Foxwoods 4/27-28 & advice from those who have been lately

[shuinthehouse]

I am heading to Foxwoods for Friday 4/27, and probably 4/28 also. This will be my first B&M since I started playing on-line in October. From about ’93-98 I logged about 500 hours a year playing 5-10 stud at Foxwoods, but stopped playing poker altogether after marriage/kids until I picked up hold-em online.

Couple questions for those who go there (doc, man of means, etc.):

From trip reports, I see people signing up and waiting a long time for a table. Are you no longer able to phone in your name to the list (I used to do this when I was about 30 mins away)?

If I get there for noon on both Friday and Saturday, will I have beaten the rush and be able to get on a table fairly quickly? I plan to play about noon-midnight each day. I have about a 75 minute ride back to home in Massachusetts.

From what I read of trip reports, 2-4 seems like the level for me. My online track record in chronological order is: +160 BB 4k hands .25-50 stars, + 80 BB 2k hands .5-1.0 Stars (thinking I’m pretty good), -380 BB 10k hands .5-1.0 FTP (thinking I suck), +320 BB 12k hands .5-1.0 FTP (realizing there’s a lot of variance in poker). So I am about 25 BB in 25k hands .5-1.0, basically breakeven before boni.

Anyone else going to be there?

[DrModern]

You can still phone your name onto the list, but not at the limits I play (you might want to check about $4/$8). You shouldn't have to wait too long for a table getting there at noon on a friday.

If you have enough cash, play $4/$8. It's still easier than $0.50/$1 online and the rake is much, much better.

[Man of Means]

Yeah you can probably play 4/8 Limit at foxwoods and the waitlist is hardly ever bad. I might be there that weekend. Shoot some PM's when you are going.

[Diana Ross Fan]

Not knowing how you play, I can't recommend a game.

But don't sell yourself short, espec if you were a solid stud player in the pre-Moneymaker era.

Low limit players at foxwoods are generally worse than their online counterparts. In fact a number of "learned" how to play low limit HE by watching ESPN.
But if you haven't played live casino poker in a while, there is nothing wrong with spending the first hour at 2-4.


PS: the poker room is a bit bigger than you remember it

[MattDog]

I haven't been in a while (6 months) but I'd recommend 4/8. Both games are going to be pretty rocky during the afternoon and get wilder as the night goes on.

2/4 with the $2 yellow chips is a horrible structure.

[Man of Means]

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2/4 with the $2 yellow chips is a horrible structure.

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when i play this game (which is rare now) I buy in for a rack of white...like you would at any normal casino that spreads 2/4. That way when i raise, I can look more threatening putting out two stacks of two chips rather than just 2 yellow chips next to each other. Plus it makes the pot look bigger and you'll get called down by pocket 4's every time.

In its favor, the 2/4 has far more cute girls playing in it than the 4/8.

[MattDog]

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when i play this game (which is rare now) I buy in for a rack of white...like you would at any normal casino that spreads 2/4.

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They let you do that?

I remember dealers making players moving from 2/4 to 1/2NL go to the cage to swap yellow for red.

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In its favor, the 2/4 has far more cute girls playing in it than the 4/8.

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Those chicks are way to young for me. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Man of Means]

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They let you do that?

I remember dealers making players moving from 2/4 to 1/2NL go to the cage to swap yellow for red.


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Red's no good (too much time spent making change) but white plays. You just say something like "Oh, this is what I got at the cage".

[bravos1]

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Both games are going to be pretty rocky during the afternoon

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I don't care what time of day it is... this can't be true can it???

[DrModern]

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Both games are going to be pretty rocky during the afternoon

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I don't care what time of day it is... this can't be true can it???

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Nope, it isn't.