Akwesasne Mohawk Casino

Willy Gee · #1 08-12-2005, 07:34 PM

My wife and I just moved to Vermont. We are looking for a place to play live poker. We heard that the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino in upstate New York has a cardroom.

Has anyone played there?

If so, how is it? What about the rake? Free cocktails? Any cocktails?

Thanks.

playersare · #2 08-12-2005, 07:50 PM

I was there last month when visiting friends in Plattsburgh and Vergennes. it's about a 90 minute drive to Hogansburg after you get off from the ferry.

10 tables, though only 2 were open at the time I was there (I believe late sunday night, July 4th weekend). one table was 3/6 limit with a half kill, meaning that if the pot was bigger than 1BB for every person dealt in the hand, they would go to 5/10 with the last winner posting up front, then go back to 3/6 the next hand. there was also a $1 jackpot drop which was basically paid for directly from the small blind. so figure $4 rake + $1 jackpot taken out of every hand. soft local players who seemed to know each other already.

there was also $3/6 NL going on, but I didn't find out the rake/time schedule. and I'm sure they deal other limits when more people are there. staff was 9/10 on the friendly scale, 6/10 on the competent scale.

free drinks are served, just tip the usual. girls were actually kind of cute there...

good, cheap blackjack games as well. 6 decks, stand on 17, only $10 minimum. you can play either Canadian dollars or USD (house chips are issued in slightly different shades). so-so penetration but probably countable if you tried. video poker, on the other hand, was shite.

Willy Gee · #3 08-12-2005, 08:04 PM

Thanks so much for the info. Could be worse. Think we will give it a try.

mdelcorso · #4 08-22-2005, 02:57 PM

I played there for about 5 hours on the Saturday night before Memorial Day. Even then, there were only 4 tables open. 1 table was a fairly large No Limit game. Might of been $10/20 blinds but I can't remember. The other 3 tables were $3/6 with half kill and a must move.

Staff was nice and ran the games OK. People didn't smoke in the poker area however I am unsure if they are allowed to. Chips are nice and new. All in all it's OK but the game selection isn't any good due to lack of players.

MickeyHoldem · #5 08-22-2005, 06:56 PM

If it was a 10/20 NL game, I'll eat my hat...

Likely a 2/5 NL game (max buy-in is $1000) but even that does run consistantly, since they started spreading the 1/3NL game ($500 max)... both are very "good" games!!