It's the same as 1/2NL anywhere else. A berry patch.

There doesn't seem to be much intest in PLO, I asked around a bit, and the dealers didn't seem to think it was spread much. Lots of limit OE, etc but no PLO.

At low tide 2/5NL can get down close to zero (like last Friday morning), but we kept it going with 4 people until it filled up. At high tide 2/5 can get 4-5 tables going. Each table can be wildly different depending how many nits, regulars, stuck players, etc...

Wtf gross. Wow, they increased the qualifications for it also? Horrible. One of the better things going for FW was they had a little lower rake than most cardrooms in in regards to NL games. Now they don't even have that going for them.

Heard something similar, although 2/5nl and 5/10nl were not included. 1/2nl and some mid limit games. Sucks, keep the lottery out of the game.

Why wouldn't 2/5 and 5/10 be included? Does that mean they are not eligible for the BBJ? I hate the idea of it altogether, but I'm curious if only certain games are funding it, if all games are eligible regardless if they fund it or not.

I LOL at the fact that there is a woods dealer talking up there room in regards to the bbjp..

Any smart grinder is gonna see that it's costing him $6-7 a hand with 4 rake 1 bbjp and 1 or 2 to the dealer in the long run is gonna get eaten alive...

A quad 8's jackpot is gonna be next to impossible to hit and the 4-8 regs are gonna get tired of the extra dollar real fast this may possibly be the worst poker room promotion in the history of poker!!

All I no is that I'm a reg 4-8 player who plays 15-20 hours a week it's gonna cost me at least $100 and come October 1 I'll be playing either 4-8 or pink game at the sun I'm not chasing any rainbows

I am not sure where you get talking it up from my reply, but I was not.
I was merely giving out information on it, as it seemed to be requested.

I have dealt in a casino previously where they did do a progressive bad beat jackpot, and it worked very well. But, to be honest it was easier to hit as you only had to lose with Aces full of jacks. But it also seemed to be a big interest mostly for the older crowd in the stud and omaha games (as they seemed to be more intune to hitting it big than showing a profit in a given month or even year).

Just a quick observation...
You want to play games like the pink chip game at the sun now because it attracts a lot of fish with the inflated look to each pot from all the chips in it. Well, much of the same will happen when the bad beat jackpot starts to inflate too.
Back at home a lot of the slot regulars would jump in games, not having a clue, just so they could have a crack at the bad beat jackpot. They would not fold until they saw a flop, in LHE.
I think the games will soften up enough to make up for your one dollar per hand rake increase. Just my opinion.

Regarding the new BBJ: The consensus at my 4/8 table on Saturday night was "no more tips after Oct 1." I'm not saying that's the correct response. It's certainly not fair to the dealers. But there is a logic to it for the players... The other strong point of view at the table was that this will be a good reason to switch to Mohegan. (For those who mostly play on the weekends when Mohegan isn't taking the extra $1 for their HHJ. - Assuming that's still how they do it over there.)

I played the 9/18 LHE at Commerce awhile back and the level of incompetence was so high at first I had no idea what to attribute it too. Then somebody mentioned that the BBJP was $79,000 or something like that. Everybody was playing any hand that had a prayer of being a bad beat.

Except for me of course. I folded 33 to a raise in HJ only to see CO, BTN, SB, and BB call. Flop came down x33. Lots of action post flop. So the next day I vowed not to do that and yet I folded 22 on the BTN with nobody else in and of course SB and BB called for a flop of x22. Tons of action post flop.

I'm guessing that 4/8 at FW will be jam packed with morons once the BBJP takes effect. Now, not having played that game before maybe it already is jam packed with morons.

I would suggest trying it out for awhile and see if by playing your normal game you don't start doing better.

the woods is really going down the tubes fast, all that bad debt...id be suprised if the WPT main in october gets 400 runners

you folded a PAIR at commerce?!?!?!? last time i flopped quads there, the turn was capped four ways with me only putting in the last raise, and two people called me on the river...

edit: forgot to mention, this was at 40/80LHE... monkeys flinging feces, that's all there is at Commerce...

not a LHE player at all but there is nothing in it for the 4/8 crowd as far as the bad beat jackpot goes. you mentioned the slot regulars, do you think they are gonna sit at 4/8 or the lowest and cheapest game possible????

i agree a progressive bad beat can drag in alot of degens. I'd see this in Atlantic city alot. the thing with AC was the degens would always follow the bad beat around town. but ac is filled wiht degens where as foxwoods really is not. i don't see people who would not already be at the casino making the voyage down just cause of hte bad beat jackpot.

i don't mind this for the 1/2 NL as a good player shouldn't really be affected too much by this and it'll keep the fish intersted and excited.

i wish woods would let us run heads up games

I was at the woods today and it was kind of dead. Lots of empty tables but it did have a decent amount of 1/2 games going and not a long wait so no biggie.

I did ok won 100 bux after all expenses. I was there from ten to five p.m. Just got home an hour or so ago. Only thing worth mentioning is a dooshbag in Pittsburgh Steeler hat and jacket thinking he was table captain talking wayyyyyyyy too much folded his hand face up twice with people in the pot in a ten minute span and I said something to him. I hate people like him. Talk like a pro and do dooshbag stuff like that and act like its ok because they are the ones that did it. He said, "if you don't like it there are many other tables to play at."

I basically said back to him that clearly he should be playing 5/10 cuz he was such a pro. He was not terrible player but I will reiterate the dooshiness. Other reasons besides the breaches of etiquette....

I asked the dealer what if he keeps doing it? They said call the floor. I declined. Gladly he left less than a half hour later. The whole table pretty much agreed that he was being a doosh. Whatever though. It was good to play some live. Go Mass and get a resort casino. Foxwoods will be screwed if that happens though but at least I won't have to drive 1.5 hours.

jackpots are a hit with the retirees. I guess this is the 'competition' that everyone has been talking about.

You know the legislature is going to mandate that the casino be in a God forsaken place like Chelsea and Holyoke for "urban development."

I worked in downtown Holyoke, so I know just how comfortable I'd feel carrying a wad a cash there at night.

If Mass gets casino approval it won't be far from Boston you can believe that.

No offense, but this is the wrong mentality. If you really don't realize how bad the extra rake is going to effect your hourly rate I dunno. It just pisses me off immensely that they limit the extra $1 rake to 1/2 in regards to NL. Why all limits won't be subjected to this bs is beyond me.

sorry if I sounded a little ignorant and definitly no offense taken. I play online and rarely go to foxwoods to play cash when i go its mostly for tournies. I was speaking to more what I saw from playing lots a few years back at the 1/2 NL tables at the trop when the bbj got really high. and being the fact that I don't grind 1/2 NL for a living or on a regular basis i think you have the right to be against it

as for the mass casino, i heard it was out in western mass somewhere and find it hard to believe there would be a good spot anywhere close to boston. anyone know anything more?

That makes sense. Nah you didn't come off ignorant. If I played mostly online and just occasionally live I could definitely see your standpoint. It definitely will change the dynamics of the game though.

Just think how much $ this will drain out of the player that plays 7 days a week 10 hours a day..

This has to be the most idiotic bad beat quad 8s or better beaten how's it feel to no if u got pocket 7s u don't even qualify

I got to figure on a regular bbjp that 80% of winners have aces full beaten to win it

Can't wait to see quad sixes beaten by a straight flush and they start going crazy cuz they think they got it..... Oh wait I won't see that I'll be at mohegan sun....

Suffolk Downs seems to be betting the farm on getting casino gaming legalized in MA. If it goes, it will be there. That's a damn shame too. Lot of history at Sufferin' Downs, but the place has been on a downward spiral since the mid-90s.

the people watchin would be amazing if a casino went into suffolk downs... the degens of east boston, chelsea, revere and the north end would live there. it would be woptoberfest everyday of the week

Don't count out Adelson from Sands/Venetian/Macau fame, nor George Carney from Raynham Park. They have all stated publicly they will be in the bidding.

I'll be up in CT next week for my H.S. reunion, so I thought I'd spend a couple nights at Foxwoods.

I'll be staying at the Two Trees Inn. Question:How much of a journey am I going to have to go on to get from my hotel room to the poker room.? I know I'll have to take a shuttle, but where does it let off in relation to the poker room?
Also, I'll be with my wife. I'm assuming it would be relatively safe for her to get on the shuttle from Casino to the Two Trees, correct? I don't want to send her on her way if there are going to be degens there asking her for money...

thanks in advance.