Going to Foxwoods.. (late March)

[mike4066]

Anyone in that area?

I'm going up to CT to visit family the end of March.. Figured I'd catch a drink with anyone up in that area.

No sure how much time I'll have for the tables, but i'm going to be there for a full week so I'm sure I'll find plenty of time.

I plan to be there March 25th - 29th.

[bigred]

I do live in CT but I'm at school right now.

[TylerK]

My girlfriend's grandparents live within yelling distance of Foxwoods, maybe we could arrange a visit...

Any dates set yet?

Yeah, my mother's work colleague's daughter's friend's cousin's father's milkman lives near Foxwoods.

Maybe we could arrange a date?

[bigred]

Good post dwarf, good post.

(This one's even better)

[TylerK]

*sigh* Why NOT to bother trying to communicate outside of PM around here anymore...

[Humphrind]

FyrFytr is in CT. But I don't know where.

But It's not that big of a state.

[mike4066]

I looked up where fyr is its not toooo far..



I edited my above post and put in the dates I plan to be there.

[Humphrind]

Location: She's elin grindemyr

I remembered Elin to be more hot.

[FyrFytr998]

Hey dude. I happen to be off from work that weekend and will absolutely see about meeting you up there. Depends on if there are any family activities going on that week. My wife has a habit of planning things months in advance.

If we're gonna play some poker. The earlier the better on weekends as tables fill up pretty fast. I have a couple buddies who might want to come along to. Could be fun. Foxwoods is the only game in town since the Mohegan Sun shut down their poker room.

Let's keep in touch on this. I'm about due for a Casino Night. :P

[Yeldud]

I am about 45min from Foxwoods and can try to meet up with you guys. When in March? The last week might be tough for me as my wife and I are expecting our first baby on April 2nd.

[mike4066]

Location: She's elin grindemyr

I remembered Elin to be more hot.

Its an early picture of her.. before she Blossomed..

[mike4066]

Hey dude. I happen to be off from work that weekend and will absolutely see about meeting you up there. Depends on if there are any family activities going on that week. My wife has a habit of planning things months in advance.

If we're gonna play some poker. The earlier the better on weekends as tables fill up pretty fast. I have a couple buddies who might want to come along to. Could be fun. Foxwoods is the only game in town since the Mohegan Sun shut down their poker room.

Let's keep in touch on this. I'm about due for a Casino Night. :P

Fyr, My girls the same way.. when i want to plan something i always end up checking HER calander to make sure its open.


Mohegan Sun shut down the poker room? Strange because with teh poker boom you'd think they would be adding more.

I will post a bit more once plans are completly solid. (requesting vacation time from work blah blah.)

[mike4066]

I am about 45min from Foxwoods and can try to meet up with you guys. When in March? The last week might be tough for me as my wife and I are expecting our first baby on April 2nd.

Eh we're like 5-6 days before that, take a cell phone

J/K man.. Family is more important..

[FyrFytr998]

Hey dude. I happen to be off from work that weekend and will absolutely see about meeting you up there. Depends on if there are any family activities going on that week. My wife has a habit of planning things months in advance.

If we're gonna play some poker. The earlier the better on weekends as tables fill up pretty fast. I have a couple buddies who might want to come along to. Could be fun. Foxwoods is the only game in town since the Mohegan Sun shut down their poker room.

Let's keep in touch on this. I'm about due for a Casino Night. :P

Fyr, My girls the same way.. when i want to plan something i always end up checking HER calander to make sure its open.


Mohegan Sun shut down the poker room? Strange because with teh poker boom you'd think they would be adding more.

I will post a bit more once plans are completly solid. (requesting vacation time from work blah blah.)

Cool man. Keep me posted. Already told the wife to not plan anything that weekend. Anyone else interested in meeting up? The more the merrier.

[DrumzCT]

I may be. Not quite sure if I have anything going on that day.
What limits you guys plan on playing? I'm assuming the $1-$2 game?
I'm about 2 hours/hour and a half from Foxwoods and have been wanting to go up there for awhile now.

i was also surprised at Mohigan shutting thier pr down. My girlfriends parents go there and take us there for dinner with thier wampum bucks. I hate being in a casino and not having the option to play poker. Makes the blackjack tables look good....

They are turning the pr into a high stakes slot room (dumb) but i heard they have some grand plans for a new poker room. I hope so, it's alot closer than foxwoods

[Spook]

My brother actually works at the Sun, He runs the lights for the big shows... cool job actually.

[FyrFytr998]

I believe the lowest Hold'em limit is 2/4. At least it was the last time I went. The 1/2 game is usually 7CS. They have different buyins for NL.

I usually play the 2/4 hold'em. But will give NL a shot if that's what everybody's up for.

They also have tournies on the weekends. I'll check out what they got going on.

Link for Feb./Mar. Poker Schedule

[FyrFytr998]

After going through the link. It should be a great time as your visit coincides with the New England Poker Classic Satellites. Going to be a busy, busy poker room for sure. Unfortunately, unless we're playing the Classic Satellites, we're not gonna catch any tourney action.

[mike4066]

Yea, i saw that NEPC was going on, won't get to play any tourneys while i'm there buti'm sure I'll have a good time anyways.

[FyrFytr998]

Yes we will. The 2/4 limit game is quite fishy. The hardest game to bust is the 1/2 7CS. All the oldtimers play it and fold unless they have the nuts. Very boring.

[FyrFytr998]

Anybody coming to try the 2005 World Poker Finals?

[gregor]

was at foxwoods last friday night...plenty of fish in the 1-2 NL game.....made 500 in 4 hours and took off......


so many posers with -gay-lo shades, think they can play because they can ruffle chips.....

mental note of the night: poker image shouldn't be an acting course.....

[FyrFytr998]

was at foxwoods last friday night...plenty of fish in the 1-2 NL game.....made 500 in 4 hours and took off......


so many posers with -gay-lo shades, think they can play because they can ruffle chips.....

mental note of the night: poker image shouldn't be an acting course.....

Totally agree. Alot of Metrosexuals there. There was a 1/2 NL game? I never see that when I go. I must not show up at the right time. Is it always running and I just miss it?

[FyrFytr998]

Just keeping the topic fresh. Move along.

Besides myself and Mike are there any others interested in having an East Coast FTR meet up around the time he's here? I know it' kinda bad timing with the N.E. Poker Clasic going on, but there is still great poker to be played none the less. I do believe they run the Classic in the hotel part of the Casino.

[Yeldud]

Definitely interested. Timing might be tough as my wife is due April 2nd. Are the dates firm yet?

[FyrFytr998]

Definitely interested. Timing might be tough as my wife is due April 2nd. Are the dates firm yet?

That's entirely up to Mike. If he were to pull out I can pretty much meet whenever.

[AvatarKava]

I'm down.

[TylerK]

Definitely interested. Timing might be tough as my wife is due April 2nd. Are the dates firm yet?

That's entirely up to Mike. If he were to pull out I can pretty much meet whenever.

And if Yeldud were to pull out, then his wife...bah, never mind.

So yeah, count me in on this whole thing.

[FyrFytr998]

Lol, that's just not right. Cool. I'll try to keep this topic fresh. As soon as mike chimes in we'll pick a concrete date.

[mike4066]

*CHIME*

Saturday the 26th is probably the best day for most of us.

I'm doing visit/do casion thing iwth my fiancee for awhile saturday, but come later Saturday Afternoon she's leaving and the casion is my playground.

[FyrFytr998]

Saturday the 26th sounds good. I'll see what's on the agenda for that night.

[Xianti]

bump

[Zangief]

I'm doing visit/do casion thing iwth my fiancee for awhile saturday, but come later Saturday Afternoon she's leaving and the casion is my playground.

I've played at Foxwoods a lot lately on Saturdays. If you don't want to wait 1-3 hours for a table, get there before noon. 10-10:30 am seems to be about perfect, as they start opening some tables that broke in the early morning. If you show up in late afternoon, it will probably take 2 hours to get a table, regardless of what you play. $2/$4 always has an incredibly long waiting list.

There are $2/$4, $4/$8, and higher LIMIT tables. There are $1/$2, $5/$5, and higher NO LIMIT tables. I've been playing $1/$2 NL and love it. (In 5 visits I'm up $800, which I think is pretty good.)

I don't know what I'm doing that weekend yet, but will definitely try to find you guys if I go. Everybody needs to buy an FTR shirt or hat and wear it.

BTW ... I heard that Mohegan's poker room closed because of "drugs and prostitution".

[Spook]

BTW ... I heard that Mohegan's poker room closed because of "drugs and prostitution".

Oh, my ex-wife is out of work again... too bad.

[RERAISE5823]

RERAISE in the hizzy. Hey Zangief, why don't ya come sit in the 5/5 game? You gotta have the dough, slumlord.

My advice at Foxwoods: Eat a variety off the menu. It's hard to live on Chicken fingers and fries for 16 hours, unless you like rock solid shits.

That, and find Mechelle and give her your best pickup line.

I'm doing visit/do casion thing iwth my fiancee for awhile saturday, but come later Saturday Afternoon she's leaving and the casion is my playground.

I've played at Foxwoods a lot lately on Saturdays. If you don't want to wait 1-3 hours for a table, get there before noon. 10-10:30 am seems to be about perfect, as they start opening some tables that broke in the early morning. If you show up in late afternoon, it will probably take 2 hours to get a table, regardless of what you play. $2/$4 always has an incredibly long waiting list.

There are $2/$4, $4/$8, and higher LIMIT tables. There are $1/$2, $5/$5, and higher NO LIMIT tables. I've been playing $1/$2 NL and love it. (In 5 visits I'm up $800, which I think is pretty good.)

I don't know what I'm doing that weekend yet, but will definitely try to find you guys if I go. Everybody needs to buy an FTR shirt or hat and wear it.

BTW ... I heard that Mohegan's poker room closed because of "drugs and prostitution".

[FyrFytr998]

For all those without the secret decoder ring.

Some of the guys are going to be meeting at Foxwoods on March 26th, 2005 at around 5pm/6pm.

If you're down let me know. Will probably meet up in the sportsbook right next to the poker room.

I myself am making a day of it. So I'll probably get there even earlier.

[Zangief]

Just bringing this thread to the top so people will be aware of it. This is tomorrow night.

I doubt I'll be able to make it then. I'll be with family for Easter.

But I will probably be there tonight! So if you see a guy who looks absolutely nothing like the picture on the left playing $1/$2 NL with a big stack of chips ... say hi. In reality, I've got medium length brown hair, brown eyes, kind of a stocky build, and am usually unshaven. Just picture a software engineer that drinks a lot of Mountain Dew. Tonight I will be wearing a black collared shirt.

Actually, maybe I'll bust out the mohawk ....

[mike4066]

Not going to make it there tonight , but definatly going to be there as planned.

[FyrFytr998]

See you tomorrow.

[Zangief]

It was a good night for me. I played from about 7 pm until about 4 am. I got AA twice, KK four times, and QQ three times ... mostly near the beginning of the night. I've never seen so many big pairs in one session before. And they all held up. I left up $530.

There was this guy there who was either a complete nutjob or a very good actor. He would go all-in with any and every hand ... sometimes before the flop and sometimes on the flop. He was wearing a safari hat and sunglasses. And he brought several thousand dollars worth of chips with him ... in a big sock. Every time he got beat, he said to the dealer in the same exact tone, "I'll rebuy for $40, okay?"

I was lucky enough to catch KK right after he won a $140 pot ... so I took his stack. Next hand, I got QQ and took his $40 rebuy. Other than being entertaining, he also have me a chunk of my profit for the night.

Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well tonight. I wish I could be there.

[TylerK]

Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well tonight.

[FyrFytr998]

:P :P :P :P

The first rule about Project Foxwoods is not to discuss Project Foxwoods.

Just wanna say had a great time with Tyler and Mike. Wish more of you could have come. It was a mad house though. Good 1 1/2 to 2 hours for a table. Only thing you could jump right in on was the 5/10 limit. And only because that limit (And only that limit for some reason) had a kill pot every time it got over a $100.00. So basically you were playing 10/20 limit the majority of the time.

I just wanna give Foxwoods the big FU for not letting me snap some pics of the poker room. Their Gestapo....ahem I mean security would only let you snap pics outside on the concourse. So I wish I could have had some pics for you guys. I do have a group shot I'll post later on.

Does anyone have a place I could post other than the yahoo picture place I use? So I can use the [image][image] feature here?

[FyrFytr998]

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Mike4066, myself, and TylerK in front of the Rainmaker Statue. Which is near the unphotographable poker room. When I wasn't playing I was a walking billboard for FTR. And got quit a few inquiries about our site.

Xianti, Tyson, or Eric. You can send me an FTR visor thank you very much.

[FyrFytr998]

This one's for Toasty if he's still around. Or any other Knot fans.

[gabe]

Tyler has the same face in ever picture! Sounds like you guys had fun..

[FyrFytr998]

Tyler has the same face in ever picture! Sounds like you guys had fun..

Yeah it was a good time. I think if it weren't a holiday weekend we could have had a couple more people show up. I know I had fun. After talking to Mike and Tyler. I realized that I'm not in the FTR loop as much as I thought I was. I need to get in on that FTR on IRC thing.

One idea was broached by Tyler. When Rilla' becomes legal. We have his 21st bash up in AC at either the Borgata or Taj. What say you Rilla'?

Mike has some other pics I hope he'll post.

And I've also determined that the 1/2 NL game at Foxwoods is like a .05/.10 NL on Stars. No respect for raises at all. And people will call you down with crap (Right Tyler?). Unfortunately for me I left that game about $50 down to a bad beat. But won back all I lost and a little more playing 5/10 limit/kill pot. All in all I played at least a good 7 hrs. of poker. The cards were cold for the most part of the day. And my tight image hurt me when I would bet out or raise. My best play of the day was bluffing with a pair of nines to another guys kings for a good sized pot.

And during the course of the day. I saw what it was like to play against a Riptyde type player. Of all the 1/2 NL players I observed yesterday. Only two people looked to making any considerable amount of money. The guy at my table. And another older gentleman who quickly transformed his $100 buyin to just about $1,000. But the guy at my table left with about $700. He would play just about any hand. And if he caught any part of the flop he would either raise it big and scare everyone off or just outdraw you. And the rush he was on was unreal. River straights and flushes. He was always good for two pair. You name it.

And funny enough. Any time I got into the pot he would fold to me. He actually told me I was to careful a player to go heads up with. Go figure.

[a500lbgorilla]

One idea was broached by Tyler. When Rilla' becomes legal. We have his 21st bash up in AC at either the Borgata or Taj. What say you Rilla'?

Abso-fuggin-lotely.

Tyler was always a team player.

-'rilla

[FyrFytr998]

One idea was broached by Tyler. When Rilla' becomes legal. We have his 21st bash up in AC at either the Borgata or Taj. What say you Rilla'?

Abso-fuggin-lotely.

Tyler was always a team player.

-'rilla

So when exactly will you be legal?

[a500lbgorilla]

March 18th, 2007!

We've got time to work our schedules out, methinks.

-'rilla

[FyrFytr998]

March 18th, 2007!

We've got time to work our schedules out, methinks.

-'rilla

I'm down like a dirty shirt hoss.

[TylerK]

Tyler has the same face in ever picture!

It's true. You should hear my mom complain.

[FyrFytr998]

Hey Tyler. Old buddy old pal o mine. How are we today?

[TylerK]

Hey Tyler. Old buddy old pal o mine. How are we today?

Still tilty.

[FyrFytr998]

Hey Tyler. Old buddy old pal o mine. How are we today?

Still tilty.

Lol, I still feel for you. It must have been a long drive back.

[RERAISE5823]

The 1/2 at Foxwoods is like playing online. Everyone chases and wins. Only Zangief seems to win consistently at that limit.

Since I've moved up to 5/5 I've had 8 wins in 9 sessions. I was a bit over 50% at the 1/2.

[TylerK]

Just to be clear, let me say: the 1/2 NL game is absolutely AWESOME and if I had the roll I'd be going down there to play at least every couple of weeks. I just had a bad day at it. The important thing to note is to figure out which players you can make plays at (usually no more than a couple of them) and which are going to pay off your monsters.

[Zangief]

And I've also determined that the 1/2 NL game at Foxwoods is like a .05/.10 NL on Stars. No respect for raises at all. And people will call you down with crap (Right Tyler?).

This is one of the things that makes the $1/$2 game so good (for me, at least).

I raise to $10 with KK from the button with several folds in front of me. I get 2-3 callers. The flop is Q-rag-rag. The big blind bets $30, I raise to $60. The small blind goes all-in for about $45. The big blind calls my raise. He checks to me on the turn rag, I bet $50, he folds. Turns out the big blind had Q9 and the small blind had Q8. Ridiculous. The river was a blank and I took down a $200 pot instead of $3 in blinds.

"I definitely didn't put you on kings." Yeah ... but did you put me on Q7? Ha!

To get real respect for your raises, you need to raise to about $20. But I find $15 is about the sweet spot where people call with just enough crap to make it worthwhile.

[gabe]

The 1/2 at Foxwoods is like playing online. Everyone chases and wins.

That is not like online at all. Everyone that chases does not win and the game is very beatable.

[mike4066]

I have a couple pics, not many. I'll post them hwen I get home and get my Camera pics dumped to my PC

[RERAISE5823]

The 1/2 at Foxwoods is like playing online. Everyone chases and wins.

That is not like online at all. Everyone that chases does not win and the game is very beatable.

Yeah, and while I read this reply I flop a K high straight and reraise all in for 400 bucks, what do you know the dumbass calls with A high and hits his draw.

I understand your point, but I don't believe you digested mine. The point is the 1/2 at Foxwoods is just as chase happy as online poker. Move up to 55, put someone in for 2000 bucks, VERY different scenario.

[gabe]

The 1/2 at Foxwoods is like playing online. Everyone chases and wins.

That is not like online at all. Everyone that chases does not win and the game is very beatable.

Yeah, and while I read this reply I flop a K high straight and reraise all in for 400 bucks, what do you know the dumbass calls with A high and hits his draw.

I understand your point, but I don't believe you digested mine. The point is the 1/2 at Foxwoods is just as chase happy as online poker. Move up to 55, put someone in for 2000 bucks, VERY different scenario.

I'm glad online poker is chase happy, it's how most of us make money, regardless of stake.

[RERAISE5823]

True, but you can't tell me you don't often put out a 4th street bet that is uncallable odds wise for a player chasing a straight or flush, desperately trying to take the pot down right there. Say, a $400 bet into a $300 pot heads up. You WANT him to fold. MY POINT IS at the lower levels AT FOXWOODS, they will call. At the 5/5, they will pass, or occasionally a tricky player will raise (which is a giant improvement to calling).

OK I've officially beat this horse into it's grave. Carry on.

[gabe]

You want them to call when they don't have odds. That's how you make money.

[RERAISE5823]

Oh yeah I know, I like when they call to such tremendous odds.

***** Hand History for Game 1817941646 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, March 30, 13:41:54 EDT 2005
Table Table 36671 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: ReRaIsE5823 ( $98.25 )
Seat 3: Mikael14 ( $15.85 )
Seat 8: breest ( $64.45 )
Seat 5: n4001 ( $32.8 )
Seat 10: apuwhiteboy ( $19.5 )
ReRaIsE5823 posts small blind [$0.25].
Mikael14 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ReRaIsE5823 [ 4c 6c ]
n4001 folds.
breest calls [$0.5].
apuwhiteboy raises [$2.5].
ReRaIsE5823 calls [$2.25].
Mikael14 calls [$2].
breest calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 2d, 4d ]
ReRaIsE5823 checks.
Mikael14 checks.
breest bets [$9.5].
apuwhiteboy folds.
ReRaIsE5823 raises [$25].
Mikael14 folds.
breest calls [$15.5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
ReRaIsE5823 is all-In [$70.75]
ReRaIsE5823: hehe
ReRaIsE5823: no flush for you
breest is all-In [$36.95]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
ReRaIsE5823 shows [ 4c, 6c ] two pairs, sixes and fours.
breest shows [ 5d, Td ] a straight, two to six.
ReRaIsE5823 wins $33.8 from side pot #1 with two pairs, sixes and fours.
breest wins $131.9 from the main pot with a straight, two to six.

[TylerK]

Oh yeah I know, I like when they call to such tremendous odds.

***** Hand History for Game 1817941646 *****
$50 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, March 30, 13:41:54 EDT 2005
Table Table 36671 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: ReRaIsE5823 ( $98.25 )
Seat 3: Mikael14 ( $15.85 )
Seat 8: breest ( $64.45 )
Seat 5: n4001 ( $32.8 )
Seat 10: apuwhiteboy ( $19.5 )
ReRaIsE5823 posts small blind [$0.25].
Mikael14 posts big blind [$0.5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ReRaIsE5823 [ 4c 6c ]
n4001 folds.
breest calls [$0.5].
apuwhiteboy raises [$2.5].
ReRaIsE5823 calls [$2.25].
Mikael14 calls [$2].
breest calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 2d, 4d ]
ReRaIsE5823 checks.
Mikael14 checks.
breest bets [$9.5].
apuwhiteboy folds.
ReRaIsE5823 raises [$25].
Mikael14 folds.
breest calls [$15.5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
ReRaIsE5823 is all-In [$70.75]
ReRaIsE5823: hehe
ReRaIsE5823: no flush for you
breest is all-In [$36.95]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
ReRaIsE5823 shows [ 4c, 6c ] two pairs, sixes and fours.
breest shows [ 5d, Td ] a straight, two to six.
ReRaIsE5823 wins $33.8 from side pot #1 with two pairs, sixes and fours.
breest wins $131.9 from the main pot with a straight, two to six.

This hand has a positive expectation for you. Do you see why?

[gabe]

Now post the 20 times where they didn't hit the gutshot and we can say how much money you've made. Or you can just post the bad beats...

[FyrFytr998]

Or how about putting a stop to this thread hijacking?

Mike where are those pics at?

And on another note. How many people here are Foxwoods regulars? Like at least once or twice a week? What's the income potential there?

[Zangief]

I think the income potential playing $1/$2 NL on Saturdays is quite good. I've been playing about twice a month on average (so not quite a regular). Also, I'm sure someone with more experience could make quite a bit more than I do.

Given that, some nights are horrible. I went on Friday. When I sat down, the table was amazing - almost every hand was raised and re-raised pre-flop. Then people would showdown with stuff like KJo or 66! I was just waiting for a good hand to double or triple up.

But then all of the maniacs left and the table became rock village. ... And this continued for the rest of the night. It sucked.

[gabe]

Or how about putting a stop to this thread hijacking?

Mike where are those pics at?

And on another note. How many people here are Foxwoods regulars? Like at least once or twice a week? What's the income potential there?

To make up for my hijack, I will bump this to make mike post some pictures.

[mike4066]

haven't turned my laptop on yet, will try to tonight..

there are only 2-3 pictures you guys are doing alot of waiting for nearly nothing

[FyrFytr998]

haven't turned my laptop on yet, will try to tonight..

there are only 2-3 pictures you guys are doing alot of waiting for nearly nothing

I want to see the tyler wallet pic, lol.

[TylerK]

haven't turned my laptop on yet, will try to tonight..

there are only 2-3 pictures you guys are doing alot of waiting for nearly nothing

I want to see the tyler wallet pic, lol.