Wish I had an invite too! Good luck, my friend.

In any case, I hope you'll have a great time visiting Boston. June is typically a beautiful month here, with lots of events going on.

Two things to note:

- the Sox will actually be away during that week - first home games back will be vs Toronto Fri-Sun (6/21-23)

- Only n00bs and carpet-baggers call it "bean town". Do yourself a favor and don't mark yourself as either.

How

Was at a birthday party last week and some good friends from Melrose said we should all go to opening day. Would have never considered going previously because it is going to be a complete **** show, but now considering it and will most likely be going.

Two guys I know from poker circles are also poker floors. Or dual rates anyway for now.

Honestly not sure, I signed up for the mailing list years ago when the EBH website first launched and messaged them on FB for details about the poker room and launch transportation options, but have never played at a Wynn property.

Ah, yes I should have said the next weeks games

I may keep up the n00b image, I want to be see as the out-of-towner

Well, just to be clear, I didn't mean at the tables, I meant in general public. Not like anyone will slap you for using it, its just that many Bostonians find the term offputting. Folks in other cities have similar reactions to unpopular nicknames - like "Frisco" and "the Big Apple".

Well then I suppose carpet bagger is a good one for an out of towner as I believe that was a term southerners gave to the northerners that were moving south during the civil war and had all their possessions rolled up in a carpet.

Anyhoo, any mixed game players here? I'd love to get a big bet mix going, something like plo nlhe crazy pineapple nl2-7 or maybe even short deck if its allowed on the regular there

I'd be down for a 20-40 HORSE Quite the opposite of big bet mix games but could be really fun!

I love mixed games, but am not currently rolled for higher stakes. Keep in mind that only specific forms of poker are allowed in Massachusetts. This was mentioned a while back in this thread I think. Whoever wrote this law obviously isn't a modern poker player! Wish they at least had razz so they could spread HORSE. Maybe we could get a mix game with all the allowed games going!

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).

Source : https://massgaming.com/regulations/table-games-rules/
https://massgaming.com/wp-content/up...er-6-11-19.pdf

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By the way, has anyone ever heard of high low split 6 or better and/or mambo stud? Google search only found mambo stud as a table game.

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Does Big O (5 card PLO8) qualify under Omaha so that can be spread or be included in mix games?

The pdf linked to above defines Omaha as having 4 hole cards, so it doesn't sound like Big O is an option.

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I'm in to help start any mixed games when I'm there if it's at big enough stakes. A big bet mix with pl stud, pl draw, nlhe, plo would be really fun imo. Limit mixes works too though. MGM springfield told me they would spread any games people wanted to play so I imagine Boston can as well.

The EBH parking garage has 2900 spots, 1000 will be used for valet.

There is a 700 car parking lot across the street, 100 of those spots will be for Uber / Lyft. They are implementing some kind of "Geo Fence" around the property so that any requests for a ride will only go to drivers in that parking lot. No idea how that works.

I would imagine at off times there will be plenty of parking in the T garages or the garage at Wellington. Plus, there is an "overflow" lot on Air Force Rd in Everett that has 600 spots.
I'm not real familiar with the area but at today's Gaming Commission meeting the EBH executives said that a lot of their employees were getting off at Sullivan Square and walking or hopping on the T buses that stop right in front of the casino.

I had posted the games permitted a while back in this thread. I imagine when the Gaming Commission was determining its rules that poker was low down on the priority list and they probably just copied them from another state. It kind of looks like Maryland to me. I really only play Texas Holdem, I was looking forward to some new games. It looks like a lot of them may not be allowed. I know there is no Razz, so no HORSE. They can do HOSE.

If there is any good news in that, it's not set in statute or even by regulation. The games allowed are set out by rules approved by the Gaming Commission. So they should be the easiest to change. I reached out to the Gaming Commission a while ago as to how to go about that and it must be done by the gaming licensee. I figured EBH has enough on its plate right now but maybe once the dust settles the Poker Room Manager, the Casino Manager, or whomever the right person is can get together with their counterpart at MGM and work out a proposal for games to add to the list. Or maybe to suggest to the Commission that they strike section 8 and allow the gaming licensee's to submit for approval new game requests as needed.

Random, and not to derail thread, but any information on say 2 golf courses worth playing in the area (preferably on golf now), bringing the sticks with me, hit me in PM if you can refer some decent tracks

Looks like Atlantic City’s list of games. Has Mambo Stud been played anywhere else?

It's just like Logan Airport, drivers enter a lot that has a digital geo-fence (so the app they're driving on knows they're available) and get assigned requests in the order which they entered the lot.

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Hows the area near the casino? Would a airbnb close by be a good choice or go with hotel a bit further out?

Casino area is kind of industrial. AirBNB in Medford, Somerville, or Charlestown might be a decent choice if you’ll have a car. Map it out on Google to make sure you’d be in the parts of those cities that are closer to Encore.

Anyone know any details about when they'll start running tournaments and what those might look like?

its tough to give advice without knowing how you are getting here and what you might be looking for during you stay outside of the casino. shoot me a PM if you want. I live within 3 miles of the casino so know the area very well. I'll also be making it a priority to maximize my to and from once its up and running.

****, its gonna be +ev not to have a horrible time to and from.

just did a driving tour of the area and its looks like off peak times the shuttles are gonna be a great options. Peak times are gonna rough pretty much any way in or out. stress matters and the extra few bucks for better parking or transportation will add up.

Walking or Biking from Sullivan is a good option. The bike lane and sidewalks are big and you can avoid that rotary (which has crosswalk and signals but yes it hectic as ****) walking all together. the 104 bus does run right in front of the casino on broadway too for those less inclined to walk the mile. its gonna be interesting for sure cause its gonna take everyone a little extra time once they get close and with traffic flow maybe the best way in turns into the worst way out.

Purchased Encore bus round day trip tic in early July from the Millbury park n ride $14.
Many departure and return times to pick from.
If they get enough riders I will go more often.
Beats gas/tolls/parking and driving aggravation.

This is good to know for me. What bus line?

Encores own bus line from there web site. I think they have 3 different outlining areas and one is from millbury park and ride

Thanks!