1.) 80$ Uber fare to get me ONE WAY to encore... 160$ round trip....... If I am a 1/3 2/5 NL player, am I hemmoraging money? I really really really don't like driving to boston.

2.) Are ubers trustworthy? Like, do I have to worry about someone going crazy or is robbing me or is it legit for the most part?

3.) Are ubers available 24/7? So if I need to leave at like 4:49am, I can get a ride no problem?

4.) If you get an uber to encore, where do they drop you off? Is it close by or is it a long trek to the poker room?

Where are you coming from? There’s got to be a better strat on getting there than $80 each way.

It may even be cheaper to get therapy about driving there. It seems like you could get many of the other posters to form a support group.

Near worcester... I just read about millbury bus route, its only 7$... Last bus is 8PM it seems... and the earliest bus is 9am i think... so if you take that bus at night you need to stay up all night until the next bus.

Is this bus line easy to find at the casino? Is it clearly signed like "MILBURY BUS" or something?

Great points; don’t overpay. I would recommend luxury hotels like these with access to the water shuttle or taxi to the casino, but walking to central Boston:

https://www.ihg.com/intercontinental.../boston/bosha/

https://www.bhh.com/

Not that I saw, but just drop a map pin or take a pic when you get off and then go back. Stop worrying about trivia.

How is the 10/20 NL at encore?

There was zero traffic coming in on the Mass Pike about an hour ago. If you stay away from driving in or out during rush hour you will be fine

2 - always tell the Uber driver that you got crushed and lost money. Problem solved

Looking forward to reading this. Enjoy! If you valet look for me. I’ll put you in Exec VIP 😉

Millbury premium shuttle is your best bet. $14 round trip.
1:20 hr each way depends on time of day.
There’s two pick ups at the exit 11 I-90 park and ride and 1504 grafton rd.

More unsolicited advice: Stay where you play. I like Psychlady’s suggestion of contacting a host. I will add my own suggestion: Just about every hotel in Vegas has a poker rate for rooms with the requirement that you play x amount of hours per day. Last time I checked, Encore Las Vegas had a significantly reduced “poker rate” which required an average of 6 hours play per day. GL.

I always try to stay where I play, whenever possible. I tend to play way too long sessions, chasing a loss, when I have to go stay off-site. If I'm running bad, I like to push a button, go to my room, have a nice bath, watch a good movie then go back down with a refreshed mindset to take back what is mine. Or try to.

I think jpsychlady had the best advice. Blackjack bores me to tears but I've always done decent at it. Just the same moves with the same cards really bores me. But I may just do that. I'll book maybe 10-20 hours @$25 a hand.

My trip isn't for another month so I am going to be diligent on looking at other options too. But I really, really, REALLY want to stay there. From the sounds of it, they are giving some discounts off the rack rate if you give some action in the pit.


Thanks for all the advice.

There’s plenty of line runs on the Millbury bus. Play all day, or if you prefer, all night. $14 vs $160 is a no brainer. You won’t get lost at the bus drop off.

For those who doubted me

Liking the validation of parking for poker players by an official announcement.
Never actually “doubted” you but sometimes thought you spread yourself a little to thin, by opining on FW, MS, TR, MGM, Cheers, Chasers, Hampton Falls, Manchester and Seabrook, to name a few. When do you sleep?

Just to kind of echo what everybody else is saying, I think you'd end up regretting paying $5600 to stay at the Encore. It's a beautiful casino, but it's in Everett, which is an industrial wasteland that's not really near anything else. You can pay so much less than that to stay in a really nice hotel that's actually in Boston (within walking distance to tons of great restaurants and things to do). There are a bunch of transportation options to get to the casino from Boston fairly quickly. I just can't fathom paying that much money to stay in Everett. I swear they set the room rates that high so nobody books them and they can comp whales.

I do hold strong opinions on most subjects but of the 10 rooms listed, I have only offered an opinion on 1/2.

Millbury Premium Motor Coach
Take the Encore Millbury Premium Motor Coach directly to the resort. Complimentary parking along with shuttle service pick-up will be located at I90W Exit 11 to 1504 Grafton Road, Millbury, MA to the Millbury Park and Ride. Purchase your tickets online.

Link to buy ticket/reserve:
https://encorebostonharbor.betterez....3a0235240001f7

Ubers and Lyfts are available 24/7. The rideshare cars drop you at front of casino or the "resort side". They are as safe as a Taxi. Both are complete strangers giving you a ride. Uber/Lyft are tied to location via phone. A taxi is a guy with a partition that protects him from you. Both could essentially rob or take off with you. I hope this helps. Have faith, be smart and you'll be fine.

Or mention the great location you have on your phone and that awesome new camera. Also, if the plate dont match....dont ride.

Just called.

It's 1 hour of play and you'll be able to park for $1. But since they're having IT issues today, they are giving a voucher if you play at least an hour and it'll be $1. This is for 4th of July fwiw.

Was there yesterday, July 3rd, and rec'd a voucher from poker room. It didn't work on the ticket reader so I ended up using 1 comp point. No biggie.
Hoping the 1 hour of poker gets you a free-parking voucher becomes a permanent thing.

Lots of tables running and I happened to be on a good one. (1-2) For the 2nd time in a row, I've seen several bad (new?) players sit down with $ 100- 150 and lose it. I wonder if some players feel that they can take their 100 bucks and take a shot at poker since the table game limits are so high. Saw a lot of $25-50 BJ and other tables running. A couple of $15 tables.

Waitress service was hit or miss. It seemed there 3-4 waitresses around to zero at other times.

Buffett was excellent BTW.

Used Millbury encore bus yesterday 11AM. Only one on bus except driver, a agent/host scans ticket but doesn't ride. Bus Arrived about 11:15 and dropped off front door at 12:10.
Left on 6:30PM bus arrived in Millbury park and ride at 7:20.
Again only one on board.
If little traffic should get there in an hour or less.
So convenient.
Poker room is fantastic

This sounds like a great story. If you can find a sweet deal go for it. Otherwise, this is your anniversary and a special trip. Don't worry about the price and enjoy the heck out of it!! Can't wait for the TR.

Fyi, there were two parking attendants by the exit gates when I left around 3:30 AM. When I scanned the voucher and it didn't work, the attendant asked from the other lane what I scanned, and when I replied that it was a parking voucher, he walked over, opened the gate, and didn't bother to even look at it.

For when they stop providing the vouchers, what was the process to use the comp point from your red card? Did you simply pay at the exit gate, or did you take care of the transaction at the station in the elevator lobby beforehand?