The Fox Tower is the only hotel that doesn't have it's own indoor pool (it has a seasonal outdoor one) but you can access the ones at Great Cedar or Grand Pequot even if you are staying there. Bring your guest card to get access, that little piece of paper they give you with the room keys when you check in

I think you can only use the Cedar pool if staying at Fox Tower, which is dumb since it's farther than Pequot.

I'm going to be playing at Foxwoods in January for about one week. I'm looking for some current info on what I'll be able to expect especially at 1-2 NL holdem.

I played "professionally" while I was in college about 10 years ago, both in live games and online. Most of my actual experience is low-mid stakes limit holdem (8-16, 10-20) but I have substantial experience playing online small stakes no limit. I never moved up because I kept a fairly small bankroll and used my winnings for living expenses etc.

I am extremely tight and aggressive and most solid players can read my hand easily. But I steamroll over average/bad players and have no fear of maniacs or action players.

One of my greatest strengths is discipline. I have never gone on tilt in a live game (although it has happened on rare occasions online.)

What sort of pro/donk ratio can I expect?

What sort of hourly winnings do most pros expect to make?

What part of the week is most lucrative? Weekend evenings? How is the late night action?

What is pre-flop action like? How many people see flop? (I realize this will vary a lot from table to table but if the games are 80% break-even tight "pros" it would be good to know).

Any other info is much appreciated.

there is a pool in the spa in fox tower but i think even if you're staying there it costs like $15 to access the spa/showers/pool.

Correct. It might even be $20, not sure.

Depends on what days you are coming. IME, Fridays and Saturdays are best generally. Look to see what kinds of concerts or attractions will be around when you're coming down. I love coming down for around 4 or 5p on a Friday evening and settling in. You'll probably do ok against the crowd. Everyone thinks they're a pro, but you'll know who the regs are pretty immediately.

OTOH, you can access the Grand Pequot pool if you are staying at Great Cedar.

Most of the regs aren't good themselves

ldo; that's not what i was saying tho.

Well be more specific when you make fun of the donks. Duh

Well considering that I'm not a regular or a pro, I have nothing to say out loud to people anymore. It's so much better that way.

I know you can access the Pequot pool if you are staying at Two Trees.

Can anyone confirm they will deny you access if you show a Fox Tower guest card?

It's not out loud if you type it

by the way how often do people cash in these MTTs, SNGs are they softer than the cash games??

Always been confused about the rewards. Is it $2/hr AND 2 points/hr? or 1/1 or neither of those options? (1/2NL)

Not sure what you mean. It's 2 pts/hr. Points are $, they're the same, it's not separate like say CET does with RCs and TCs.

Thank you for the response. I was just meaning that when you swipe you have a $ balance and a pts balance, which was probably what was confusing me.

Oh I see. You can cash out some of your points at $0.50/pt, so it just shows you how much you'd get it you cashed out all qualifying points.

Ah, gotcha! Thank you!

Grunching a bit but I've read the FAQ.

Last time I was there, the buyins for the PLO games were the same as for their NL counterparts of equivalent stakes. Did they fix this yet? Letting people sit with $60 at 1/2 PLO is just beyond hilarious.

I called. Apparently this is still happening and you can't get an uncapped game lower than 10/25 which never runs.

Lol?

The bad beat jackpot was hit yesterday. I was told by one the dealers that it was hit at 2/5 NL and the hands were quad jacks over quad tens.

Hit just over $1200 on slots the other day. Never really played before so i don't know. I filled out the papers, the lady told me not to take out the taxes and take the full amount. Was that the right thing to do? Since I didn't take it out, how much of a hit should I expect during taxes next year? MA resident btw.

Do you play lottery/scratch tickets?
Find a way to claim losses against the win to wash out federal taxes. State you'll have to pay

If by "the other day", you mean this year, you've got a year to figure it out.

$1200 isn't a big amount, probably $300 or so Federal unless you already itemize and can offset with losses.

However, you'll have to file a CT State return, in addition to MA. Good news is in MA, you exclude income not earned in MA from your state return, so no impact there, but you have to pay something to CT.