[QUOTE=RhodyGuy;55369144] Yes right now . Give it a few months, they will fizzle out. Let's face facts hold em is the simplet vgame to be decent at, it's less complicated then others games. People want to gamble and have, not study difficult games or have to remember cards to he good

I mentioned this in the thread earlier, but when I was clearing the bonus, 9/6 JOB did not work and I had to go to 8/5 JOB. Did they restrict this also?

I tried the usual slot machines and I have to be honest here... I'm pretty sure that their hold is higher than other casinos on same machines. (This is to be expected; when a new casino in an expensive market opens they bleed the fresh money pretty good.)

If you have to use a slot machine, use one that has regular payouts and doesn't bank any pie-in-the-sky progressives. Non-progressives pay out all the money as they go, so you will capture more of the winnings instead of contributing to progressives. I am not sure if there is a big difference aside from that. I don't know if it is optimal, but something like $1/spin Golden Egypt should be fine.

[QUOTE=jungmit;55369590] I do not think poker is a place where people want to gamble. First floor is where people mindlessly gamble on BJ and Baccarat and whatever. When the fish go upstairs, they want to win and outplay each other. They make mistakes, but they try their best and I rarely see anyone just gambling. 2019 poker is a game of who makes bigger mistakes, not gambling. People who want to gamble stay on the first floor instead of waiting their turn at a poker table.

Thanks - if no badugi I’ll give it a shot sometime - I’m
Bad enough at triple draw - rest of the games I feel at least comfortable enough to give it a go

[QUOTE=dc_publius;55369861]I mentioned this in the thread earlier, but when I was clearing the bonus, 9/6 JOB did not work and I had to go to 8/5 JOB. Did they restrict this also?

I tried the usual slot machines and I have to be honest here... I'm pretty sure that their hold is higher than other casinos on same machines. (This is to be expected; when a new casino in an expensive market opens they bleed the fresh money pretty good.)

If you have to use a slot machine, use one that has regular payouts and doesn't bank any pie-in-the-sky progressives. Non-progressives pay out all the money as they go, so you will capture more of the winnings instead of contributing to progressives. I am not sure if there is a big difference aside from that. I don't know if it is optimal, but something like $1/spin Golden Egypt should be fine.

I do not know how this post got tagged to my name but I am not the poster who made this claim. I agree with your side on this.

Edit: Now I see how......scrolling up someone didn’t edit/correct their original post and it screwed up all the quotes by placing them under the wrong posters name.

[QUOTE=dc_publius;55369861]I mentioned this in the thread earlier, but when I was clearing the bonus, 9/6 JOB did not work and I had to go to 8/5 JOB. Did they restrict this also?

I tried the usual slot machines and I have to be honest here... I'm pretty sure that their hold is higher than other casinos on same machines. (This is to be expected; when a new casino in an expensive market opens they bleed the fresh money pretty good.)

If you have to use a slot machine, use one that has regular payouts and doesn't bank any pie-in-the-sky progressives. Non-progressives pay out all the money as they go, so you will capture more of the winnings instead of contributing to progressives. I am not sure if there is a big difference aside from that. I don't know if it is optimal, but something like $1/spin Golden Egypt should be fine.

Your using the word poker to mean hold em

Dylan Linde's Mastering Mixed Games is a modern approach to understanding the basic principals, nothing advanced there.

check out the Draw and Other Poker forum

edit: and FFS people fix your quote blocks

Played the $400 O8 at Foxwoods last night and got lucky for 19 levels and unlucky on 2 hands in a row to bust last level. It had 120 players 15000 starting chips and on the bubble at 20 players the avg was 90k and we were playing 6000-12000 so 7 big bets.

Saw, met up, and spoke to 15+ guys I know who were in town for the WSOP series and most of them come from all over the world and had flown into Boston and played at Encore prior to coming to Foxwoods. They played in every type of game from big NL games to mid-stakes PLO to all levels of mix and not one single person didn't say it was one of the nicest rooms they have ever played at and they think in a few months or so it will be absolutely amazing. They were blown away at how many 1-3/2-5 games were running and while it might not be as crazy action oriented as say Cherokee or Commerce and other places, they think due to the proximity to a large urban area it will thrive.

Overall all these regular tourney grinders can't wait to play a tournament series there.

And now, for the long awaited 753rd Encore Boston trip report for this thread (NOW WITH 75% MORE TL;DR!!)...

Work was slower than the Southeastern Costa Rican Tree Sloth yesterday. With nothing better to do, I spent the better part of the morning guiding the University of Vermont to sweet 16s in the browser based zengm college basketball game, which is a dynamite game, but after when you've gone from 2018 to 2193, it starts to feel a little unrealistic. You start wondering if basketball will even exist in 2193, and then you get bored of the game, and you start looking around the office and thinking, if I walked out of here "for lunch" and casually strolled back three-ish hours later, would anybody really notice? I thought about this for a while, decided that sneaking off to Encore was a viable option, and made my way for the Back Bay T-stop.

Was I nervous I'd get caught and fired? Not at first, no. I put my odds of getting in trouble around 12-1, and getting fired at 20-1. I was confident and happy. By the time I'd gotten dumped off at Sullivan Square though my feelings started to change. This could just be a me thing, but I just find it hard to reconcile going from a strictly utilitarian environment to an over the top luxurious one. It's an odd feeling, sweating your ass off there at the Sullivan Square bus stop, with the nearby sidewalk pigeons wobbling across ancient splotches of stepped on chewing gum, it almost seems fitting that the view of Encore is partially obscured by that stupid wind turbine. The bus seemed to be taking forever to get there and I started to sink into a state of second guessing myself. I'd probably be unemployed by 5pm.

Bus finally shows up, and as an added bonus I notice one of the passengers is wearing a debate tournament t-shirt, so I say to myself, there's a good chance this guy is heading to the casino too, and if that's the case... debate teams + poker = he's probably Andrew Brokos from the Thinking Poker podcast. And it was him, so I got to chat with somebody I've listened to a ton of. He even gave me a bit of advice, telling me that he was actually going to grab a sandwich before playing and that I should probably get off the bus now since this was the Encore stop. Didn't even have to send in an email for that and it saved me a few blocks walk.

It's kind of a busy street you have to cross to get to Encore, but once you get off that bus you are so close you just want to run right across it. I'm standing there chomping at the bit but the walk light just will not come on. Meanwhile there's this middle aged woman gabbing on her phone in spanish standing next to me. She's waiting too, gets sick of it, and interrupts her conversation to say to me "come on, honey, let's just go," which was all the impetus I needed to scoot across despite an orange "Don't Walk" sign. I felt invigorated by this small misdemeanor and will probably do it all the time from now on.

Got in around 1pm I think and was the first person on the 1/3 list. I've been four or five times now and I think the longest I've had to wait has been 10-15 minutes. One of the things I like about Encore, is that even though the bigger games have their own section, every time I've played there in the 1/3 section it's been on one of the side tables which are situated on a little balconies overlooking the entire casino floor. It's a great view to check out after ditching Q3off under the gun.

They started a new table for us, and the game was pretty good for a Wednesday afternoon. Stacks got in the very first hand. About half an hour later two dudes were both around 250+ big blinds deep, and went toe to toe. Flop was A74dd with a flush draw. The pot was bloated by two small all ins who'd recently been nearly felted, and the first of the deep stacks to act bet 90ish, only to be reraised all in by the other guy. Guy one agonizes. I really wanted him to call, for entertainment value if nothing else. He was sitting next to me and I'd heard him mutter that he had top two pair. He eventually ditched the hand, chastising himself in the process. The other dude had AQdd, and hit the flush to take home the pot from the shortstacked all ins.

I scored a big win with a QJ suited. Flop gave me a good draw that hit after I promised myself that if I won this hand I would get a QJ of hearts tattoo. Later I won another semi large hand with QJ of clubs and decided that I couldn't do the tattoo because... different suits.

Cashout and drink service was better than it had been in my previous visits. One of the cocktail waitresses even hooked me up with a drink she knew I liked without me even having to order it, which I really dug as I am a sucker for stuff like that. And speaking of things that are better, on the way back, I tried out the Wellington Station shuttle. I recommend this over the 104. You don't have to walk as far and The Encore shuttle is way nicer than the T. Didn’t get fired when I got back to work either, so that was a bonus. Although if I did get fired, I think I know where I’d be spending all my time.

Prettyh sure everyone agree the actual room is nice. It's new. Chairs are new table are new chips are new. I am saying in 6 months it will be 95% all hold em

Yes we know that's what you're saying. You've said it repeatedly.

Robothead, you need to post way more.
Nice read.

Maybe? Maybe not? There is a lot of variance with big bet no limit games. Guys can go bust quickly, they can go through their bankroll quickly. There will always be people that want an alternative. The key is building feeder games for mid stake limit games.

Text is binding, right? Good TR.

+2

You got some kind of stake in Encore? Rest assured I would not be able to make encore fail no matter what.bi am just 1 guy. No matter what i think encore eill survive. Side bet tho??? By March 90%of games hold em ?

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying you don't need to reply to every poster on the subject and keep posting the same thing. No need to continually repeat yourself, we all understand your position on the matter (that you feel the poker will end up mostly holdem).

Cool. So the only thing that will separate encore from other poker rooms is lots of space between table , which is nice

New poker menu coming out tomorrow.
I also posted earlier about the actual meat on the burger at On Deck and how it was delicious. Not so much anymore. Whereas before they had one nice, juicy patty now they have 2 thin patties. They said that the cook time was too long for the larger patty. The two thin ones are dry and blah.

At this moment-- (Thur 7:30pm):

Encore... 37 tables running (no promos)

Foxwoods... 15 tables running (no promos.. WSOP circuits running)

Mohegan... 6 tables running (no promos)

MGM... 9 tables running (promo day: bonus multiplier???)



Encore=37 tables VS Foxwoods, Mohegan, +MGM= 30 tables



PS: in the "for those that care" category: Chasers... 9 tables running (promo day: rolling high hand $400+/ hr) Good showing BTW!!!

[QUOTE=jpsychlady;55371236]New poker menu coming out tomorrow.
I also posted earlier about the actual meat on the burger at On Deck and how it was delicious. Not so much anymore. Whereas before they had one nice, juicy patty now they have 2 thin patties. They said that the cook time was too long for the larger patty. The two thin ones are dry and blah.[/QUOTE

Taking a (good) friend to lunch next Thursday. Any recommendation(s)?
-Thanks!

When sit and gos were $100+20 like 14-15 years ago, I’d like to know what makes you think that a $200 sit and go should be $15 house rake

Nice TR Robot head - excellent writing...reminds me of my buddies style ...who is an avid blogger in the travel space

Matt?

[QUOTE=jjb511;55371385]

The problem is that there are few restaurants that are open for lunch on a Thursday, On Deck, Red 8, Garden Cafe and the Buffet. I haven’t been to Red 8 so my choice would be Garden Cafe.