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04-29-2019 , 10:19 PM

#276

jpsychlady

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,588

Quote:

Originally Posted by tableclown

Nothing will ever beat 2/5 PLO at foxwoods. Literally free money

Dude. Are you getting a kickback for every player you bring to the game?

04-29-2019 , 10:23 PM

#277

Lattimer

I is smart

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15,463

no **** lol

04-29-2019 , 10:37 PM

#278

Mr ATM

grinder

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 487

Quote:

Originally Posted by tableclown

Nothing will ever beat 2/5 PLO at foxwoods. Literally free money

Is it time yet to dust off the ban hammer???

04-30-2019 , 10:25 AM

#279

PierreFermat

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 463

https://www.masslive.com/casinos/201...berations.html

Possibly some news tomorrow.

04-30-2019 , 07:10 PM

#280

PardoG

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Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,903

We are good to go people - 35M fine but things moving ahead

04-30-2019 , 07:15 PM

#281

Scientist

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 233

And there go my dreams of Mohs North, or "Tribes on the Charles"

04-30-2019 , 07:58 PM

#282

A-8Spades

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 137

Encore $35M fine, CEO $500K fine, keeps license.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-ne...everett-casino

https://www.masslive.com/casinos/201...o-license.html

04-30-2019 , 08:46 PM

#283

PierreFermat

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 463

Hallelujah!!!

04-30-2019 , 09:20 PM

#284

27offsuit

actions have consequences!

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 38,585

Saw Wynn Vegas is doing away with their parking fees.

04-30-2019 , 09:34 PM

#285

PierreFermat

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 463

Quite a few places in Vegas have started to turn around on parking fees and a few places have said they'll add a few dollars to the room price but remove resort fees too. People have voted with their business by not showing up and many places are really suffering for business.

Even if they did decide to charge for parking/resort fees I would've started with something like $5 for parking/$10 for resort fees and see how the reaction is vs like $15/$30.

04-30-2019 , 09:59 PM

#286

A-8Spades

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 137

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishFry1984

Get people to show up, and it’s pretty much a guarantee they’ll spread it.

The real question is how far they’ll go with certain mix games (different variations of draw games), if they need approval from Comission and such.
Cause I tell ya, the mix games out here in Vegas are far away from HORSE, lots of gambly types of draw games!

I don't think they'll go too far, at least in the beginning. The MGC limits them to only "authorized" games. From the MGC regulations on poker:

8. Types of permissible poker games
(a) A gaming licensee may offer the following types of poker games:
(1) Seven-card stud (high, high-low split and high-low split eight or better);
(2) Hold 'Em (high);
(3) Omaha (high, high-low split eight or better);
(4) Five-card draw (high and low);
(5) Five-card stud (high); and
(6) Mambo stud (high-low split six or better).
(b) No gaming licensee shall offer or permit the playing of any poker game in its casino room which is not authorized by this section

I'm not sure how lowball games fit into that.

04-30-2019 , 10:10 PM

#287

Scientist

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 233

Quote:

Originally Posted by A-8Spades

I don't think they'll go too far, at least in the beginning. The MGC limits them to only "authorized" games. From the MGC regulations on poker:

[I]8. Types of permissible poker games

(a) A gaming licensee may offer the following types of poker games:

(1) Seven-card stud (high, high-low split and high-low split eight or better);

(2) Hold 'Em (high);

(3) Omaha (high, high-low split eight or better);

(4) Five-card draw (high and low);

I'm not sure how lowball games fit into that.

2-7 lowball is 5 card draw low.

I've seen it on the interest list at MGM.

04-30-2019 , 10:33 PM

#288

blee24

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 181

Quote:

Originally Posted by A-8Spades

I don't think they'll go too far, at least in the beginning. The MGC limits them to only "authorized" games. From the MGC regulations on poker:

8. Types of permissible poker games

(a) A gaming licensee may offer the following types of poker games:

(1) Seven-card stud (high, high-low split and high-low split eight or better);

(2) Hold 'Em (high);

(3) Omaha (high, high-low split eight or better);

(4) Five-card draw (high and low);

(5) Five-card stud (high); and

(6) Mambo stud (high-low split six or better).

(b) No gaming licensee shall offer or permit the playing of any poker game in its casino room which is not authorized by this section

I'm not sure how lowball games fit into that.

Only lowball is 5 card draw? Who wrote these regulations? Sounds like an unusual mix of games.

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04-30-2019 , 10:51 PM

#289

FishFry1984

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Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,033

Archie is basically 5 card draw hi low.

04-30-2019 , 10:54 PM

#290

blee24

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 181

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scientist

2-7 lowball is 5 card draw low.

I've seen it on the interest list at MGM.

I guess 2-7 triple draw is still 5 card draw. Never played but I'd give it a shot if it ran, especially in a mixed game.

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04-30-2019 , 11:59 PM

#291

12bigworm81

adept

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,040

Sum

I heard...
I know a manager that said...
Vegas does something so....
The only stakes that will approved are....
Parking cost will definitely be....

05-01-2019 , 12:52 AM

#292

Scientist

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 233

Quote:

Originally Posted by 12bigworm81

Sum

I heard...
I know a manager that said...
Vegas does something so....
The only stakes that will approved are....
Parking cost will definitely be....

Don't forget the...

HYYYPPPEEEE

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05-01-2019 , 02:08 PM

#293

Tintinpoker

journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 318

So opening is still planned on June 24th?

05-01-2019 , 03:38 PM

#294

RhodyGuy

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,392

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tintinpoker

So opening is still planned on June 24th?

I’ve heard June 23, 24 and 26 floating around but with the license issue now settled and construction currently scheduled to be completed on June 1st, it wouldn’t surprise me to have them open sooner. They have a generic “June Opening” listed on their site which leads me to believe they will be opening prior to these abovementioned dates. Management is already in the building working.

05-01-2019 , 04:08 PM

#295

youtalkfunny

dumbest smart person his mom knows

Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 21,758

5 card stud, a game no one has played since The Cincinnati Kid? APPROVED!

Badugi, a game actually played in 2019? NOPE! Get out of here with your 4-card nonsense! We're Massachusetts, and we know better than anyone else, even in businesses we've never run before!

05-01-2019 , 07:42 PM

#296

A-8Spades

centurion

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 137

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tintinpoker

So opening is still planned on June 24th?

They are planning on June 23rd.

Encore Boston Harbor-to-open-its-doors-this-summer

05-01-2019 , 08:32 PM

#297

over45

newbie

Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 22

Hi All, with 88 tables here at the Encore Boston, it would make it the 3rd biggest in the country I believe. behind Commerce and Foxwoods. Are there any others as large??

05-01-2019 , 09:06 PM

#298

RhodyGuy

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,392

Quote:

Originally Posted by over45

Hi All, with 88 tables here at the Encore Boston, it would make it the 3rd biggest in the country I believe. behind Commerce and Foxwoods. Are there any others as large??

Foxwoods is downsizing to 60 right around the time Encore opens so there will be a large gap beneath Commerce and Encore for largest room.

05-01-2019 , 10:15 PM

#299

dc_publius

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,308

I was looking at Bravo and I see that there are several poker rooms 20-30 miles away from Boston and they have hardly any tables running. (Nashua, NH/etc.)

Am I supposed to believe that all these poker players itching to play are not willing to drive 20 miles right now, but will somehow flood Encore when it opens? Why are the current poker rooms in the area so dead?

I realize that people have high hopes but nowadays, it seems that more regs are chasing openings and openings are full of regs and traveling pros, which is how people described Springfield opening to me.

05-01-2019 , 10:27 PM

#300

blee24

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 181

Quote:

Originally Posted by dc_publius

I can't speak for the community, but I've been to the Connecticut and Springfield casinos a few times in the past year, and haven't driven up to New Hampshire even once. I'm planning to go to the Encore room one or two days a week. I think looking at NH isn't a good measure. It's almost an hour drive from inside Boston, and that's only if you go when there's no traffic.

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