Dealer uses 4 or 6 deck shoe (not sure) with shuffling every 10 mins or so. In fact, around 11pm they moved all tables up to $25 anyway. I sat at the $25 table because no seats at $15. Most blackjack downstairs is $25 min, some $50 and other $100 tables. I spotted about 4 tables at the $15 min out of like 40 tables across the place. They recently introduced $15 blackjack tables, where previously the min hand was $25. Sitting with a measly 200 is not advised, most players had well over 500 or over 1000 in their stacks, so easy to get pushed around. In New England, people tend to bluff less, so if you're not sure best to fold. The table was full, and all players were pretty cool. For No Limit Holdem, they have 1/3, 2/5, and up from there. We started in the poker room (upstairs), and while the place was busy, the waits weren't very long. The casino itself is absolutely beautiful, with high-end slot machines galore, blackjack, roulette, 3-card poker, baccarat, craps, casino war, and a huge poker room.
They have plenty of garage parking (free) or you can valet park. The Encore is a stunning new casino in the Boston area, convenient to everyone.
