Sorry, coming from RI

I used to go to college in RI, and I found that Route 6 was the fastest.

And the only time I found 1/2 to be a real charity event was a weekday morning, ironically...weekends, the competition is actually quite competent during the afternoon...and sadly, it is sometimes difficult to find $1000 total at the table between the nits who buy in for $60 and the fish who flop around with less after being gashed.

Rt 12 in Groton, off of 95 south, will take you up the east side of the river to Rt 2A which will take you right into the MoheganSun.
I was looking @Groton, Mapquest, & it don't look EZ to tell you how to pickup Rt 12. I've driven it from my Barbers shop every month, so I know it can be done, just not from the otherside ( southbound ) of 95

I'm a highway guy. I take 95S to 32N, just over the New London bridge towards Norwich, to 395 N. Rte. 32 is all two lanes but has about 4-5 traffic lights.

If instead of turning into foxwoods parking lot you drive directly straight and follow the sign to Mohegan sun it takes about 8 minutes.

this is what I started doing...it seemed no matter what I did it felt like it took way too long to get to the sun-

So now I go the same as Foxwoods then take the couple of backroads and I'm there in a few minutes like you said.

There are signs the whole way and its only a couple of roads.

I seem to always be one of those fish, somedays I'm getting paid other days I'm paying them off.

Meh, that is just variance, I seriously doubt many true fish know about 2+2 :P.

I play the same innocence game at the table sometimes too...I look like an 18-year-old who is there to donk away his chips, so I let others think it...although I got carded at the cage when I cashed out of Sunday (seriously, it was a new cashier).

I will likely run the gamut from Friday to Sunday at 1/2, mainly since the deck has been an ice cube over the past 2 weekends

I have an internship interview with the Connecticut Sun on Friday (offices are at Mohegan) so I'll be donking up the 1/2 tables on Thursday.

I'm excited to see how it is.

good idea to play before the interview. Dont think connecticut sun employees can play in the casino.

Not a good idea at all. If I was your interviewer it would be a clear lack of judgement that you displayed.

^^^

May I ask how his interviewer would find out in the first place? Or why an assumption is being made that playing poker is considered a bad thing in the eyes of an interviewer?

Granted, it is not a huge stretch--my parents detested the fact I played poker for years under they saw that it is a game of skill.

But I believe KB is right in the respect that Sun employees are forbidden from playing.

that sucks but at least Foxwoods isn't that far away I'm assuming (I'm from Buffalo and I've never been to CT) so if I can't play at MS while I am an intern then it's not the end of the world.

well, the plan right now is that I get there tomorrow (Thursday) around 7pm. After checking into my hotel, I plan to head down there and grind, probably 8pm-2am

My interview with the Sun is the next day (Friday) at noon. After the interview I plan on leaving CT and headed back to my school. Unless Sun employees are at the poker room stalking me out from 8-2 tomorrow night they won't have any knowledge that I was playing.

They probably don't know what I look like anyway. By the time I go in for the interview and they get to know me, they won't see me in the pit/poker room because I won't give them that opportunity.

I also don't know how the policies are because if I get the position I will be an unpaid intern. Because I'm not receving compensation for my work, there might be different stipulations regarding restrictions on the MS property. I'm not going to ask anything about employee policies regarding the casino during my interview on Friday, but if I do get one of the positions they are offering then I will be sure to investigate into the matter.

Lets hope for my sake that playing in the casino is an issue because I'm an employee/intern of the Sun after the interview

Yea, the issue is that if you're there to interview, you need to act more professional than if you worked there.

I do sincerely wish you good luck on your interview.

If you don't work here yet, they're not going to care if you play.

Man, tonight was a cooler and a half, down a nice $500.

Dealt 33, flop is 763, and end up getting set over set (villain flopped a set of 6s, which improved to quads). Villain raised pre-flop and has shown to be tight, so I definitely had him on overpair...at least he didn't show me 54 >_<.

I then move to 2/5

Dealt QQ, raise obviously, flop is KJT, bet out, get raised, I fold, villain shows AQ.

Dealt A6 in a 5-man game, flop is AK8, opponent leads, I raise, villain calls, so I put him on an ace. Turn is a brick, villain checks, I check behind for pot control. River is a 7, I expect villain to bet given my passive turn, and he does, I call, and he shows K7.

I am never playing poker again...for the next 24 hours, anyway.

If you "put him on an ace", wouldn't you expect to lose on that river call anyways?

Yeah live 1/2 has a lot of variance. I always play the innocent role at the table, occasionally someone will call me out for knowing what I'm doing but I'll never mention 2+2 or any serious poker strat. Last thing I need is all the meh regs there talking about 2+2 and getting better.

I'm probably going to be making more trips to the sun in the coming weeks. If I see anyone wearing sports jerseys I'll probably say whats up and request a table change asap.

Yeah, that is a good point, Donk. I interpreted the check as weakness, and I thought on the turn that he thought I was bluffing, and I checked behind to show weakness back to essentially "confirm" it...if I had him on an ace, it was a low one, at best, and although I do not like my line and will admit to being tilted, I think the villain's call on the flop was terrible.

Meh, I would not want you to leave...just get me with a low set and stack me . Besides, I may take a crack at the 2/5 again...the players were not really much better.

Just discovered this thread on 2p2, I live in Niantic but go to school in RI so i only play once or twice every two weeks, last couple weeks ive been there 2-3 days out of the week. MAy 18th when school gets out i shall be an erryday reg, so hopefully see, meet some other 2p2ers!!

When I interview for a Job, I always mention that I need hrs that will fit around play'n Poker, then again I really don't wish to be Hired anyway......

Anyone know how common the "must move" situation is for 2/5? I am likely going to ramp up my 2/5 based upon finding out that the play there is kind of "meh", even among the regs...but I hate the SH variance for feeder games in a live setting.

Whenever I've played at mohegan I've never had a real must move just because when I've been there's never a real amount over two tables playing. I usually play across the river and early in the night there's always atleast one must move.

BTW Def move up....best thing I ever did. You can actually use your poker brain on several levels. There will be many more levels of moves taking place that after awhile your recongize. 1/2 I feel like is brainless poker of just trying to get donks to pay you off....a good bankroll builder IMO.

so true, although i do like playing deepstack at 1/2 and donks pay off all day when u limp with 35 suited, flop the nut straight and get paid off by top pair weak kickers, valuetowning the F out of them.

move up to 2/5 though if u want your raises respected and they're really not that much better. First session at 2/5 was plus 2,000 after 10 hr session during NAPT