I recently visited my folks and for some reason whenever I go home, they love, love, love, love to go to Mohegan Sun. Apparently, driving down to see their daughter in Atlantic City isn't enough. They need to take me another two hours north where there is no real poker room.Mohegan Sun is in the process of building a poker room. The last time I was there, they said the spring of this year, I believe, however, the room still isn't there. Instead there are four Poker Pro machines. I walked over and looked at the machines and thought to myself, this could be interesting. I want to try it out just to say I did so.
I walked over to the cage (in a cranky mood, but that's another story) where it was marked Poker Pro. I tell the man behind the cage that I want to register for a game. Apparently, I have to have my name on the list before I put money into my account. I look back at the impatient people standing the 15-people deep line and back at the Poker Pro machines, where the players just look like zombies.
To me, it just wasn't worth it. Maybe, I shouldn't have much of an opinion, but I was watching the players at the tables and they looked like drones on any slot machine. The players seemed bored, uninterested, which is probably more of a reason for me to sit down. I just don't understand why the casino makes you run around to different areas to get everything done.
It works this way in money Atlantic City casinos, but there are plenty of places where you can buy in at the table. Also, if you go broke, you have to get back up and go to the cage and re-supply your account as opposed to just buying chips from the dealer.
It seems like too much of a hassle for me. I honestly couldn't imagine myself sitting at the poker table for four hours trying to make money off of these people who really didn't seem as though they wanted to play.
My other complaint about the tables was that it was right in the middle of the gaming floor. It was loud, smoke-filled and didn't offer much movement. Another reason not to play.
I read in a Roy West stud book that if you ever have a reason not to play a certain, then don't. You are probably better off. I felt this way about playing poker at Mohegan, where the only games spread were $1-$2 NL and $3-$6 limit.
Perhaps I can talk my parents into taking me to Foxwood next time, where I can sit down and play some real stud.m
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I tried PokerPro for the first time at Mohegan Sun and really liked it. The games moved fast, you save on tokes, and the competition was as weak as I'd seen in awhile. Lots of clear first-timers calling everything to the river, and a pretty good backup of those to take their place when they busted out. I won a little over $100 in a 3-6 limit game in about an hour, then parlayed that into a $100 SNG and won that. A $425 profit in 2.5 hours isn't half bad... was wondering what I could have done if I had spent more time. I actually dislike Foxwoods' room - it's too big and really difficult to tell who's calling your name to be seated into a game and where to go next. They completely botched one of their WPF tournaments I played in a couple of years ago, which also didn't give me a good impression.
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