WedgeRock
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Can't hate on crispy Paulsons, but meh.
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Red chips tend to disappear on red felt... Would have chosen another color (or a darker shade of red) for contrast.
I will be interested to feel the weight on these. They look similar to the Resorts World Catskill chips, which are noticeably (and strangely) lighter than one would expect.
wow looks amazing! probably going in the next 2-3 weeks... happy to harvest would just need $ first
Pretty generic overall, from the pics I’ve seen. Erring on the conventional side.
But the $25 and $100 spot patterns are pretty cool.
Room was nice. Chips I liked - simple and classy. One waitress and one server for the whole room took an hour for the White Russian. Action was good. Dealers were decent except for one. Nice first trip. +1010
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What are the buy-in limits? I read somewhere it’s $500 at 1/2 and $1,000 at 2/5.
$500 at 1/2 is pretty deep. At Rivers Schenectady they only let you buy in for $300. Same 1K limit at 2/5.
$500 at 1/2 is pretty deep. At Rivers Schenectady they only let you buy in for $300. Same 1K limit at 2/5.
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RocAFella1
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Nobody's harvested rack of $1s yet?
Love the deep stack 1/2 game. Any time the lowest game in a room has a $100 min and a max of $500 is an ATM.
National harbor has a 1/3 thst I thought was the best set up. 1/2 500 max and straddle from any position is very inviting
National harbor has a 1/3 thst I thought was the best set up. 1/2 500 max and straddle from any position is very inviting
I would be in for a rack of $1
DonkeyKing
3 of a Kind
Any ideas why most of newer Paulsons are not THCs anymore? Sorry for my ignorant question.
A-lot of casino's will have house molds but most of them have the top hat logo on the inlay somewhere.
Only if required by local gaming regulations.
Poker Zombie
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RHC has a bigger inlay area than THC. Beyond that, i suspect most casinos dont care, so Paulson just uses their most common mold. I also know from CPC that molds do wear out over time, becoming more difficult to work with. So i speculate that Paulson prefers to work with the relatively newer RHC.
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I feel like the more MGM properties that open. The more and more I prefer the MGM house mold chips!
I do like the colors and black inlays.
I do like the colors and black inlays.
iBetOnEverything
Two Pair
We're about halfway to even in this pic...
Room is nice but the property isn't really a destination for me. Lots of growing pains they need to work through. The action was good but it usually is in a new room. If I'm going to make the drive the CT casinos are still better choice for me IMO.
Room is nice but the property isn't really a destination for me. Lots of growing pains they need to work through. The action was good but it usually is in a new room. If I'm going to make the drive the CT casinos are still better choice for me IMO.
gopherblue
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Any pics of the snappers?
ni9n3r
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Also wondering if there are any $2 or $3 chips.
Forty4
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WedgeRock
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Peach snappers.... Hmmm.... Looks like a good quarter relabel.
Going tomorrow, PM me if interested in chips
Love the blue edge spots on the $1’s
I checked it out this week. Some notes and a photo below:
* I have to say, while ultra-minty Paulsons are pretty to look at, they aren’t much fun to handle. I felt like I was getting little microscopic cuts on my fingers from the sharp edges. Don’t know what the ideal is—maybe a month of casino use, to just take a tiny bit of that edge off?
* These didn’t have the lightweight problem I noticed in the otherwise similar new Monticello (Resort’s World) chips. They felt maybe a hair lighter than my Starburst solids, but pretty close.
* There are still some commemorative $5 opening day chips floating around, mixed in with the rest of the reds. Don’t know if those really have much value going forward, but I didn’t save the ones which wound up in my stacks.
* The deep $500 limit makes 1/2 more enticing. Otherwise I would have played 2/5 ($1K limit). At my table there were maybe two thinking players, and the rest (10-handed) were pretty ABC and nitty. One drunk lady who appeared to have a couple racks of red in her purse, but was donking them off one barrel at a time, playing seriously something like 60% of hands to the river.
* They offer free self-serve soda and coffee, and free well drinks/cheap beer via table service (most people tipping just $1 per drink).
* I was told by a couple of locals that if you want to eat, the best bet is the Red Rose—a very old and old school redsauce Italian place next to the casino, which held out and refused to be bought by MGM. I didn’t have time to check it out inside, but it had that Housatonic River Valley authentic look. Will try their pizza next time.
* The casino seemed pretty vast, but I didn’t really explore it.
* If you want to get a player’s card, and don’t want to wait on the long lines downstairs, you can get one made in the poker room (which they don’t tell you downstairs, but I assumed would be the case). They have some reciprocity deals with other casinos if you have a high-level card.
* I have to say, while ultra-minty Paulsons are pretty to look at, they aren’t much fun to handle. I felt like I was getting little microscopic cuts on my fingers from the sharp edges. Don’t know what the ideal is—maybe a month of casino use, to just take a tiny bit of that edge off?
* These didn’t have the lightweight problem I noticed in the otherwise similar new Monticello (Resort’s World) chips. They felt maybe a hair lighter than my Starburst solids, but pretty close.
* There are still some commemorative $5 opening day chips floating around, mixed in with the rest of the reds. Don’t know if those really have much value going forward, but I didn’t save the ones which wound up in my stacks.
* The deep $500 limit makes 1/2 more enticing. Otherwise I would have played 2/5 ($1K limit). At my table there were maybe two thinking players, and the rest (10-handed) were pretty ABC and nitty. One drunk lady who appeared to have a couple racks of red in her purse, but was donking them off one barrel at a time, playing seriously something like 60% of hands to the river.
* They offer free self-serve soda and coffee, and free well drinks/cheap beer via table service (most people tipping just $1 per drink).
* I was told by a couple of locals that if you want to eat, the best bet is the Red Rose—a very old and old school redsauce Italian place next to the casino, which held out and refused to be bought by MGM. I didn’t have time to check it out inside, but it had that Housatonic River Valley authentic look. Will try their pizza next time.
* The casino seemed pretty vast, but I didn’t really explore it.
* If you want to get a player’s card, and don’t want to wait on the long lines downstairs, you can get one made in the poker room (which they don’t tell you downstairs, but I assumed would be the case). They have some reciprocity deals with other casinos if you have a high-level card.
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P.P.S.: Per my earlier comment from before I’d actually been, after playing I still wonder about their decision on the felt color... Since the red $5 chip seemed to be the most-used chip at virtually all the tables (regardless of stakes), having these match quite closely with the felt color seems like a design mistake. A blue, purple, gray, or even just a deeper red felt would make it easier to do a visual count of the pot. As it is, the chips kind of disappear too much.
There were no logos or other printing on the felt, which was kind of nice for a change.
P.P.P.S.: They decided not to build cup holders into the rail, and instead provide slip-under cup holders to those who request them, as well as plenty of rolling carts near tables. The drunk lady was ordering shots of tequila and kept dropping rock salt all over the felt.
Lastly, the room felt a little bit too bright to me, but I often find I prefer light dimmer than a lot of people.
There were no logos or other printing on the felt, which was kind of nice for a change.
P.P.P.S.: They decided not to build cup holders into the rail, and instead provide slip-under cup holders to those who request them, as well as plenty of rolling carts near tables. The drunk lady was ordering shots of tequila and kept dropping rock salt all over the felt.
Lastly, the room felt a little bit too bright to me, but I often find I prefer light dimmer than a lot of people.
@Taghkanic agreed on all the points you mentioned and mostly the red $5 and felt, really screwing with me lol
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