Originally Posted by
country978
Funny you should ask this - I just got home from MGM. I usually go there every Friday but not for poker. Ever been to the Red Rose? My best pal and I usually go there for a meal then get free play for the slots and play $20-30 or so and head home.
About 2 1/2 years ago my wife and I reconciled and put the family back together so now I'm in Worcester with her, back in my own house. I've been playing almost exclusively at Chasers in Salem, NH. I just don't care very much for the MGM poker crowd and much prefer the New Hampshire folks.
We did decide today to start playing at the Mohegan on Friday's going forward. Foxwoods can go screw. Its awfully hard to explain to someone who can't relate to what that place was like in the 90's vs. what it is now. It went from the best casino and poker room in all of New England to a dump. There are no good restaurants and the poker room is nothing like what it used to be. The tournament schedule since covid is also totally lame.
I haven't played at Encore Boston since 2019 but that is now the most active room in the area and I do intend to get there soon also.
Drinking a little wine now and headed to bed hoping for a night free of violent dreams.
tbf Foxwoods in 2006-2008 was complete and utter madness. The months leading up to the housing meltdown … people had zero regard for money. I was not technically great but the action was so choice I literally moved in and lived there.
It was and probably still is the largest poker room in the world. However, in 2007 you had
120 tables with a waiting list. I sat around for more than an hour quite often. There was no booking online or anything of the sort back then. I can’t do the chaos the justice it deserves
Vanessa Selbst is one of the first people that comes to mind from those days oddly enough.
In 2006 you could still eat chicken tenders with ranch dressing at the tables. There wasn’t a clean chip in the entire establishment. That was living.
When I read your post I suddenly thought, “do I still have my Black Card?” I tossed it not being a particularly nostalgic sort. Shame.
I haven’t been to a New England casino in years and years but something about your post triggered me a little. Foxwoods is a dump as I recall from my last visit. Banned. Really never looked back.
Never had any dreams about Foxwoods either.
Please do more about poker room experiences in 2024. You really are the last guy on PFA to do that sort of thing.