EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - A water leak in an Encore Boston Harbor poker room prompted an evacuation of the area Friday afternoon.
There is no getting around it. The Encore's cash poker tables are booming. The Encore Boston Harbor sees an average of 35 to 45 cash tables on weeknights and 45 to 60 over the weekend. Typically 40%-50% of the cash poker tables across New England (of those rooms reporting) are being played at the Encore.
Cellphone video shows water pouring down from the ceiling and people running away. Poker players said a tournament had just started when the waterfalls began, and gamblers in the packed room quickly fled.
'We sat down for poker and all of a sudden there was chaos, people running,' said poker player Nathan Abbott. 'I looked up and water was coming from four or five different spots.'
'All of a sudden, like, it's raining from the ceiling,' said poker player Nicole Straight. 'I was like, ‘I better get my chips because who knows, chips are cash.''
- After years of planning, Encore Boston Harbor will officially open its doors to the public on Sunday at 10 a.m., offering visitors access to 3,158 slot machines, 231 table games, 15 restaurants.
- Encore Boston Harbor: Great poker room - See 436 traveler reviews, 234 candid photos, and great deals for Encore Boston Harbor at Tripadvisor.
- Encore Spokesman Eric Kraus said that 70 Poker dealers at Encore have participated in a new program offered by the company to train for other permitted games, those mostly being Blackjack. 'Because we shut down the Poker Room and furloughed several of those Poker Room employees, we have started training those Poker dealers and others with.
Straight said the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas will have artistic flourishes inside, and initially she thought this might be a similar event.
'I said wait, this is actually water falling down here, this is not a water feature,' Straight joked.
A spokesperson says the leak was isolated and has since been contained. Bitcoin casino no deposit bonus 2019 usa.
EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - A water leak in an Encore Boston Harbor poker room prompted an evacuation of the area Friday afternoon.
There is no getting around it. The Encore's cash poker tables are booming. The Encore Boston Harbor sees an average of 35 to 45 cash tables on weeknights and 45 to 60 over the weekend. Typically 40%-50% of the cash poker tables across New England (of those rooms reporting) are being played at the Encore.
Cellphone video shows water pouring down from the ceiling and people running away. Poker players said a tournament had just started when the waterfalls began, and gamblers in the packed room quickly fled.
'We sat down for poker and all of a sudden there was chaos, people running,' said poker player Nathan Abbott. 'I looked up and water was coming from four or five different spots.'
'All of a sudden, like, it's raining from the ceiling,' said poker player Nicole Straight. 'I was like, ‘I better get my chips because who knows, chips are cash.''
- After years of planning, Encore Boston Harbor will officially open its doors to the public on Sunday at 10 a.m., offering visitors access to 3,158 slot machines, 231 table games, 15 restaurants.
- Encore Boston Harbor: Great poker room - See 436 traveler reviews, 234 candid photos, and great deals for Encore Boston Harbor at Tripadvisor.
- Encore Spokesman Eric Kraus said that 70 Poker dealers at Encore have participated in a new program offered by the company to train for other permitted games, those mostly being Blackjack. 'Because we shut down the Poker Room and furloughed several of those Poker Room employees, we have started training those Poker dealers and others with.
Straight said the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas will have artistic flourishes inside, and initially she thought this might be a similar event.
'I said wait, this is actually water falling down here, this is not a water feature,' Straight joked.
A spokesperson says the leak was isolated and has since been contained. Bitcoin casino no deposit bonus 2019 usa.
Unaffected areas of the poker room were re-opened at 7:45 p.m.
The leak has no impact on any other part of the building.
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The cause of the leak remains under investigation.
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