Why does Encore Boston hate poker? (2 Viewers)

[buzzmonkey]

Lilac Club in Rochester has been mining for feedback regarding tournaments, which is promising. I haven't been yet, but hopefully will check it out in a couple weeks.

 

[ekricket]

Don’t get me ranting about the Brook. Between Seabrook and Hampton, they ran around 20 tourneys per week. They bought Hampton just to shut it down, then they stopped running their own tournaments. Poof.

Casino logic is the best logic. It’s like a game of chance establishment run by chance.

Seriously though I bet they are incredibly toxic social microcosmisms

 

[kaimat]

Lilac Club in Rochester has been mining for feedback regarding tournaments, which is promising. I haven't been yet, but hopefully will check it out in a couple weeks.

https://www.lilacclubcasino.com/table-games?pgid=m8d4zw8y11-dd6f0522-8b01-4b7c-9583-d78fa1a3ad96

Chips look promising, but I couldn't find face pictures on their website and nothing on The Chip Guide.

Do you have any photos of the chips?

 

[upNdown]

https://www.lilacclubcasino.com/table-games?pgid=m8d4zw8y11-dd6f0522-8b01-4b7c-9583-d78fa1a3ad96

Chips look promising, but I couldn't find face pictures on their website and nothing on The Chip Guide.

Do you have any photos of the chips?

Page 2, about 2/3s down
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/2025-new-chip-releases.129653/

 

[demonnic]

A more direct link https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/2025-new-chip-releases.129653/post-2681009

 

[upNdown]

Casino logic is the best logic. It’s like a game of chance establishment run by chance.

Seriously though I bet they are incredibly toxic social microcosmisms

Not sure exactly what you mean. A Vegas outfit did the buying and made changes. The tournaments shut down because of covid. When they reopened it was cash games only - not sure if they had difficulty staffing dealers, but I bet they just decided they could make more profits elsewhere. This place had the cheapest tournaments - most of the entry fees were under $100. But damn, those tournaments were so beatable.

 

[Madmizike]

I haven’t played many tournaments up there lately and I never played much cash up there, so my usefulness is limited. But yes, I prefer the tournaments up north for their lower buy-in’s and slower structures. But that was always the case. Even pre-encore, you could always get a better deal tournament-wise in NH than at Foxwoods or Mohegan.

All I’d say about Encore cash is that Bart Hanson regularly plays $2/5 at Encore and he seems to have the Dnegs more rake is better attitude - he seems to find those games beatable.

We should probably all be looking at Ballys Twin River. Maverick Gaming took over their poker room and the upgrade are nearing completion. Something like 30 tables with a capacity for double that for tournaments. And the promise for lots of tournaments. We’ll see.

I did hear because of the expansion at TwinRiver the rake was gonna go up and would be 9 or 10 bucks after promos and such which is too bad.