Yeah that's why I came down

I did end up going, so for those interested here are my observations on the room having not played there since before the 2-5NL cap was raised.

It struck me that the cash games were less crowded, even in relation to the general crowds in the casino as a whole. And I'm talking about 1-2 and 2-5. Granted, when I was there (Wednesday and Thursday) the weather was nice and it was school vacation week in some New England states, so that might've had something to do with it.

At the risk of sounding Trump-like, the room seemed very low energy, even as compared to previous midweek trips I've made. Also, for 2-5 specifically, the pace was slower - considerably slower. I'm guessing it took as much as 25% longer to do an average orbit. Also, I saw far fewer "reckless whale" types - you know, the ones who'd load in for $600-$800 and dust it off. They've been replaced by the $200 buy in types who now occupy a good chunk of the table and, from what I saw, were tied to the slowdown in pace. Not surprisingly, I think I saw maybe one stack above $2000 the entire time I was there, whereas by midnight even on a weekday there used to be two or more at every table.

Dealers seemed fine - some familiar faces but also a few I didn't recognize. Drink service was particularly slow and poor, at least from what I noticed. Floor personnel seemed less visible and less interactive. Also, it took so long to get a fill on Wednesday night that by the time it did come, they already needed another.

All this having been said, I actually like the net effects of the $500 buy in change. It was easier to pick spots and read players, which is the way I like to play. But for people looking for huge profit potential and who treat this as a job or hobby, I could see them being frustrated. And to a tee the players and dealers all said the "gambool" types have fled to Twin River, rather than Foxwoods. And dealers seemed worried about Wynn's looming presence.

The Wednesday tournament had something like 165 runners. But as the night wore on not a lot of them were coming to the 2-5 game, whereas in the past there could be three or even four tables running by midnight.

So there you have it. Post if you have any specific questions and I'll try to answer them.

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Sit-N-Gos?

Are they ever actually run? I never here anything about them. I might be heading up with a few friends and a sit-n-go might be fun, so we can all play together.

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Not surprising. From my admittedly infrequent play there over the previous few years the quality of the room overall from dealers to the floor was consistently declining. Each time I visited it became clear protocol was increasingly lax, dealers openly cared less and less about efficiently and correctly running the games, and floors were increasingly less noticeable and engaged in what was going on.

Twin River is closer for those from Boston and points north of CT to come and gamble like an idiot so those types who've gone there make sense. When Wynn and MGM go in, they stand to suck players en masse from Mohegan. Twin River will survive because they market themselves as a small locals casino with a small card room, so the RI crowd who doesn't want to drive up to Boston will easily fill their business. But those big players in Mass and elsewhere are highly likely to go to the 95-table room at Wynn, what would likely be an easier drive for many of them in a more desirable location. I imagine Foxwoods would survive as it's so well established and their WSOP connections help as well. But it wouldn't surprise me if Wynn makes a run at trying to land circuit events, bring in WPT events, and pull even more tournament players from Foxwoods. If Twin River is enough to pull a bunch of Mohegan regs away, I can only imagine how much Wynn would pull.

A 95-table room at Wynn in Everett? Uh, no.

Naturally Twin River has pulled many RI/MA Mohegan regs away due to their close proximity to the new room as well as the easy action but how do you figure a casino an hour further north would take anyone else out of Mohegan? The regs who would consider moving to a new room north have already done so by leaving for Twin River. Nobody from Southern CT today is leaving Mohegan for Boston.

Since Twin River has opened the only CT room seeing a dramatic decrease in business is Foxwoods as a large portion of their player base came from MA and RI. Their games are down roughly 25% while Mohegans have been up year over year although the past few weeks it looks back to being flat from last year.

Yea, unless that includes all gaming tables including blackjack/roulette etc.
I'm pretty sure I remember seeing something like 25 poker tables. Wynn does not make much of a play at poker players in LV, I doubt they will in MA either.
Not to mention I doubt MGM/Wynn will be able to match the $4 rake and free drinks (what's the MA law regarding that?) so that will likely leave at least the regs at FW/MS, which will be miserable lol.

Twin River is dirty, disorganized and dangerous, whereas Wynn is going to be a multi-billion dollar world-class resort. There are still plenty of players who are closer to Twin River that simply prefer the higher quality venue at Mohegan, but may start going to Wynn once it opens.
Also, Twin River has offered the other types of gaming well before the poker room opened, so presumably MS has not lost any casino traffic since the poker room opened. Once Wynn opens, many casual gamblers will prefer the brand-new multi-billion dollar Wynn to MS, even some people who are closer to MS. Less casino traffic will obviously have a huge drag on the poker room.

Yep. That's what it says in Wynn's presentation to shareholders from April.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....-presentations

Click the 4/6/16 link titled "Wynn Resorts Investor Conference Management Presentation" Page 13.

Yep, confirmed. They claim it'll be the "region's largest" with 95 poker tables.

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External...RJRD02Mjg2NzM=

Should be a direct link to the presentation

Re-confirmed. Thanks.

No more Sunday $330/$30k?

It goes the 3rd Sunday of each month however it was cancelled for June due to it being Fathers Day and replaced the following weekend with a $75k guarantee multi-flight event.

Off the July calendar also, though

There is another tournament series that week or around that week in July. I was told that the 30k will return in August.

Parking is gonna be a bitch this weekend. They are expecting well over 50k people to attend this car show.

It's only
At Mohegan and not Foxwoods riggt ?

The car show?! Yes...only @ Mohegan.


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Ok cool. I'm going to Foxwoods and don't wanna deal with it

I was out of town this weekend but heard that $75k guarantee had 19 in Flight A and 12 in Flight B. With only Flight C to go and a need to reach 250 to meet guarantee this should have been a big overlay. Does anyone know how yesterdays Flight C turned out? Sounds similar to last year when the final flight was the entire 1/2 cash players taking advantage of the overlay. Brutal planning error to go headsup with a Foxwoods $200k guarantee.

They got like 70 yesterday

The car show was a huge factor also.

Any idea when they will release a schedule for the Summer Showdown at the end of July?

Good chance there may not be one. The poker room manager Rebecca continuously screws up the tournaments, starting with the satellites, which never seem to go. Overlays have cost the rooms tens of thousands. Besides, the room seems to be dying, spreading a max of 9-10 tables a day, even on weekends. I've heard from dealers that they need to get rid of manager if it is to improve.
Any regulars on here that can give feedback as to why the room is dying out? And there's no more 2-5 no limit game there anymore I heard. At least not in the daytime or early afternoon.