Thinking about going for the mega stack in December

They play down to the last 12percent of players each day,is this considered a decent format?
Also if you late reg are you getting blinded off or do you get chips when you sign up?

Thx a lot

That isn't really a rule book as every word in it is covered by the words, "In all disputes in which a ruling is required the decision of the Poker Supervisor shall be final."

The Supervisor makes the decision.....not the rule book. Every room protects itself in this manner.

This is just for Event #1. Always the biggest turnout. Yes a very decent structure !


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Ok thx..I'm guessing people will be playing loose since it's a rebuy and multiple days to qualify

Each flight will have well over 100 people. If my memory is correct, the last flight is huge - but it is all relative because they play down to 12%. Probably around 900-1000 for all of the flights. And it is a $600 rebuy...I don't think people will play as loose as we want them to (although I'll be skipping this one in order to play the $300 O8+ on Friday).

You get your chips when you register.

A friend is telling me that Foxwoods is enforcing no phones on the rail. A good way to piss players off.

Always did when the bad beat was running.

They weren’t 2 weeks ago.

Just got back from Foxwoods, and can confirm this is (for now?) the case. This seems to be where things have ended up between the declaration, from a few months back, that phones, etc., may only be used for listening to music, and the realization that this was never quite going to fly.

So instead, a quarter of the players have their noses in their laps while paying even less attention to the action.

But don't worry, I've got top men working on a solution!

Untrue. Except for a 10-day period when they began enforcing phone rules last year there hasn't ever been anything like this. Dealers are getting written up and floors are instructed to canvas the room watching for violators.

I personally saw 4 different players pick up over the course of the day Wednesday, the first day this was in effect, and say they were going to Mohegan to play. Yesterday I wasn't around but saw on Bravo that Foxwoods had 5 2/5's most of the day while Mohegan had 6. Both rooms had HH promos going on and a friend texted me from over there saying that the room was half of Foxwoods players.

Between higher rake, attempted Nazi control, inability to eat at table, lower hourly comps, and worse food comp promo over their competitor why would anyone choose this room? I've made the part-time switch back and now will be nearly full time over there. So much more to offer.

Mohegan has also been enforcing a fairly strict no cellphone policy if you in the hand. Its not just Foxwoods.

No phone use while in a hand isn't even in the same time zone as no phone on the rail.

I played for about 12 hours yesterday and must have been warned 10 times. They made a huge announcement about it during the tourney and was sure to mention that it isn't coming from Foxwoods at all - it is straight from the gaming commission. I'm not sure gaming commission cares, but there are going to be a lot of unhappy regs if this sticks.

Unbelievable. They've become Nazis. Raising rakes. Cutting benefits. No cells on rails? That's a joke.

FW started enforcing this again about 5 days ago. No phones on rails, no phone use while in hand. Allowed to use phone when not in hand, can keep phone in lap. They aren't killing hands for this, just giving multiple warnings, AFAIK.
They were actually very apologetic about this and blamed the gaming commission 100%.
If this is so, presumably it would apply to MS as well.

Foxwoods is going to hell in a handbasket.

They get rid of bad beat jackpot, cut our hourly points in half, get rid of my 150 monthly points and replace with a 10 point scratch off ticket.

This new cell phone policy might be the straw that broke the camel's back.

On Friday I was in Mohegan's poker room and they had 42 tables (full room) vs Foxwoods 38. The room was probably half regs from FW. Granted there was a big high hand promotion going on, but they have that every Fri and I was told this was by far the most they've had in the room in a long time. Probably not a coincidence.

I think FW went too far with this phone policy. They were giving everyone a really hard time since enatcing it. To not even allow your phones on the rail face down is asinine. These are modern times and the vast majority of your patrons will be carrying cell phones on them. To watch FW floor hover over my table literally waiting to catch someone with their phone on the rail (even if they weren't in a hand) made me sick to my stomach.

Personally speaking, I've logged tons of hours in there averaging 4-5 days a week there and I'm going to be scaling back my FW playing time while this pollicy is in full effect.

I really enjoyed Mohegan's room so I'll be there more. I'll even be going to Twin River more *shudders*

They are entering tournament time at FW so they might not see a sharp, sudden decline. But if this policy stays in it's current form it will definitely cost them players over the long term.

- Magic Man

I just returned from a two day stint at Foxwoods and here is what I saw: The policy that is being strictly enforced by dealers AND floor people alike is that not only can you not look at your phone for any reason when you have cards in front of you but the dealers are also instructed that if you are looking at a phone when they begin pitching the cards they are instructed to bypass you and leave you out of the hand.

You are also not allowed to store your phone in the cup holder in front of you even if you are not looking at it or touching it... I personally used to use the cup holder as phone storage even if i never looked at it during a session it was nice to have there. No phones on the rail even if its face down. If you are listening to music with headphones you need to have the phone between your legs, it cannot be laying on the rail or in the cup holder.

If you have folded your hand you are allowed to look at your phone while the other players complete that hand but must be off it before the dealer begins pitching cards again or you will be dealt out of the hand.

All of the policies were fiercely enforced by dealers and and floors who were hovering like phone nazi's around the tables. There was no slack given for anybody!!! I was told by several dealers that this strict policy enforcement came from powers above, not sure if that parts true or not.

In my opinion it was a little crazy how anal they were about it... and while it may speed the game up a bit (good thing) it makes the player experience less enjoyable (bad thing).

In a time where they are cutting comps and raising rake you'd think they'd be trying to make the playing experience more enjoyable not less!!!! Has anyone told them of the impending competition looming down the road and that now is the time to make their customer happy and loyal and not pissed off and transient !!!

Yeah I don't get it either. They have impending doom coming down the pipeline in less than 2 yrs, but they are cutting benefits left and right plus they are going out of their way to make us miserable with this new phone policy.


It's just bad all around. I can't imagine them surviving when Wynn opens with the way things are headed.

- Magic Man

Darn, how am I gonna play candy crush while watching a movie and constsntly check stock prices while i occasionally take my action in the background poker game.

My guess is the crackdown is to prevent players from recording/streaming/vlogging at the table...specifically not allowing phones in cup holders or on the table.

So enforce that by paying attention to what's happening on twitch and figuring out what table it's coming from and suspend the said player. This isn't hard to figure out.

I was in there today, and guy to my left had no idea about rule and had phone on rail for 3 dealers before anyone said anything to him. Does that mean they're easing up? I don't have a clue.

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I'm not sure how I'll feel about this phone rule until I return and experience it. I hate it when players hold the game up, but will probably get tilted if I'm dealt out of a hand for briefly looking at my phone before receiving cards.

The change in the choice rewards program has had more of an impact on me personally than I expected. I've cancelled our trips for the past 5 weeks because it just hasn't been worth the drive, time, or money. Apparently the 25 points or video poker $ was enough incentive to make the drive worth while. I miss playing cards and will return but I am also thinking about checking out Mohegan as I haven't been there in a few years.

I think that Foxwoods is getting a bad rap for this one. If this came from the gaming commission then they have no recourse; they have to follow it. I don't really love the idea of people secretly recording hands. Not that I think it is a big problem, but if you search YouTube for Foxwoods poker you're going to see a clear video of probably my favorite dealer dealing out a big 2/5 hand. I'm sure that he just wants to do his job and not have 25k views on YouTube.

It isn't the dealers or the floors as they hate this new rule as much as the players. It also isn't any commission that has oversight at Mohegan Sun as this Nazi-like rule isn't in effect over there. The running joke at the tables yesterday, which had 2-3 Foxwoods players at each in the game that I play, was about the phone rule and how Mohegan beats them in virtually every box that are checked.

It won't speed the game up because players will have their heads down looking at their phone on their lap.

The Foxwoods is run by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. The gaming commission is appointed by the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. Mohegan Sun is sponsored by another tribe. Their gaming commission is completely separate from Foxwoods.

It is a bit disingenuous for the room to say that they are being "forced" to do this when both organizations report to the same people. If they cared about the issue and felt it was important, it could easily get resolved.