I take it you haven't read the complaints in the Mohegan thread about it's floor people?

Don't forget to mention how bad the waitresses are at Mohegan. There have been times I've gone 2+ hours without even seeing one in the room. If you ask the floor to call they basically tough ****.

Very true, I got sick of waiting one night a few weeks ago and asked the floor lady and she rolled her eyes and said "they're around, watch for them" and walked away as my jaw dropped before I could think of anything to say. wtf?

Can't blame the floors as most of the problem is with management. Floors are specifically told not to leave their section and if they do there will be problems. So when you hear "its not my section" it's the truth, they cant help whether its 10 feet away or not.

You can also add that the Floors at Foxwoods are some of the lowest paid in the country. Floors at Mohegan or in Vegas and AC with the same amount of service all make more then the floors at FW. If you want to blame anyone start with the management and go up.

Just a guess but was it the floor lady who is a little chubby with glasses and a little curly hair. She ever deals either. If thats who it is, she is a real bitch who dosnt give a crap about anyone.

Being screwed feels better on the West Coast

i got comped tickets to weezer tommorow. i dont think ill be able to go so i wanna give them to my friend whos a big fan. anyone know if I can just give him my dreamcard and he would be able to grab the tics from the dreamcard station?

Believe it or not Foxwood's floor staff has things running quite smoothly for such a large room.

Card rooms in the midwest/western parts of the US are notoriously ****ty, unkempt and poorly run with problems you would not even believe existed playing at FW or Mohegan.

Yea, the floor sucks. Yea, the dealers suck sometimes. Sometimes people play underage and jeopardize the BBJP. We have it pretty good at the woods compared to a lot of other known card rooms and I find the dungeon to be quite homely and a nice play to play poker with the natural sunlight coming in, only casino evar to do so?

Take the bad with the good and enjoy a nice card game and getting pots pushed your way, it could be a lotttt worse.

The large poker room is def harder to manage I will cut them some slack on that.

I'd like to hear about some of these problems which I wouldn't believe existed... is it really that tough to run a poker room? I kno it's never as easy as a by-stander would imagine but I can't see where the trouble is.

I'm not the type of person who likes to sit down and take crappy service with a smile so if I have other options like MS (which apparently isnt THAT much better) then I will gladly give those guys my time/$.

On that note... I'll be at foxwoods this weekend for a buddies birthday if anyone wants to meet up for a meal and a few beers.

the other day i got free rooms in august, 2 days a week for any 7 days. and i got tix for 4 free concerts if i want them.

ya ive been going for like 4 years there and this is the 2nd time i got free rooms from them.i was surprised it was all 7 days, only bad thing is i work thu-sat so i can only go down there mon-wed but illl take it. plus i got a $100 gift certificate from them thats good the end of this month so i might head down to donk off some money then lol

I never heard of getting a gift certificate. Can you buy chips with it?

nah i wish lol its good for any retail or food and beverage outlet. i guess you just carry the card aroun and they scan it when you use it until the $100 is out.

I believe they check ID as well, so I don't think this will work. YOU have to physically be there to get the tix.

All 7 days is a Platinum-type perk. You must've done some heavy gambling in the past couple months. Although it does seem that August might be slower than they anticipated (based on current bookings or June/July results I'm sure) - I saw my August rates drop considerably, I can get Pequot and MGM on Fri/Sat for 49/59, there's no rational reason for this. I still get the Sun-Thur rooms but they're wasted on me since I don't go on weekdays.

this is a superb attitude, and puts my previous cranky post to shame.

just protect your hands, fight for the right floor decisions, but FFS be polite, and appreciative of all the **** these staff guys have to take every day, and the great games regularly running at the woods.

the dynamic of the games you guys (and gals) have there could all change for the worse in a few years with new casinos everywhere.

this is correct, you won't be able to get the tickets without a photo ID

I agree that it could be a lot worse based on some of these horror stories I've heard from so-cal card rooms...

I don't know how I feel about new casinos opening up (esp in MA). It would be a shorter drive, but I've never really minded taking a cruise to FW/MS, it's nice to get out of MA. Also I'm not sure why they want to open casinos in MA in the first place... foxwoods and mohegan are both struggling to stay afloat do they really think that opening up more is a good thing?

ya thats what i thought with all 7 days. last few times ive been ive played pretty much nothing but $1-$5 slots so thats probably why lol

A large number of players go to CT from Mass and north. If the Boston area casino offers an equivalent experience as Foxwoods, the location will be a big competitive advantage. A casino closer to Boston would potentially take market share away from CT due to convenience. Massachusetts misses out on all the potential tax revenue that instead flows to CT. Yes, the gaming industry is hurting big time. But I believe that the gaming operators would like to cut Foxwoods off at the pass. Being in the middle of nowhere is a disadvantage for Foxwoods and MS.

Of course, any new casino would have to offer enough gaming and entertainment to compete with Foxwoods and MS. At one point, Steve Wynn was looking to be involved. Surely he would provide a superior experience.

Foxwoods would have a tough time if it loses significant market share to a Massachusetts property(ies.)

Apparently, there are investors willing to put up the funding to try casinos in Mass. (Even Mohegan has land to do it.)

If they open casinos in mass they will boom(at least at first). Foxwoods and Mohegan will take a huge hit. Most of the people that play there are from mass anyways.

Plus if they open in mass you will get a whole new crowd from mass and you will attract people from the NH borders

One other thing, if they put casinos up in Mass I predict NH will throw up casinos all across their border very soon

Hey, guess what. You can still drive 2hrs down to the middle of nowhere. The woods won't be going anywhere. But please don't suggest that MA shouldn't have casino's because you like long drives, that's f-in BS. A casino in the boston metro area would be great thing for all of us that have to get hotel rooms in CT or face the prospect of long drives down and back in the same day. A poker room at Suffolk Downs would be a dream situation for all of us in MA/NH. That whole area is perfect for redevelopment. And btw, in case you haven't noticed, there's this new tunnel thing they have where you can get from the Mass Pike right to the airport/Suffolk in minutes. You should try it out.

Sorry to rant at you, but with so many obstacles to get legalized gambling here, and it being so close, we need to spread the word, not shrug and say meh. I mean think about, we couldn't buy BEER ON SUNDAYS till a few years ago ferchristsake. Get behind this thing now or the chance will be gone for many many years. /rant

I'd rather drive down 95 than through Boston any day... I've also heard some sketchy things about the Suffolk Downs area, tons of degen/shady ppl. I'm also with you on the small poker rooms, I like to go to foxwoods/mohegan and get a comp'd room etc... if this is just some tiny poker room what are the odds of staying over night for free?

I'm def glad that foxwoods expanded though, the MGM rooms are pimpin esp the bigger ones.

A casino closer to boston would definitely take $ away from the CT casinos. I agree that a majority of the players at foxwoods/MS are from CT and further north, due to people further south going to AC instead. There's obv no way to tell exactly but I predict that maybe 1/3-1/2 of the players at foxwoods/Mohegan are from CT or closer to those areas than Boston. It would increase tax revenue for MA temporarily but in the long run I think it will just result in multiple half-full poker rooms competing with each other (all loosing money long term).

I also predict that these investors don't live near these areas and are only thinking "OMG New England! Lost of people!"

I'm not sure about a whole new crowd to be honest, I'm def open to new fish at my tables but I don't think the difference will be noticeable. I play in the NH poker rooms for the donkaments every now and then and most of those guys are set in their ways w/ FW/MS. But only time will tell it seems like they will be making these new casinos regardless (as long as they legally can).

haha calm down homie! we're just having a friendly discussion, theyre making the casinos no matter what I say or do... just sharing my .02

edit - I'm not positive that the casinos will be there forever... foxwoods is seriously hurting right now from what I've read over the last year or two... these places won't stay open until the end of time just because they once were succesful.

Don't get me wrong I'm not just saying "meh"... I just am sharing what I think could be potential problems in the long run... I will definitely go to any new poker rooms and show my support, I'm not some old nit whos stuck in his ways

Well if they do put a casino in Boston it would be a resort style casino and the poker room is probably the last thing on their mind but I am sure it would have a nice one.

Suffolk Downs would be an awesome spot for a casino. Sorry for Foxwoods but they would be screwed. You know how many people from RI go there? I mean if you are in Providence you are closer to Foxwoods than Boston but not by much. It just depends on what direction you want to drive.

A lot of the Asian population down there is also from Quincy/Boston.

Your stance on this issue will singularly undermine the building of MA casinos. It will be all YOUR fault!

They missed another payment deadline yesterday. Analysts predict they will shut down part of the casino within 2 years... the oldest sections going first, which means Rainmaker. If they do this they'll expand the gaming area at MGM. They'd have to move the poker room too, not sure where though.

I will admit that a MA casino would probably allow for me to play on weeknights too, since making the FW trip during the week isn't practical.