The limited hours and seating are disappointing to a number of area poker players who voiced their displeasure on social media, but the biggest concern appears to be the reopened room's unconventionally high cash game rake. PokerNews reached out to the Encore in December and were told by a PR staff member: 'Due to the current state of our operations, we do not have the real estate on our gaming floor to bring back poker at its pre-COVID capacity.' Can You Beat the Rake Here? Those games all had sizable wait lists and some of those players won't get in a game because the room closes at 8 p.m.ĭon't expect the casino to add more poker tables in the near future.
On Tuesday afternoon, eight $1/$3 no-limit hold'em games were running, plus two $2/$5 NLH games, a $5/$10 NLH, and a $2/$2 pot-limit Omaha table.
