MGM poker rooms raising rake to $6
Title says it all, apparently all MGM rooms have raised rake today to $6 max.
I have only been able to confirm mgm grand for sure but other regs are telling me it’s all mgm rooms in Vegas.
Not really unexpected imo
Would like to know if anyone knows if Wynn/resorts will follow if they haven’t already and I’m unaware
Now I wonder how long it will take to get to $7. Probably not as long as it took to get $6.
Just wonder how long it'll take Vegas to catch up to Encore Boston where the $1-$3 rake is $10+$2 for a whopping $12 and the room is still packed!!! It just goes to show you that at low stakes nobody knows or cares anything about rake and will play regardless 😮
Just wonder how long it'll take Vegas to catch up to Encore Boston where the $1-$3 rake is $10+$2 for a whopping $12 and the room is still packed!!! It just goes to show you that at low stakes nobody knows or cares anything about rake and will play regardless 😮
encore boston has zero competition. Vegas still has some of the lowest rake in the country.
There are multiple room in NH, and Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Springfield
But agreed Vegas certainly has more competition.
I don't know how close the NH rooms are but right now with no traffic FW/Mogehan are about an hour 45 mins away and MGM Springfield is an hour 10 mins away. That's not real competition based on rake.
Laughlin is closer to Vegas than FW/MS are to Encore Boston.
I don't know how close the NH rooms are but right now with no traffic FW/Mogehan are about an hour 45 mins away and MGM Springfield is an hour 10 mins away. That's not real competition based on rake.
Laughlin is closer to Vegas than FW/MS are to Encore Boston.
Chasers is 30 min from Encore. Twin River is an hour. Nashua is 45 min. Springfield 90 min Keen is 1:45
These locations form a ring around the north, west and south of Encore. So pretty much in every direction around Encore if Encore is 20 to 50 minutes away, there is a choice closer than Encore.
Chasers is 30 min from Encore. Twin River is an hour. Nashua is 45 min. Springfield 90 min Keen is 1:45
These locations form a ring around the north, west and south of Encore. So pretty much in every direction around Encore if Encore is 20 to 50 minutes away, there is a choice closer than Encore.
How much is the rake at these other places?
encore boston has zero competition. Vegas still has some of the lowest rake in the country.
I don't think it's the "competition" that will decide the future rake structure in Vegas because it just takes one casino to crack and raise the rake thus giving the green light for everyone else to follow suit just like with resort fee increases and parking fee's in the past... one place makes a change and everyone else's greed kicks in and before to long it's raised everywhere.
I don't think it's the "competition" that will decide the future rake structure in Vegas because it just takes one casino to crack and raise the rake thus giving the green light for everyone else to follow suit just like with resort fee increases and parking fee's in the past... one place makes a change and everyone else's greed kicks in and before to long it's raised everywhere.
Vegas probably has the nittiest games overall in the country. Which also means the most take sensitive players. This coupled with the fact there are still way more poker rooms in a small area competing with each other than anywhere else is why the rake is cheaper than most places these days.
If it was as easy as one casino just jacking up the rake big time and everyone else follows someone would do it. Ventian tried that before covid and the end result was Venetian becoming a ghost town not other rooms copying them.
Now during wsop take even on cash games is higher than other places bc they don't care about keeping loyal local customers happy. They know tons of people come to wsop no matter what do they can get away with charging more.
Stuff like resort fees parking fees 6:5 BJ is aimed at tourists in town for a few days which is a very different market than the bulk of their poker customers. It's also why stuff like 6:5 bj and parking fees doesn't happen at local casinos for the most part bc locals won't go for it.
