It'd be tough to see a reduction from that

This is standard every year over the summer.

I played in the poker room first time in a while and had a meh experience. Was in 1/2 waiting for 2/5 and I sat with 300 in red chips (the maximum). Lost a decent sized hand early and down 150 chips, so I added a $100 bill to make my stack $250. It was clear as day next to my chips before the next hand was dealt. The next hand is dealt and guy goes all in for his full stack of $300 and I call him. I win the hand and the dealer sees my bill and says, 'oh I didn't notice that.'

The player i doubled through starts hooting and hollering that the $100 bill doesn't play. We call the floor over and they rule no bills play at 1/2. At 2/5 the $100 bill would play, but not in 1/2.

The shift comes over and to confirm the ruling and that I'm responsible for changing the bill into chips. If the dealer doesn't notice it before the hand begins then it doesn't play. So I won $100 less

I accept the ruling, but ask why it's different for 2/5nl and the bills can play there but not 1/2. He says take it up with the CT State gamimng commission. I mention $100s play in all games at foxwoods, which is also a CT casino.

While I'm talking to the shift off table, a different dealer makes a smartass comment 'they're changing the rule tonight heh heh.'

This place is a total clown show. Very tough to play here even though I like the facility better than Foxwoods. They have alot of dumb house rules unique to only them, and this particular one cost me money. Absolutely absurd that bills would play in one of their games but not another.

- Magic Man

Yes, that's a tough pills to swallow but the "100's only play at 2/5 and above" has long been the rule there. I was told about 10-12 years ago is that this is a safety measure in place to protect the player. The reason being at 1/2 there is much more traffic in that area especially near the door where bills laying around could easily be targeted while at 2/5+ you have more protection as these games are typically in the more isolated area of the stage.

I play in over 20 rooms around the country with my work schedule and Foxwoods is the only one I've seen that allows cash to play at 1/2. The feds/IRS have cracked down on this to prevent money laundering at casinos. Frankly, I don't know why these two rooms still allow it but it does make the games run smoother and they don't have a need to hire chip runners.

I have played there twice in the last month and regretted both times.
The $100 bill thing happ to me as well. I stated for all to hear that I was topping off with a $100 bill. No on said a word. The bill was in plain site for almost an hour with no one saying anything. Asshats
There was also an extremely rude dealer doing things that would have gotten him in deep **** had he been anywhere else.
A few days after playing they send me free tickets. I accept, pick them up and go to the concert. I tried to buy a donut after and was told I had no points. Go to the desk and he explains to me that I was charged 50 points for not picking up the concert tickets. The concert tickets that I was still in possession of and had pictures and videos from the concert and yet they still refused to reverse the charge
I will never ever go there again. Asshats

I'm sorry, but there is 0% chance this is possible. There are always bad eggs, but for the most part Mohegan has very good poker dealers. It is just not possible that 2 different dealers for the entire time of their 30 min shift as well as the entire table said nothing about a $100 bill at a 1/2 table. Cash not playing at a 1/2 casino game is every part of standard.

Bottom line: know the rules of the room (does cash play, HH/BBJ rules, etc.)

The fact that you don’t believe it doesn’t change the fact that it happened.
Also I think I saw you post about dealers enforcing the no cellphone rule while in a hand. I asked the horrible dealer from my previous post to ask a player to put down his phone while we were in a hand together. The dealer turns to me and says, “ why would I do that”?

I had only ever played 2/5 there and had cash out several times in those games so naturally when I pull out a bill for a 1/2 game in the same room i expect it to play.

It's a stupid rule. Either cash should play at all of their games or none of them. I play regularly across several rooms and am up to snuff on all their general rules. This is a dumb house rule and i think it's insane that my cash wouldn't play at a game when it has every other time I played there at a different game. Dumb house rule. Period.

- Magic Man

Login into their player portal and write a complaint. You will get the points back and maybe then some!

About how many players is the Wednesday night tourney getting these days?

So clearly I’m an idiot because I’m actualky considering playing at Mohegan again.
Does anyone know how the comp system works? No one has ever been able to tell me how many points per hour you get playing poker. Also someone told me there is this hundred dollar a day thing if you play eight hours a day. Please if anyone has any knowledge of the comp system please explain it to me

The $100 a day is only for ascend card members and it’s not necessarily 8 he’s a day. Everyone has a different number they have to hit based on a formula that if someone tells you they have figured out, they are lieing. That number can be seen by swiping your card at a kiosk. For non ascend members, you get $25 not $100

Do you know how many points per hour we get for Poker? And how many hours we have to play to move up in card levels?
Everyone thinks FW system is hard to figure out but at least they tell you how many tier credits it takes and how many tier credits you get per hour
And how unfair that the numbers per day would vary for different people.

As far as I know it’s 2 pts/hr for 1/2 and 3 for 2/5 if not it is very close to those numbers like 1.8 and 2.8. So for ascend you would need about 700 hours of 1/2 In the designed 6 month period. The personal achievement number is somehow based on average points per day. In my opionion it takes bigger weight towards your days with higher points. So for example say you play 4 hour sessions every time but decide to put in random 16 hr session. That 1 session might move your number dramatically

Some players attempt to combat this by only being logged in for 5 or so hours and will get swiped out if they play longer than that. Then again, it is all still a mystery lol.

Also, your achievement number adjust every 3 months

Some are not lying and do have it figured out. There is empirical evidence showing such from several 1/2 players and at least one 2/5 player that I know of. Obviously you trust very little of what you hear in a poker room however when there is a proven strategy you cannot simply say that they are lying. Two years ago a daytime 1/2 reg strategically reduced his number to 14 and another to 15, they then made their 100 every day for 3 months with 6-7 hours of 1/2 daily play. There is a 2/5 player now who had his number down in the mid-teens (17-18 I think) and hits his 100 with 5.5 hours of daily play.

Your opinion is correct.

5 hours of play even at 1/2 will not reduce your number enough to make it a reasonable get every day. The methods used by those who have optimized the strategy is a very dramatic one.

Obviously you can have a general idea of what your number is going to be. But there’s no guaranteed formula saying if you play x amount of days for y hours your number will z. You referencing a single player from 2 years ago proves that fact. It’s common sense that if you play smaller sessions your number will be lower, but there is no exact science.

You don't need an exact number but a very narrow range within 2-3 points can be projected accurately Yes there is a proven formula and more than 1 person has been achieving optimal results which didn't happen by accident. As I mentioned above it is drastic and extreme while requiring optimal discipline. I've seen some wing it and wonder why it didn't work for them. It didn't work for them because they didn't follow the program. Simply playing shorter sessions or 4-5 hours isn't going to make much of a dent especially if the player has a couple longer sessions. It really isn't even worth exploring until the player reaches Ascend level for the 100 daily.

My god this is more confusing than I thought.
So unlike foxwoods, mohegan prefers shorter sessions?

I don't know why you think its hard at Mohegan.

https://mohegansun.com/momentum.html

The cards are Ignite, Leap and Ascend. and you need 400, 600, 1400 status points to reach each of these levels. You get 2/hour Status points at 1/2 and 3/hour Status points at 2/5. Simple.

For the spendable points you get about 1.86 at 1/2 and 2.80 at 2/5. And once you reach the higher cards....Ignite, Leap and Ascend you get a bonus of 10%, 15% and 20% in the spendable Momentum Dollars.

The daily achievment awards have been explained well above by Rhody Guy.

So it isn't difficult at all. playing 1/2 200 Hrs to get Ignite, 300 for Leap and 700 for ascend in the 6 month periods. Which I believe run from Oct 1 to April 1. and then April 1 to Oct 1.

They are talking about Daily Achievement awards, which don't matter till you play some at Mohegan and get better when you reach Ascend.

No not at all. We were discussing the Daily Achievement Award which is an additional comp program where you can earn 25 or 100 points per day depending on card level. For free rooms, perks, dining rewards, etc they are looking at a higher daily avg similar to Foxwoods. One nice extra is if you play 72 hours in a given calendar month you will receive a $10 food coupon each day (cannot be stacked, each is only valid for 24 hours). Ex: Play 72 hours of poker in July you receive the $10 daily food coupon each day in September, in Aug coupon good in Oct, Sept is good for Nov, etc etc.

I agree Rhody is correct.

Don't forget the monthly choice points you get with the higher cards
50/ignite, 200/leap, 800 ascend... must be used in the month, then resets to the max level next month. used for rooms, lounge visits, buffet, and I think golf and show tickets