Why Foxwoods Casino Sucks

[grandgnu]

I attended the New England Poker Classic last year, played in the $300 7-card stud event. There was no lunch break scheduled, just dinner. During a 10-minute break I decided to miss a few hands and snag some food. The very next break they announce we're getting 45 minutes for lunch.

This year, I played the $200+$40 NL Hold 'Em shootout. Again, they make a last-minute change. You're supposed to play one table of 10 players, win your table and you move on to day 2. On day 2, it's supposed to max out at 125 players, with half the field getting paid (a little over 800 bucks for the lowest prize)

Well, right before we shuffle up and deal, they announce they're going to pay 100 places tomorrow instead, with places 60-100 receiving about 325 or 375 bucks. Why??? Why do they change these things at the last friggin minute? It's not worth anyones time to play for two days, pay for the hotel, etc. to make about 100 bucks over your entry fee. I don't know how this affected the first place prize (should've been about 57 grand)

And because they have no competition, they can charge ridiculous prices:

SMALL Orange Juice: $2.50

Three short phone calls (2-3 minutes each) to the next state: $16 (would've cost me $1.50 from the pay phone)

Their weekly morning tournaments they take 25% of the buy-in for the house.

Their table games they're taking 50-100 bucks an hour in rake.

Foxwoods just doesn't cater to poker players like they should. I'm starting up cash games at my house now on top of the tournaments. I don't see a point in driving 100 miles to put up with this crap anymore. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]