"just a rack of flags"
-Puck.

Wow, last part of the series was terribly written. "Charities make $75k less because they pay an extra $250/day"????? That's ridiculous (I hate that word, it's so overused, but I can't think of a better one to use here, it's a ludicrous conclusion).

In the Facebook news page, the employees were saying the charities were getting stiffed because Puck was misappropriating their money. It's important to note that no evidence of that was offered here.

I also see no problem with Cheers charging more for operating expenses. It's a massive building, much bigger than Chasers, much nicer than Seabrook (I've never been to BBC, can't use them in my comparisons).

This is a four-part series, with three hard-hitting parts, then one big pile of nonsense....or as Sammy Hagar would say, "A really cool movie with a really bad ending."

Yeah the fact that the author didn't even allude to the difference in traffic as a partial cause is lazy journalism.

Agreed, the last article seemed like an afterthought. Like when you tried to finish a school project the night before it was due that your had a month to do.

However, I don't agree that Cheers is justified in charging more. They may be larger but they've never come close to the numbers that any of the other rooms have. Should have started off charging less then increase the fee as business grew, rather than having charities walk away with zero.

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Yes, author doesn't seem to grasp that empty tables generate no revenue for anyone.

Seabrook is opening soon under new ownership.

Hampton Falls is also going to be under new ownership too.


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What's happening with the current HF owner?

Looks like the new ownership will take over in mid March.

The guy who owns the Manchester room (and a few other rooms) is leading a group that will take over Hampton Falls.


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Seabrook closed today and tomorrow so State can close all gambling books .

Eurika(sp) Casinos opens Friday as new owners

Sounds like big changes coming

It would be nice to see what changes partake from new ownership in Seabrook (oddly I had never been) & Hampton Falls. Seeing as both of those rooms are in close proximity, see if new ideas, improvements and anything else increases some poker traffic for that area.

As far as Cheers, wonder if any other poker places will take that over in future....


Encore opens end of June, I still see NH poker being viable, just might not be on a grand scale unless they get sports betting.

What would an ideal room look like anyways?

Base it on cash games, as tournaments are mainly run at 2 places (Manchester/HF).

How many tables is the sweet spot?

What do people want? Comfortable seating? Comps? High Hands?

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Personally I just look for very comfortable seats, competent dealers, and decent number of games to allow for game selection. Bonus points if there are USB chargers and comps/points for food and beverage but those won't make me decide on a room, I'll just be happier with it.

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To me the ideal room is one where games run regularly but it's not a madhouse. It should also be clean, and safe walk to and from my car. And of course, the right mix of splashy agrotards, tight nits, and loose passive players never hurts......

Is the Manchester owner the same guy that used to sit in his own games when there were people on the wait list?

I’ve heard of this happening too. Though I hardly ever go to that room and can’t confirm seeing it happening.


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I’ll play pretty much anywhere as long as the game is good lol. which reminds me where did the rockingham player pool end up splitting off to? Haven’t been north of the border since Twin River opened but I remember playing in some wild games in that dump.

He put the biz in his wife's name so that legally he can play

She owns Lebanon as well

and another I can't remember off hand in his uncles name

Among other reasons...

So I'm a young player just about ready to jump into the live scene. I live in NH so I'll mostly be playing at the NH poker rooms. Does each room have a different rake amount and if anyone knows what the normal rate is in NH that would be great. I live much closer to BBC than to Chasers so Ill be at BBC much more, what do you guys think about BBC in general? Other than promos/amount of players is there a difference? Its pretty hard to find basic info out there on these rooms so any help and guidance would be appreciated.

So Cheers has a chip redemption link on their website, presumably to make players whole that have chips. I have some chips from the one time I played there (they had 2 tables set up with live feeds for online streaming which was a pretty unique idea amongst the NH scene) so I figured I'd click the link to get instructions for how to get paid. The link directs you to PayPal to, get this, send money directly to Dan Dandreo! Wonderful

Don't you get it? To redeem your chips you must help him pay off the bills so he can reopen. Once reopened then you get your chips for cash.

Haha, ah yes how foolish of me. I'll bring some tools and start working on the roof

OK, I clicked the link. It lauched my Gmail app, and filled in the following:

From: (me)
To: (Puck)
Subj: redemption instructions

....and left the body of the letter blank.

I'm not going to go any further with this. But perhaps Giggity can share the details of how he got from there to PayPal, and how he was pitched to send money, which makes absolutely no sense.

I clicked on it on my phone and it launched my PayPal app to the send portion with it auto filled out in the recipient portion pucks info.

I don't have the PayPal app, maybe Gmail is next on that default list. Shoot him an email, cue up the popcorn gif, see what happens.

Rake is very high across the board in NH because the rooms have to pay a certain amount to charity in the state. BBC and Chasers are the two best rooms in NH for cash play. Both are very nice rooms with good staff. On a typical night, Chasers will have more tables going than BBC, particularly if you want to play anything other than 1/2.