Poker players get no love in general with comps/points

just make sure your card is logged in...once you reach some high number of hours logged you will begin to see rewards

I get coupons for free points, shows and cheaper rooms all the time but its not accurate because I mix play on everything from craps to blackjack to the occasional slot

I have hardcore slot people in my family that get all the free room comps special privileges etc

if/when I lose a couple k on the felt it's spread between the players on the table...when slot players drop that amount its going to the casino so of course they get treated better

I see alot of answers in the last few posts and no one really knows the right answer.

The free room promotion is over. If you do not get it offered to you now you will never get it bc Foxwoods is taking it away. The casino was losing money with this promotion and has since stopped offering it.

The requirment for the free room if you played strictly poker was you needed at least the black card, "premium poker room member."

The Mohegan 5/10NL game runs almost everyday. It has at least 1 table going. The game plays much tighter usually and the play makes much more sense. Most of the players are a mix of foxwoods regulars and the small amount of Mohegan regulars.

Yes Foxwoods needs a high limit section very bad. Recently the casino caught people cheating using their cell phones at the poker table. Eating at the poker table slows the game down tremendously and makes the table, cards, and chips disgusting. They should have a high limit section and allow eating there.
I will be playing should be a good turn out. I have been on a very nice streak with these "special tournies." 3/5 FT GL in it.

The free room promotion is NOT over. In fact, it seems I'm almost the only person who didn't get if for August already, but many friends have. I've had it continuously Feb-July. Some friends had it every month but one, so maybe Aug is just the month they chose to skip me.

The REALLY big deal this month willl be how the new Gold Dream Cards shake out, and how they treat the few poker players who had Platinum but don't meet the new, additional "average points/day" criteria.

There are also major changes to lounge access starting now, but I did get it for access to 2 lounges, a total of once per day with one guest. I know people with other varied results on that score.

I just received the offer for August free rooms today, is this going to be the last month? That would be a bummer, it was a balleresque feeling to be comped rooms for just poker.

As for complaints about FW poker room I like the no cell phone at the table rule, I like the no eating at the table rule (although when it was allowed I did it all the time) and I don't care if the high limit players have their own room or not.

I have developed decent relationships with several floor and dealers, find most to be friendly and somewhat competent. I am not saying the room is perfect, and there are definitely some dealers who would never survive if they were keeping their own but for the most part I find the room to be run at least satisfactory.

And seriously, the comp level for poker players the past 8-12 months has been sick.

not sure about august but the free room thing is still a go for July - just booked two...actually upgraded to suites for pocket change

hows the lounge thing work again? is it total points or just poker time?

I just have to say that Foxwoods just has to be the worst Poker Room there is !!!!

Yes, thats right they did not even have enough dealers for the 11 am tournament ! There were around 15+ players waiting in line to sign up for the tournment but since there were no dealers they just had to wait in line for the 1st level or so....

I guess they did not know ??? That it was going to be this crazy busy the day ???? hint hint.... it's a day befor ethe long weekend ! durrrrrr

Bye noon time, there was around 46+ people waiting for 1/2 nl and like 30+ on both the 5/10 and 10/20 LHE games..... I thought I even saw 22 on a 10/20 HORSE game ?

All you could hear was that poor woman calling games and locking up seats for 3hrs straight....

LOL

visiting tuesday

Maria is a happy woman who does not mind that work at all.

They had many of the dealers extended into working overtime.

But this is the first time since November tournament time last year that I have seen them get this far behind. Usually they do a very good job keeping lists short.

Got down today for the 11 am bounty event. Decent turn out.

Place was a complete zoo by 12 oclock and the girl calling games was losing it. She called over the supervisor to get her some help.

One interesting rules question came up today when I was sweating my friend after I busted.

One player (Old cranky Man) open pushed allin from the button for like 3 BB's, SB repushed to isolate and the BB exposed his hand. He had them both covered and I have no idea what he was trying to pull. Anyway he had JJ ended up calling and losing to the SBs AT or some such. The Button was busted and pissed. He called the floor over and wanted the guy with the exposed hand to get a penalty.

The dude did get a 10 hand penalty and after some screaming yelling etc. was asked to leave the table. He came back 5 mins later and was told to leave the area completely. Only 2 hands had passed.

Here is the problem though. He wasn't given a warning and now he was on a short stack down to less than a rounds worth of chips. His stack was completely blinded off to the felt.

Shouldn't his last ante/blind stay live? It seems excessive to me to make a guy get a 10 hand penalty, in this tourney could be longer than a level and get blinded out completely.

A penalty is a penalty..if he busts out, too bad...next time he won't expose his cards. People have to remember....when you play in a tournament, you agree to abide by house rules (even though you may or may not have read them). So make sure you read them before entering in a tournament.

I agree !!!! Everyone always has an angle ! OK, He had pocket JJ then just call or shove.... No need to show your cards to anyone !

They also have been cracking down on cell phone use at the tables.... No text messages or you will get a 10 hand penalty ! You have to step away from the table !!!! I saw a player standing behide his chair and was asked to move away from the table.

House rules @ FW on exposing your hand in a multi-way pot also apply to cash games. Though in a cash game you just get a warning first... Also, in a tournament you aren't allowed to flip your cards even when HU unless its the last two players in the tournament.

Technically his hand should have been dead when he exposed his cards. But maybe this is FW's way of issuing a warning to first time offenders in a tournament... I have seen the 10 hand penalty imposed when the player did not do it intentionally (ie, he exposed his hand thinking it was heads up all-in when it wasn't or when an opponent still had a bet to call and the player didn't realize it).

The rule is there to prevent a player from gaining an advantage over one opponent at the expense of another.

If Foxwoods follows the TDA rules, his hand isn't killed for exposing it......

31. Exposing Cards
A player who exposes his cards with action pending may incur a penalty,
but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the
hand.

I could be wrong about this but on at least two different occasions a Floor during a FW tournament explicitly said if you expose your hand it will be dead.

I would not be surprised if that differs from what other Floors would do and/or FW's actual policy.

If that is the rule that a 10 hand penalty comes without a warning necessary than so be it. It was a pretty silly move I was just surprised that a penalty would be the thing that could bust someone.

I got a Platinum for the 2nd half of the year. I know it's still 2500 pts to re-qualify, but what is this new average pts/day?

Does anyone know what FW uses for payout percentages in the 2009 Megastacks? I imagine they follow some standard, I'm just not sure what it is.

Is there any better deal for converting wampum points into cash that the Stop & Shop card (cost: 150% of dollar value)?

I don't shop much at S&S, ideally I would love to get the cards and then sell them for maybe 95 cents on the dollar to someone who shops there a lot.

haven't been to the woods in 2 months...so can anyone please update me on the new tourneys,

like the friday night 6PM, 340, how many runners

also i see a 400 bounty has replaced the 560 which was failing to draw anyone....

whats up with the bounty on sat at noon, how many runners, also what percent of the buy in is reserved for knockouts.

GP

Ballz. ****ty cards today with bizzaro nits. Also, 1-2 NL list was 32 deep at 11 am. So if anyone wants a job as a dealer, they MUST be hiring.

Also still raining in NE

lol gotta love those guys that c/c all the way down with overpairs and you think you are value betting them with like TPTK but whatevs so easy to value town them if you have anything better than one pair esp if you've gotten out of line even a little.

You can love them - I'm still throwing up in my mouth

Looking to go sometime this week. Will chip in for gas. PM me and let me know.

32 Foxwoods 1-2 donks in line looking to kiss their $ away with TPTK or inside S draws. Yeah thats a shame. They didnt last long since it was open seating by 12:30.

I saw him playing or thought i saw him at 2 5 nl with a hot hot girl. I said to myself that looks just like the actor lol don't know him by name just face. I firgured thats who you where talking about i googled picture same guy 2 5 nl.