Seabrook

First I've heard of 1/1 at Seabrook. Hope it's true, but with the rake, I might play 1/2. I'm going tomorrow - I'll be sure to post a detailed trip report

Ugh I meant Hampton Falls, sorry. 1/1 $150 max, 1/2 $300 max, 2/4 $450 max.

Great first night in nh.Great for the players hope all the rooms did well.can only go up from here

So what was the traffic like in Salem? Wait lists? What's this food comp thing I'm hearing?

Hampton was pretty packed and the games were very loose. They did an amazing job keeping up.

Not an in-depth trip report but I was there for a few hours last night. The Rock management didn't trust that the bill was going to get signed or that the Gaming Commission would let it go into effect immediately so they were the only room I know of that hadn't bought new chips -- $25's were just their 25,000 tournament chips XD If their new chips don't show up soon I wonder if they're gonna have people trying to slip tourney chips into the cash game.

The place was a madhouse though. Twice the usual number of cash tables, mostly $1/2, a couple $2/4 by the end of the night. The dealers were still getting the hang of some details (like paying for drinks with live chips, show-downs, etc.) but they and the floor were handling the new rules and player confusion pretty solidly.

The $1/2 tables I was at were super loose, $16 early position preflop raises with 4-5 callers was common. Saw several multi-way all-ins from the flop. If you can stomach some huge swings and beats and are okay calling down pot-sized bets with TP/TK then there's probably good money to be made while the regs adjust. Dunno how the $2/4 played.

Definitely going back, just got to resist the urge to make any more hero calls.

Thanks for the TR. How many NL tables were going and how long were the lists/wait? Do you know what hours/days the NL will be going?

Just came back from Seabrook. I got there at 3 just as the only 1/2 game was getting started. I think we were 8 handed for awhile, then the game filled up by 4.

There were a couple of guys who wanted to play 2/4, and that game opened up about 4:30. From what I was hearing, 2/4 plays very big. Thousands of dollars were changing hands on the first night.

I left at 6:15, and I was surprised that there was only 1 1/2 game and 1 2/4 game going. No surprise that there wasn't any limit games.

That said, the action was pretty good at 1/2. Preflop raises were generally a little small. A little more limping than usual. Lots of hands went to the river. Pretty typical 1/2 shenanigans.

The chip denominations are funny. They use $4 orange chips and $20 blue chips, in addition to the $1 chips. Everyone thinks of 5s and 25s, so counting out bets takes a little getting used to, even for dealers.

I could see the room getting very busy on weekends. I think everyone is happy with the new game, players and dealers alike. I for one am not gonna play many tournaments anymore, and am very happy to drive 50 minutes instead of 2+ hours for my fix. Oh, btw, I usually go to Seabrook about every 6 weeks. That will probably change

On wed there were 7 1-2 and 1 2-4, I left at 9pm. Lines were generally long in the mid afternoon due to lack of dealers.

Also 2nd the rock with using the 25k tourney chips, in before someone tries to pull the borgata stunt again.

It definitely echoed the 2/4 limit no fold hold'em. Sad that I got the bottom half of junk cards throughout the night, will head up again soon.

Thanks. I think I will stick with Foxwoods until things get sorted out at the Rock. Like the idea of 1/2 hour drive to the Rock as opposed to 1 hr and 50 mins. to FW.

Please tell me they're not using those T25k chips in any sort of tournament any more.

This. It's only a viable temp solution if they take them out of tournament play. Otherwise JFC.

Played at the Rock today for about 5 hours from 4-9. They had about 10 1-2 games and 2 2-4 games running. The 2-4 is uncapped, the 1-2 was playing fairly deep as well. There didn't seem to be much attention paid to the 150/hand thing. You can buy as many chips as you want at the cage, at the table it's 150 max per "transaction". As others have said, they're using 1,2 and 4 dollar chips which made for a lot of awkwardness but they claim the new chips are coming in 1-2 weeks. One of the dealers said he expects PLO to go once they get normal chips.

The dealers did remarkably well considering the $4 chips. Everyone seemed to be pretty happy with the roll out so far. My table was fairly competent and probably had the youngest avg age by far. Normally I would have table changed but it was a fun group.

It is the Rock, so crappy chairs and uneven floors still remain, but beggars can't be choosers. I may check out Hampton on Sun. Will report back if I do.

Floor guys said the 25k tournament chips were never used in tournament play and are only temporary until the new chips come in. They plan to use $5 and $25 chips.

Went back again today for a couple of hours, wait time was around 15-20 min for 1/2. There was an $1800 pot in 2/4 NL today.

A buddy of mine and I played about seven hours at The Rock today. Once they straighten out the chip situation and once you get over the fact that it's not exactly the nicest atmosphere -- let's face it, the building is a dump -- I think this will be a good place to play.

The dealers were friendly and most did a good job, considering some had literally never dealt NL cash games before. The action here at 1-2 NL seems better than Mohegan and Foxwoods too. So many players are willing to get into monstrous pots on draws, with middle pair, etc.

I honestly may never go to Mohegan or Foxwoods again for poker. The idea of driving anywhere from 4-6 hours depending on traffic to Connecticut now seems so unappealing when I can play literally 10 minutes away.

What are they raking at the Rock for nl?

10% $6 max plus $1 for the BBJ.

Quick trip report: I played four hours of 2/4 @ the rock today. As previously mentioned, the 4 dollar chips are annoying. Standard raises are to 20 or 24 preflop and can get as many as 4 to 5 callers. My table had 6 solid players waiting for not so solid players to swap in and out.

I was able to continually rebuy for 150 each hand up tp 600 which was average stack. I would say there will be money to made for a few months while the local limit players learn to adjust. I would also table select 1/2 unless the 2/4 line up looks decent. I was at Charlestown WV and MD live when they first opened and there were a few younger guys that kept notes and bum hunted. Wish I could do that there...

Hate to change the subject but, anybody know if the new casino in Plainville MA is offering Poker? anybody been there?

It's all machines, that's all they're allowed to have.

thatre gonna hAVE to finally get some new dealers in there. Theres a few in there who are simply horrific, I cant imgaine them dealing with a NL cash game fairly well at all.

is that part of the mass bill for gambling or something else?

Part of Mass bill - 3 full casinos and 1 slot parlor (machines only). Plainridge is the slot parlor.

Spent about 6 hours playing 1/2 at Rockingham yesterday. I hadn't been in many years and forgot what a dump it was. But the games were excellent. Got in a nearly two buy-in hole early getting my money in good and coming out on the wrong side (ex: KK vs QT on a Q84 rainbow flop) but was able to grind my way back to a small profit. The four dollar chips were a total mind****. I'm pretty good with math but they still induced a certain kind of brain-lock. All indications are new chips will come soon. Dealers were decent enough and the floor seemed to have it together. Seems they are not taking / dropping the rake until the end of the hand while everyone gets used the new procedures, which seems smart. Also overheard a floor making sure a dealer understood that all 300 a player bought from the cage couldn't be put into play at once at 1/2. It looked like someone from the gaming commission or whatever the NH equivalent is was in the room observing, not sure if this is standard or just because of the new regulations.

The deciding factor for me is 35 minutes to Rockingham vs 1:45 to Foxwoods. I'll be playing in NH, at least until Twin River's room opens. That might be worth a slightly longer drive. I'll use up my points at Foxwoods soon enough, and they'll probably have seen the last of me.