Encore Boston Harbor Casino (Everett, MA) - FAQ in OP

Fore is correct. At Encore, you can deposit/withdraw cash from a "front money" account, which you can access when you are there. You can also wire money to Encore (personal accounts only), and they can cash a cashier's check (made out to Encore). So, there are options.

One side note, poker tournament cash outs, and high hand cash outs have to be done at the cage. The cage will review your name & social security number. If you are on the list from Massachusetts, for owing state taxes or child support, you will not be getting your poker tournament cash out or high hand money. If you think you should not be on that list, good luck getting that sorted out.

That’s Department of Revenue, they’ll file your wins with DORMA, and if it comes back that you owe they’ll intercept the money. That’s in all casinos in MA.

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Has anyone played one of the Friday 420 tournaments? They start at 10:15 with registration closing 2 hours later. I'm wondering if anyone knows how long they typically run.

According to Poker Atlas, yesterday they paid 5 places for a total prize pool of $9072. That means 27 people entered. A deal was made between the top two. With a total of 810,000 chips in play, I'm going to guess they played to somewhere between the 17th to 20th level. So probably between 7.5 and 9 hours.

I noticed that there has been a 20/40 mix running lately at Encore. Does anyone know what games are within the Mix rotation?

It's limit holdem, limit stud, and limit omaha hi. Time game $10/half. Starts full on Thursdays and probably will settle on Mondays as a good second day.

I played in it once , there are so many donkeys straddling and 3 betting blind preflop that its hard to win in. I wanted to play real poker , not bingo. I asked a dealer whats the total IQ of all the 20-40 regulars in the mix game and he said " I doubt they reach a total of 100 combined"

Good point. I’ll have to go back and read Sklansky for Hold ‘em again

I hate when donkeys play bad. I like when my opponents all make good decisions. That's how you really make money!

Might be the first good poker read you’ve ever made.

You should try playing 20-40 early on Thursdays. That first group is mostly nits. Some hands don’t even get capped 4 ways preflop.

Yeh good point . I might play tight tomorrow. My 6 bet blind straddles haven't been hitting.

Wish they'd add some Hi-Lo to the mix. I think it'd improve the longevity of the game.

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The 20/40 was still going or maybe restarted last Friday when I got there at around 11 am.

The mix game originally only went Thursdays , then it was Tuesday and Thursdays . Now it seems to go almost everyday except Sunday. The game is definitely wild with a lot of straddles and double straddles . We need a bigger player pool so come and play help get the game as a permanent fixture, the rake is only $10 per half.

We usually start 8:30-9am and on most days the game goes to almost 11pm or so.

The mix is LHE, Stud , Omaha high , the floor said there is no changing limits or games to prevent people from fighting all day, like the old Foxwoods mix games.

That's a shame. I can't see it lasting with that mix. 9 handed Omaha high is an abomination. They had 8-16 mix back in the day with hi-lo, triple draw and badugi. No reason they can't run those games.

Good to see LOH somewhere else in the world, and that game is juicy if the action is as stated.

Maybe in the future, but this was never supposed to be a regular daily game. Originally this was just a 1 day mix game for an Encore regulars birthday about 6 months ago and we weren't allowed to play hi/lo or any other game then Stud, Hold em, or Omaha because of the dealers inexperience . Most the dealers have never even dealt Stud Hi , so they didn't want to make it too complicated for just one day.

Any EC limit game nowadays is on thin ice as it is and we are surprised it even lasted this long. I never played Omaha Hi in my life but myself and most the regulars think its the best game in the mix by far, the action is nuts in this game with 5 way, 6 bet capped preflop is pretty routine.

Its the best game ever invented haha, and in MA its 5 bet preflop and 6 bet with the straddle which happens like 70% of the hands.

I asked if they’d do an 8/16 mix and they said they’d be open to it…maybe we can do a bigger mix at that stakes?

That’s a shame that Wynn Resorts can’t train poker dealers to deal hi low variants of poker games.
Place needs a good poker room director to straighten it out.

Wynn, Aria, Bellagio will spread anything the players request, with top notch attentive dealers.
Soooo why can’t we in Boston? In the top 3 most lucrative casinos in the Northeast? [emoji24]

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Maybe they are trained, but if you don't use it you lose it.

I've had job training where afterwards I just went back to my usual tasks and nine months later my boss is like "OK, Conan, time to use that training we gave you" and that information dump I'd gotten had left my brain, hopped on a freighter, and was wandering around wearing native garb in Timbuktu by then.

I play in the mix game 2+ times a week mostly Thu and Sat and possibly other days if I can get there early enough as it starts earlier and earlier due to popularity and I enjoy starting the game with the regulars who like to straddle and mix it up. It is sad that the poker room can't offer hi lo/split games or draw games because of dealer skill level but it is what it is. I have done a lot of research into what is happening in places that offer mix cash/tourneys and it seems that good old Allen Kessler seems to have done the most research so I will go with what he claims will cause the least arguing/bickering and that is HOSTE which is Hold'em, Omaha8, Stud, 2-7 Triple Draw, and Stud8. At almost any mix game there is a lot of debate about the choice of games and this poker room prefers to say this is the mix and that is it, no changing, adding, removing, negotiating, etc... and I understand that part from management.

I've been thinking of giving this game a try. Honestly though 1. not exactly rolled for swings at these stakes (happier to play 10-20 or even 7.50/15 w/ full kill). 2) WTF limit omaha high? Played some PLO in 8 game, but I have no idea how to approach limit high. Played it once at 1/2 home game (11 handed ... used all 52 cards) with people who could barely play LHE. They found it fun (even though they had no idea what they had) ... but it just seemed boring to me.

Also, don't really get the dealer skill thing for Stud8. I can see why people struggle to read O8 boards... but reading a stud8 low hand is stupidly simple. I like stud8 more than O8 anyway.

So I'd enjoy the LHE and Stud but not the limit Omaha High. Should I check this out? Can the triple straddlers play well post flop or after 5th in stud?

I'm willing to play and game in HORSE, Triple Draw, Badugi, Badacey, Badeucy, Razzdugi.