I have played here several times over the last few months. I always enjoy myself. The poker room is nice. It has a pleasant atmosphere. The dealers and managers are friendly and helpful. And the entire property is great, in terms of having a lot of good options for food, drink, entertainment, and other gaming. Overall, this is probably my favorite place to play, at least of the casinos closest to me.
I am visually impaired, and I never have a problem getting reasonable accommodations from the staff, mostly in the form of putting me into my preferred seat, directly across from the dealer.
- Nov 01, 2019 Information and Reviews about Mohegan Sun Pocono Poker Room in Wilkes Barre, including Poker Tournaments, Games, Special Events and Promotions.
- On Sunday, January 6, 2019 we hosted our first $230 Buy-In, Bounty tournament! We had a total of 46 entries in our first event and are looking to only go up from here! Please be on the lookout for changes coming this New Year with the relocation of our Poker Room to the Casino of the Earth in the Hall of Lost Tribes. Posted in: Around the Felt.
Mohegan Sun is an American casino, with 364,000 square feet (33,800 square meters) of gambling space. Operated by the Mohegan Tribe, it is located on 240 acres (97 ha) of reservation land along the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut.It is in the foothills of southeastern Connecticut, where 60 percent of the state's tourism is concentrated. Popular Forums News, Views, and Gossip Beginners Questions Marketplace & Staking Casino & Cardroom Poker Internet Poker NL Strategy Forums Poker Goals & Challenges Las Vegas Lifestyle Sporting Events Politics & Society Other Other Topics Two Plus Two About the Forums 2+2 Magazine Forum Best of 2+2. This is a discussion on Foxwoods Vs.Mohegan Sun Vs. Atlantic City within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; Since it's been 2 years since the last discussion on this, I decided.
I mostly play tournaments, but occasionally donate to a cash table. I even won one of their high hand promotions a while back.
Participation in their tournaments seems to be a bit up and down. Most recently, turnout was fairly low. However, just a few weeks earlier, it was very strong. I think it may have something to do with school schedules and what is going on at other nearby properties too.
The main thing I appreciate here is the atmosphere, which is just really pleasant.
It was one of the funniest letters ever sent out by the poker industry. Effective Labor Day, 2004, Mohegan Sun announced to its regular players that it was closing its poker room because the area could no longer support two poker rooms. This when there were waiting lists for a seat in a poker game of up to three hours long at both Mohegan Sun and nearby Foxwoods.
Players have been waiting ever since for Mohegan Sun to reopen a poker room.
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Four years to the day later, the wait is over and live poker has returned with a flourish to Mohegan Sun. A new, beautiful 42-table poker room has opened up in the brand new Casino of the Wind, the latest expansion at Mohegan Sun. I visited there the first weekend they were open. I was very impressed.
Everything about the room is first-rate, though there are still a few bugs to iron out before the grand opening slated for October. They have beautiful tables, with silvery faux alligator cushioning. But they are the wrong tables, without the desired cup holders. And the cushions around the exterior are abrasive on the arms. So, they're all going back to the manufacturer. Similarly, the cards, though top-of-the-line Kems, are jumbo index. They may be fine for some stud players – since it's easier to read each player's board. But looking at hole cards is a pain, since you have to flip up nearly 1/3 of the card to see what rank it is. They're going back, too, I was told. There were no uniforms for the dealers. They're late in arriving, I was told, but will surely be around by the time of the grand opening.
The chips are 80% or so brand new – the remaining 20% being leftovers from the old days. The chairs are very comfortable, with wheels and supportive backs that tilt forward and back. The floor is richly carpeted in deep primary colors. The lighting is excellent, coming from high overhead beams as well as nicely softened fixtures.
The bathroom is conveniently located within the poker room. There's table-side drink service but no food service. Unlike Foxwoods, however, you are allowed to eat at the table, but you need to get your food, at least for now, from the nearby Chief's Deli – or walk a much longer distance to any of a number of restaurants. There's an expensive buffet within walking distance, as well as a food court with a wide assortment of mini-restaurants – with nearly every entrée at all of the places hovering near $10.00. A Jimmy Buffett's lounge and restaurant is right next to the poker room but still under construction. A reasonably priced Johnny Rockets is about a ten-minute walk.
It's hard to access the level of play at this time, since opening week is not necessarily indicative of how things will be when the room is in full swing. My $20/40 stud table was filled with fewer wild players than the comparable Foxwoods game. There were more predictable playing styles. It was tighter to be sure. But that may have been a product of the most knowledgeable and experienced stud players finding their way to a new room most quickly. By the time word is fully out that Mohegan Sun's poker room has once again opened its doors, the fish may very well swim in. I hope they will.
The $1/2 no-limit hold 'em game was also more sedate than many of the games I've played over at nearby Foxwoods. There were more players over 25 and fewer who seemed maniacal or completely inexperienced. Still, it and the stud game were highly beatable. I managed a $500 win for my three-hour stay.
The dealers in each game were experienced and excellent. I'd heard rumors of a dealer shortage, causing the introduction of not-ready-for-prime-time staff. But I saw no evidence of it — the floor people, shift managers, cashiers, and dealers were all folks I had seen before. And I didn't witness any mistakes other than the occasional exposed down card.
There are some changes here at Mohegan that players will like. There is no rake in the $20/40 stud game. Rather, there's a $6 per half hour seat charge. This compares favorably with the $4 maximum rake at Foxwoods and with the previous $7 per half hour charge. The no-limit hold'em game, curiously, is raked at 10% with a maximum of $4. The players rave about it (though I think, with a good dealer, most winning no-limit players are better off paying the $5 per half hour that Foxwoods charges). In any event, I am pleased to see that management is willing to tweak the charges and rake to respond to the interests of players. Players are also being rewarded with a slightly higher hourly comp than they had earned earlier. We earned $2 an hour at the $20/40 game, instead of the $1.50 an hour that had been earned in the past and was the standard rate at Foxwoods. Not surprisingly, Foxwoods seems to have followed suit – increasing their comps by $.50 an hour after Mohegan opened. Isn't competition wonderful? (By the way, Foxwoods did not seem to have any diminished action. When I visited on Saturday, shortly after leaving Mohegan, Foxwoods was packed.)
The Mohegan Sun poker room is also beginning two types of tournaments: regular and deep stack. Their schedule and structure was still being finalized while I was there, so make sure to call ahead to get the latest times, dates, and blind structures. From what I gathered by speaking to the shift manager, the structure gives players a lot of play for their money.
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My overall impression is that Mohegan has the beginnings of a great new room. It will surely just get better as the weeks go by and all of the opening-week kinks get worked out. I'm eager to return!
Mohegan Sun
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd
Uncasville, CT 06382
1-888-226-7711
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd
Uncasville, CT 06382
1-888-226-7711
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