My regular room is Borgata. I came up to Encore and logged about 60 hours of play.

The firat thing that surprised me is how comparatively empty the casino floor is, even during prime hours. Borgata is much busier.

I think i mentioned this already but the player pool is a lot of decent regs and some bad recs too. The skill disparity is bigger than most places Ive played.

The person saying the action might pick up when semesters start might be right?

All in all, the drive from NYC is not worth it to me as a 2/5 reg.

I learned about Encore about a year and a half ago, when regs at my Pennsylvania poker room were salivating at the prospect of juicy games. Reality is that poker boom is long behind us. In 2019, I would LOVE to join a 5/10 game that only has 5 or 6 grinders. There are so many people chasing good games that some think the best strt is to stay at local game as strong regs go chasing.

I played between 4pm yesterday and 6:30am this morning and this was all the talk...

Encore is going to lower the time charge per half hour to some crazy small amount to get all the games to Encore around the time tournaments start. They basically want all the mid-limit games to go there from 20-40 limit to 5-5 PLO type games and they will beat out every single room in the Northeast and they don't care if they will lose money doing it. They want the players to help the dealers to have work/tips and the massage girls to get clients to the kitchen busy serving food and then of course down to the pits/slots to gamble and maybe even go to a restaurant or two and possibly spend some money at the shops or concert tickets.

I hope someone else will jump on here and confirm this was discussed by dealers/floors/management/etc...

This would be amazing. I eat at Encore every visit but I know a lot of people complain about the prices so I do wish they’d offer more options around $15
I wish they would also do some time of time deal on the massages. Like keep the $2/minute but make a deal like $25 for 15 minutes. I’ve had a massage there and I got what I needed but I’m not likely to do it often because of the price.

But overall I’m happy to hear this news and I hope it’s true

I witnessed the poker room manager hint at this two weeks ago as he gave us a free half (20 stud).

Let's hope this is all true and they lower the time to say $5/half hour, would all the 20-40 Stud Players from Foxwoods come? Would there be more 5-5 PLO games? I don't know anywhere else nearby that has mid-stakes limit hold'em and O8 games.

Sorry if I missed it but have played 2 sessions and have 0 points. Is comp for poker different and if so what is it? Thanks.

This would be in the faq if there was one. The poker comp points accumulate at $1 per hour, but they are not linked to the red card accounts yet and are not usable. They do keep track though and you can ask at the red card desk for your poker comp total. I just did yesterday and it was at like $50, which is about what I expected.

Sundays seem to be not too much better than Mon-Thu. It was pretty quiet today with only one 2-2 PLO game by the evening and just a heads up game in the VIP room.

Keep in mind that this is during the main event at Foxwoods.

Hi, long time no see!

I was playing 5/5 PLO Saturday night, talking about 2+2, and a kid at the table said to me:

Kid: You post on 2+2, don't you?
Me: Why yes I do, in fact I'm a Mod there!
Kid: I've read your posts, I know who you are!
Me: Cool! What's my name?


Kid: You're that PsychLady!
Me: Grrr no

Love it!

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This x1000. Played at TR throughout the winter and all anybody talked about was how awesome Encore was going to be. In reality TR was a terrific room. Action was phenomenal, parking was very easy, no BB jackpot drop, good drink service, and a myriad of dining options. Everything from Dunkin Donuts and Subway to Fred and Steve's.. which for the price served a terrific steak. Sure the floor was kind of slow to fill seats sometimes at the lower stakes, but whatever. Mostly what took it over the top was the action though. Games like that are very hard to find nowadays.

What would attract "Boston Whales" to go hang out with a bunch of people whining about parking vouchers and free food?

Yet to go to Encore just because summer is short around here and like to take advantage of the good weather. Was assuming I'd be there a bunch Oct-Mar, but to be honest this thread makes it sound like the room is filled with miserable entitled hoodies.

BTW...a few friends that have gone have said the 5/10 game is filled with many pros that shouldn't consider themselves pros. I think too many people that have commented on them aren't willing to change their own playing style based on the game they are in. Result becomes a bunch of tight players staring at each other.

IDK if you're describing Twin Rivers in Rhode Island or some other unknown place. Because it's not a terrific room and is arguably the worst room in New England, it has an awful parking situation with super long walks in a poorly lit unsafe parking lot and a very long wait to valet. Food at TR flat out sucks and I don't know how you can just dismiss the floor being slow to fill seats. THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. And I've personally seen 2 dealers on dead spreads there for over an hour with full lists at 1/2 and 2/5.

I still play at Twin River every week and this still happens ALL THE TIME.

I've played at over 30 casinos and Twin River easily has the worst floors (or, to give them the benefit of the doubt, floors that are forced to adhere to the worst policies) of anywhere I've even played by a country mile

I don’t know what you’re smoking but please share with me.
Twin River is a dump. There have been many, many muggings in their dimly lit bad parking situation. The food is worse than a mall food court. There is not 1 decent place to eat there. The dealers suck and the floors are even worse. I haven’t played there in a while but everyone has told me that the action wasn’t there anymore(long before Encore opened)
I get it, you don’t like Encore. That’s fine. Whatever. But that place you’re describing does not exist

DITTO ! TR is by far the worst room in new england

Not to pile on, but the bolded alone disqualifies you as a food/drink critic.

To each their own. When is the last time anything bad happened in the parking lot? I never once felt unsafe and walked out many times with lots of $$ in my pocket. Find me a better steak at Encore than Fred and Steve's at a similar price point. And how can you gloss over the single most important aspect of a poker room.. the action? Enjoy Encore.. hope the games get better there!

Lol. I don't go to poker rooms for the food. Again, Fred and Steve's, Shipwreck, and the sports bar were all decent options for the price. Much better than what you'll find at Encore.. unless you enjoy spending $25 on a burger or whatever. Hope you can get them to validate your $40 parking too.

Jesus the attacks!
Who cares? Stay at Twin and others will stay at Encore.

But defending the facts of shitty floors, muggings in parking lots. Can’t deny these facts, they’ve happened dozens of times at Twin River.


And to others on previous posts complaining about VIP room having 1 game only, and tumbleweeds.... name me one casino in Vegas that the VIP rooms isn’t dead this time of the year?

Ya’ll need to relax and also realize that another poker boom ain’t happening

I am a recreational 5/10 player at Borgata and have never played at Encore Boston, but I spent a week and a half two weeks ago playing at Encore Las Vegas the 5/10 NL. For the most part, it was full of pros/regs and not much action, a tough game for me. It was the middle of August, not the busiest time in Vegas, but it was not a game that I could see playing as a pro...The players were on average probably a bit better than the Borgata pros as well...There was no action in the VIP room besides the 1 or 2 5/10 NL games that would run.

TR is a former dog track that as someone else mentioned has the ambiance of a mall food court. It is what is. For anyone to prefer that property over Encore is laughable.

I think the action at Encore is like most places. I think the average player is just much more knowledgeable and competent these days so everyone needs to adjust and improve. Athletes today are probably faster stronger and more prepared because of nutrition training scouting than previous decades so you have to be a much better hitter to get a home run off a pitcher or a touchdown catch over a better defensive back.

I've played at every poker room in the area and Encore is working to get everything fixed to the best of their abilities but they will still be a high end luxury resort that caters to people who want to spend money. You can watch a movie at home on Netflix or spend $10 at the movie theater or $80 to go see the Nutcracker or $400 for a NYC hotel room + Hamilton tickets on Broadway and there will be clientele for each.

Encore is going to actively and consistently improve all services and attract more players by adding tournaments, lowering time charge, fine tuning menus, training the dealers/floors, adding new games, etc... and that will attract more players and action.

Poker is just getting harder to beat and there hasn't been anything to spur new players to start playing poker like Chris Moneymaker winning the Main Event on ESPN or the WPT and other shows all over TV as well as the option to play nickel and dime games online but hopefully maybe legal sports betting and the eventuality of legalizing online poker again in the New England area just like it is now in Nevada, New Jersey, etc... will help.

There is no reason to promote or bash any rooms. Every room has many pros and cons. For all the expense of playing poker at Encore I get to use a nice clean bathroom with attendant after drinking as many Angry Orchard or Sam Adams Summers or Crown Royals as I want by just tipping attractive waitresses. I can get a massage from licensed therapists while I play and people to bring me food placed on a tray right behind me if I want. There are security guards by every entrance/elevator and many local Everett and State Police all over to break up any fights or potential theft situations along with canine patrols for drugs and weapons and bombs on top of the undercover security. Parking is literally the greatest thing ever as it is free all week and validated with 3 hours of play on weekends and they have their own elevator right up to the poker room. Wynn perfected this in their original Las Vegas poker room by putting poker right next to self parking. It is a small walk to get to poker when I park at Rainmaker garage and Twin Rivers is just scary.

funny.
I actually saw you a few weeks ago. I was being seated at your 2/5 game but while I was getting chips you moved to a plo game.