Mohegan v. Foxwoods

Any thoughts on the merits of the poker rooms of each for $1-3, $1-5, $2-4 o/e? I know Foxwoods is by far the more significant poker venue for larger games, but Mohegan is about 1/2 hour closer to me and I've found the little games there to be okay, although usually on the passive side. Are the games significantly juicier at Foxwoods?

If you can afford it, play the 5-10 stud games at Foxwoods....they are perhaps the greatest low limit stud games on the planet with some truly clueless players. I won over a rack of reds there on my last trip!


Jeff

How do they compare with the $1-5 games there

(I have played in these)

First of all, let me say that I have never played at Mohegan, but I do take the occassional trip to Foxwoods (I play more often in AC). The 1-5 at Foxwoods (which I sat in while waiting for a bigger game) is IMO a near crapshoot and a waste of time for the skilled player. The 50 cent ante in such a small game with such a big rake takes skill out of it. But to answer your question, I honestly think the 5-10 game was BETTER than the 1-5 game I sat in; many players are loose aggressive but all you have to do is play tight aggressive on 3rd and bang it up with a big pair or big 3 card draw. You will get paid off (the game has the same 50 cent ante). My suggestion to you is to go to Foxwoods on Saturday night and buy in for $200 to a 5-10 game. If you lose it, quit, but I think if you play well these games can be crushed. I guarantee you will never want to play in the white chip game again. There are often multiple games going. Let us know how it turns out.


Jeff

Thanks Jeff -- you're not the first to mention that this limit is no harder than $1-5. I'd like to think I'm a good player. Whip my .25-.50 home game, beat the $1-3 casino game for about 1 1/2 bb/hour. Only started playing casino poker a year and a half ago and have only logged about 90 hours. I'm just starting to move up to $1-5, splitting a typical sit between $1-3 and $1-5. Once I get used to the more aggressive play at $1-5, I'll try moving up. My understanding of rake at $1-3 is basically 10% to $40 ($4 max) and the same for $1-5. Is this right? What about the rake in $5-10, how does that work?

Hello,Jeff,

Probably Friday nights are better than Saturday's.

The players are looking to have some fun after working five days----and they're tired!


Sitting Bull

Hello,MRB.,

Whether you can beat a game in the long run is a function of whether you will make fewer or more mistakes,on the average,than the rest of the field--not a function of the game limit.

However,there is some positive correlation between game limit and skill level. I do not know if the correlation of coefficient is small,medium,or large--on the average. Play in a higher limit game only if you are emotionally and financially able to do so. Some millionaires cannot emotionally lose any amout. If they lose 100.00,they practically fall to pieces! What you should try to do is observe the 5-10 and 10-20 games for about an hour each. You might want to go to observe about two different 5-10 games and two different 10-20 games.

Then make a decision on whether or not there seems to be some good "fishing". If there is,get out your fishing pole! Read Jellow's post about the Omaha hand his opponent use to put him all-in. A 3 8 8 doesn't seem to be much of an Omaha High hand to me! I would rather have this opponent playing with me than to have you playing in my 1-5 stud anyday! I stay away from the MRB's at my table if I see more than two of you.


Happy Pokering Sitting Bull

Although I dont get to play there much I think without a doubt the lower limit games at foxwoods are better especially at 5-10 an 10-20. It is worth teh extra time!


pat

I could not agree more! Have you ever played against the two old ladies at 5-10. I played against them once and apparently they are regulars. They are both two of the worst players and they usually play together. also they soft play each other. If you have played against them then you will knwo who I am referring to without having to think about it. Both times I played against them I had my two biggest wins ever at 5-10 also winning at least a rack of red.

my suggestion and I have played both venues, is to play foxwoods. Im not sure why but there are some truely bad players who I can only imagine win about once out of 20 trips and call it a success. I have recently skipped 5-10 and gone to 10-20 and the games there are just as juicy.

Overall like other posters here suggest, look at the game, see if anyone is sizing you up or if their intentions are to be your friend. a friendly game esp around the first of the month is a great thing. /images/smile.gif

nm

Jeff is speaking pure truth. There are often several 5-10 7CS games going and most of them have some very bad players.


There are good players as well but not enough to keep a thoughtful beginner from making money, let alone another good player. You can hit an occasional rock garden where the players don't play all that well and are no threat to your bankroll but they don't play enough hands for you to make any money. Just get OUT of those games. You might hit a game with too many good players. Same remedy.


There is some good, loose low-limit HE there as well. Many of the regulars in the O8 games are not bad; some of them are really good. This is not what is usually described in comments about the game. It would be beatable by a better O8 player, I am sure. But I win more online at O8 than at HE OR stud and I don't win at O8 at Foxwoods at all while I win fairly regularly at HE and almost all the time at 7CS.


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Will in New Haven

I haven't been to Foxwoods recently, my last visit there was nearly two years ago. I found the O8 games to be very soft and mostly passive. However, it was not a very good idea to hang around the 08 tables from 9-10 AM to 5-6 PM, as the players consisted mostly of Old-tight-rocks. Only time I ever saw, on numerous occasions, blind chopping in a 5-10 O8 game