Nice info on the slots.

Is the Signature Suites a part of the Tower Suites? That has a separate check in area and they give a special key which you can show to cut the line at the buffet (and I assume maybe other stuff?).

Fri + Sat night from 9pm to 3am the place is just full of some of the best people watching in Boston area with many club goers and gamblers and drinkers etc...

It is still strange to see a girl wearing a $6000 Versace dress in Boston like this is NYC/LA/Miami/Ibiza/London/Hong Kong but there are a lot of dressed up guys and girls on the weekends.

What does 99.54 job means? I don’t play machines normally

I wonder how the parking comps will work for tournament players, if at all.

It will return 99.54% if you play perfect strategy, the best type of jacks or better machine (known as 9/6 machines) If the casino is generous with comps, the rate is more like 99.8, but comps would not apply here.

I think Encore is crushing the club scene in New England as they can serve alcohol till 4am. I'm not up to speed on club scene though, but a friend of mine who is mentioned this.

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When I was getting my parking validated last night, I asked the woman at the desk about points and she confirmed poker players are accruing $1/hour and there's a bit IT issue that makes it hard to look up (she rolled her eyes as she said that). She was able to look up my points accrued, and it seemed she had to manually combine a bunch of numbers with a calculator. She told me I had 41 hours of play so 41 compdollars, which lined up with hat I expected (my tracker app says I've played 44 hours there, but the dealers are quick to pause your time whenever you get up from the table)

She also said the $1/hour is temporary, and they plan on rolling one a tiered system where you earn different amounts per hour based on what stake you're playing, so that's nice. Hopefully $2/$5 will be $2/hour tho I doubt it

This is not a factor for the club scene there as the only place you can get a drink till 4:00am (actually last call is like 3:30am) is if you are gambling... all bars, night clubs, and restaurants are only able to serve till 2:00am

Heard last night that Encore Boston has made an executive decision that Encore poker dealers will be allowed to play in the room when not working.

I can confirm that from my manager friend. I think it is a good idea, especially the weaker dealers. Playing can give you a much better understanding of how to deal than a classroom can.

Live in the north shore, I've been travelling, and haven't got a chance to get down to Encore yet. Hoping to get down there either Saturday or Sunday. Will most likely play 1-3 NLH since I haven't played live in a while.

My question is what time has been best action at the 1-3 limit? If I head down there at 10am will it be a table full of TAG rocks? Is late night just all LAG action? Or since its the weekend will there be a mix of all action any time of day? Thanks in advance

If a dealer wants to play poker at Encore, they can't play within 8 hours of the start of their shift of 8 hours of the end, and they are not eligible for Bad Beat or any other jackpots. If they hit the bad beat, their portion goes back into the pool. They also can't have a red card

JOB == Jacks Or Better

Different pay tables have different returns; casinos typically alter this by changing the number of bets a full house or flush pays. A machine that gave 100% (assuming perfect play) would pay 976 bets for a royal flush, 9 bets for full house, and 6 bets for a flush, but typical "good" or "full pay" machines usually pay 800/9/6, and the 800 goes without saying so those are called 9/6 JOB for short, and they pay 99.54% back assuming perfect play.

(Also if you don't max bet, you don't even get the 800, but... 400 I think? So you should always max bet, imo.)

Most Encore Everett machines pay 8 bets for a full house and 5 for a flush, i.e. (800/)8/5 JOB, with a 97.3% return. If you want 9/6, you need to bet $25 a hand ($5 x 5 for the max bet bonus). You can see the paytable above the cards on the machines; I'm sure it's possible to bet $25 a hand at Encore and be on a machine that still pays only 8/5.

I actually played about 10 hands at $25 at Bellagio in 2017; they had one 9/6 machine in the whole casino hidden in a dark corner of the bar right outside the poker room. It didn't even spit out tickets; a host had to come by and cash me out for my last $50. Hopefully it is still there; it might have been the only "full pay" JOB machine on the whole south side of the Strip. I was getting some ridiculous villa-sized room offers from them for about a month afterwards -- still well beyond my means at even a discount -- and I can only imagine that is why.

Royal pays 250-1 instead of 800-1 if you bet less than 5 credits (some machines the max bet is 25 credits, so better to say 5 credits instead of max bet for the noobs, though the initiated know what you mean).

Morning games are always a little slower in general but judging from my experience playing 1-3 on a Tuesday afternoon the game was above average for sure so i can’t imagine sat would be worse. Generally speaking tho 10 is a little early - if anything show at 12 or be patient until more games open and you can select

Ah thanks for the corrections. I did I run into a machine at Foxwoods once where the max bet was actually 25x. Luckily that mis-click $1x25 hit a natural flush, and I've just tried to never do that again!

But not much point in playing VP at Encore without much comp value. Oh well.

Very detailed. Thanks!

I played a Sunday 10 am session - game was decent, but ran EXTREMELY SLOW. Couple guys were there all night, taking time with every decisions, needed a nudge to remind them it’s their turn, etc etc...

So what you’re saying every player should know how to deal?

Inaccurate.

Not to beat a dead horse, but... I asked the floor for the requirements of a pit player to earn one comp point-that could be used for “free” parking. Floor went on about poker atlas not being synced with the Red Card etc. for poker players blah blah. I interrupted & told him I was asking for a non-poker playing friend. He said that he had no idea. Does anyone here have any idea?
Thanks.

Obviously there's a lot a dealer needs to do that isn't observed by playing. But practicing counting pots, following action, reading boards/cards, getting familiar with slang and dealing with irregular situations are all things that playing can help with. When a fresh-out-of-class dealer gets thrown into a live game they're usually so nervous about screwing up they miss a lot of the subtleties.

Ideal game is 10 handed with 9 dealers playing, IMO.

Played 1-3 here 7 times so far. My experience has been that while its table-dependent, the evening games are looser. Small sample obv. Last night, a raise to $ 17 brought in 5-6 callers pre flop almost every time. ( no, I did not win a prize last night). Hit it on a weekend night for the loosest action .

I'm finally coming here for the 1st time. What a **** show the traffic is, and trying to park. Such a disaster.

Welcome!

At the Red Card customer service area they have a laminated sheet with all the payouts for the different tier status matches. You really need a high status for $500 and they only pay one match but Caesars Diamond gets you $150 slot play.