We still play the 5/10 NL, last couple of weeks there have been a couple vip players who like PLO more so that has taken preference. The action has slowed and NL will be the main game unless that changes again.

I went recently and the games had some really good players but two bad players in particular. I followed these 2 kids to play 3 handed at higher stakes and they were horrible. I think Matt was one name and Calvin was the other . I cleaned out Calvin in poker and Matt with all prop bets. Next time we play 3 handed I'll probably pay their rake to make it fair.

Glad to hear there's always some easy action floating around!

Any rumors regarding the igaming bill in terms of online poker offered by Ballys? I see slots and live dealer casino games but no mention of poker. Anyone got the scoop?

Twin River was a **** show last night.

They were so short on dealers, the lists for every game were very long. The 1-2 list was over 40 people at one point, around when I noticed that the amount of people hanging out in the room waiting to be called was larger than the amount of people actually playing.

Then it got worse, and they actually closed down live tables to send dealers home.

The dealer shortage seems to be caused by a number of factors:

1 - Twin River is on a hiring freeze for poker dealers - which is completely insane
2 - When Twin hired all the new poker dealers when they reopened the room after covid, they promised them all they'd only tax them on their base rate ($15ish/hr), not their tips. Once they hired all the dealers they needed, they changed their tune and now tax them on that rate + their tips.
3 - There's a cascading effect where dealers quit because of this, so the remaining dealers get asked to work more, then they feel overworked and start calling out, then the ones not calling out get even more overworked, then they start calling out too. Basically, every single day there's call outs. And because they're not hiring, that just means the room is perpetually understaffed for demand.

Basically you can't play here any more unless you are willing to wait an hour+ to get on a table, for the most part, until Twin River gets their **** together.

sad. it has so much potential but I'm seeing some of those dealer issues and can kind of tell the good staff there isn't being given the help they need to succeed and with the poker player crowd its tough as there are so many very particular personalities that can't understand that and make it harder. the system also blows and is outdated so lots of energy is wasted that could be much more efficient.

obviously there is the rumor that Maverick Gaming comes in and changes the game. there was talked about openly in the room according to some regs.

last week on the only friends podcast they were interviewing Wayne Chiang who did Live at the Bike and now just launched Ballys Live at Commerce. it was an offhanded comment but in that interview he mentioned what Bally's was going overall and putting effort into building out there poker brand he mentioned Bally's in Vegas at the Trop, what he was doing at Commerce and also mentioned Erik Perrson opening up a new room and doing a stream in Rhode Island. so that is in the works for sure although actually making that happen might be too much given the situation. that is our only hope in New England for having any decent poker option that ,might even come close to pre pandemic.

It's bonkers how different Twin is on a busy Saturday night post-covid compared to pre-covid.

Pre-covid on a busy Saturday night, every one of the 24 (28?) tables in the room would be full, with 4 or 5 of those being $2/$5 and 2 or 3 being $5/$10. Now on a Saturday night if we're lucky there's 8 tables in play, with two of them being $2/$5 and one $5/10 (with a list that would make an amazing must-move if they had a dealer to launch it)

Also I think the Omaha experiment is completely dead, I haven't seen it running any time I've been there in a month or so

Saturday night was a nice return to form for the room, a total reversal over the Thursday **** show.

They had 16 tables running, including four $2-$5s and two $5-$10s. Action was great

i dont know, that poker is dark and cramped and bad, they only good thing is rake is ok

Will be in the area this weekend, how long should I expect to wait for 1-2/2-5 if I show up at 10pm on a Saturday? Does the room still close at 2am?

Any news about the supposed renovations?

Rumors but dealers are saying the deal was finalized with Maverick. Renovations by year end 2024

Heard the already started clearing slot machines on second floor.

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More renovations? Is this good or bad for poker? I miss the action here and would def go back

i did hear Monday about the slot machines being removed. they recently changed one of the first floor areas to non-smoking as well. changes are being made.

i'd say its past the point of rumor at this point as its been talked about multiple layers between big picture stuff when ballys was opening the commerce stream, as well as at Twin itself by multiple layers of staff. its just a matter of when.

the action is very hit or miss these days i've found and i'm sure players like bert_stare are heading elsewhere some days but they'd all be back playing at Twin with a little hype that Maverick will bring. if they can actually get dealers, a good floor, start doing good promos and mtts we might actually have a central poker room in new england. until then we are gonna struggle a bit and games will be a bit hit or miss.

all that said, i could have wrote all this three months ago, six months ago etc etc. so i'm not getting excited or making any plans yet.

I used to love this room. Was there multiple time per week in the summer of 2017 --> 2018.

I am going to be in the area for a concert tonight - closes at 2? That was one of the awesome things about this room pre-Covid. played many all-nighters.

Having an 18+ environment was amazing. Plenty of kids who were learning and bluff heavy.

It "closes" at 2am, but what that actually means is that at 1:30 they call last hand. It sucks, the late night shift pre-covid was amazing