoods, they accommodate the out of town players with their generous room comps. I can stay there for ten days and only pay for 6 and even paying for Sat/Sun, still nowhere near what Encore wants for a midweek room.

I'm happy for all the locals. They finally got a gorgeous casino. I waited with bated breath 3 years for Encore to open and am distressed knowing I probably won't get to enjoy the experience any time soon.

Anyone interested in purchasing a round trip first class ticket from Chicago to Boston cheap, hit me up.

If you think the 50 tables they had running at 10pm last night, a Monday night, are all locals, you’re crazy.
I travel 2 hours to get there and happy to do it. The people I know who truly love poker are in love with this place and travel to get there. Poker heaven is the description I hear most often.

The people who care about an extra $4/hr aren’t seeing the forest for the trees. Fox woods rake is $2 on the flop, no matter how much is in the pot, they take $2! Wtf!
Yes Foxwoods gives you free rooms. The action is also pretty much the worst in the country. You also have to deal with situations like the Fox Tower elevators being out for 2 days so you’re waiting in line for over an hour a day just to get to your room and they don’t even feel the need to apologize for this. Yes, this happened Yesterday and today.
There are issues but it just opened its doors for Pete’s sake. They know what the issues are and they are fixing them, which is more than I can say about other local casinos.

A little dramatic? You can go ultra-cheap and stay in free rooms in the hinterlands of CT, burn down your comp dollars at Burger King, and enjoy a great battle if the toothless bands (and believe me, I have), but none of those timed games are actually running.

I went to Encore opening night and experienced slow drink service, a couple of horrible dealers, and a slow cage (seems like Money Laundering fears run amok more than incompetence), but I also experienced wonderful straight-from-Vegas dealers, great table side food in 10 minutes, beautiful waitresses, huge action, great energy, wonderful decor/atmosphere, easy parking, and random folks dressed to the nines and ready to gamble on anything (odds and STDs be damned).

I had been to FW earlier in the week and had to remind veteran, unionized dealers in the single PLO game to keep giving out cards after the first two, waited an hour+ for unattractive and unfriendly people to bring tiny drinks, and roamed decrepit empty halls still reeking of smoke and desperation. It’s not as great as you remember.

I respectfully disagree with your assessment of my unwillingness to pay up to $900 per night at Encore translating into wanting to go ultra-cheap. Maybe I'm reading you wrong. And I don't eat at BK, never have.

Does anyone believe a grinder will be happy coming in and paying those room rates? Like I said, they are limiting themselves to locals that will drive in, go home and sleep in their own beds. They want the rooms for the slot and pit suckers, which is the fiscally correct move. I don't blame them. I'm sure FW loves the rates they charge at Encore.

Probably not counting on many players at all in the rooms. Given their ballrooms and proximity to the airport and tansit I would bet their target market for rooms are corporations and business travelers.

Do you understand how many people live in the greater Boston area? That's a massive amount of locals.

Those are the majority of players that migrated south for so many years to CT to play.

Yeah I agree Encore is just what the locals needed. I'm very happy for the locals.

Can we talk about the level of players on average for 2-5 and 5-10NL?

I play 2-5NL most of the time. I consider Foxwoods to be the nut low when it comes to profitability (miserable depressed nit garden). I also consider Twin River being the nuts for profitability (compared to other venues I have been in New England); players there are so bad!

So let's try to put Encore on this scale (even if it is still the early days).

2-5NL games seems healthy from what I saw. I played on Thursday evening, Sunday all day and Monday evening. I didn't have tilting whales at my tables but a fair amount of fish that call off 3 streets with top pair. Monday evening was surprisingly the best - rarely less than 4 players on the flop (!!!). Of course, many familiar faces around but plenty of bad reg among them.

No opinion about the 5-10 as I didn't try it yet.

I'd be interested to hear about the 20-40 O8. I am pretty decent at this game but it can be a hit or miss depending of your table. I had my name on the list when it started on Monday evening but my 2-5NL was way too good to leave.

Heard (second-hand) that they started charging for parking today. If anyone can confirm, and especially if they’ve worked out validation, would be appreciated.

Ha! That’s the exact same expression I use to describe the Foxwoods 2/5 game

Isn’t it amazing to see 15-20 2/5 games in one venue? Or even in all of NE?