Card Rooms

by Ashley Adams
 
 I enjoy taking trips to places where I can play poker. I think of them as poker adventures. So when my daughter Hannah announced that she was going to spend a semester studying in Delhi, India, I started to look into poker playing opportunities there. I figured that meeting up with her would be as good a reason as any to look to India for my next poker adventure. She and I decided to meet in the state of Goa, a resort area on the coast of the Arabian Sea, in the southwestern part of India. It also happened to be one of very few places in India that had legal, live, poker and casino gambling. How could I say no?

By Joseph Smith, Sr.
 

by Ashley Adams
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
 
In the last three installments of this four-part David J. Valley series I wrote about poker rooms my friend Andrei and I played in during our recent visit to Oklahoma and Kansas. In this, the last article of the series, I’ll tell you about our experiences in Kansas City, Missouri, with a quick story of a poker side trip to Texas thrown in for good measure. Kansas City is worth visiting even without the poker. It has all of the amenities of major American cities including excellent art museums, restaurants, music, architecture, and outdoor activities. The area is best known for great barbeque, fantastic steak houses, and of course the combined Jazz Museum and Negro Leagues Museum. My friend Andrei and I spend half a day touring around these famous sites and eating local cuisine. But we saved the evening and night for poker.

By A.C. Clark

 Greetings readers, please allow me to introduce myself. I am the new Northwest Region Sales Representative for Poker Player Newspaper. As implied by the title of my column, which I must give credit to my beautiful and witty wife for coming up with the name, I will be writing about what is happening in the northwest region, starting with Washington and Northern Quest Resort & Casino. It’s a truly world-class casino in Airway Heights, conveniently located near Spokane’s International Airport. All-in tip: Northern Quest offers a free shuttle service from the airport to the casino that is quick and easy. Don’t hesitate to use it.

 Recently I spent some of my winter break playing poker in Northern Quest’s state-of-the-art poker room. It’s all about no-limit Texas hold’em in this nine-table, non-smoking poker room with at least two small limit $3-$6 hold’em tables and a spread limit $2-$200 up to $5-$500. During tournaments, a tenth table is usually set up to accommodate late arrivals. If you like Omaha/8, there is a morning group that plays on a $4-$8 table regularly.

John Colville, Director of Poker for the Golden Nugget, reports the signing of a contract with Poker Player Newspaper to sponsor a new annual tournament— the 2012 Poker Player of the Year. The event will be held on July 4th, Independence Day, at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, as part of their Grand Poker Series. The total Buy-in and Entry fee is to be $600, with no re-buys. Seating is limited to 700 players, so early sign-ups to guarantee your seat are recommended. The event is scheduled just before the main event of the WSOP begins, so a large number of poker tournament players will be in town.

By Barbara Rogers
 
The Deepstacks Poker Tour and the Western New York Poker Championship will play out from February 14 through 19 at the actionpacked Seneca Niagara, in Niagara Falls, NY. Hosted by Seneca Gaming and Entertainment this series promises to be a big winner as part of the Deepstacks Poker Tour, and will be the first ever televised event in Western New York.
 
After Seneca Allegheny had to turn people away because of its popularity on New Year’s Eve, poker room boss John Wood decided the couples-only tournament should be offered on Tuesday, February 14 at you and your valentine for $100+$25+$10 with $1000 will be added to the prize pool.
 

by Ashley Adams
 
Read Part 1 and Part 2
 
On Wednesday, my friend Andrei and I left the magnificent 65 table Winstar Casino poker room in southern Oklahoma ready to head back toward Kansas City, but wanting to play some more poker before our Friday morning flight. By Wednesday afternoon we had arrived at the major poker room in the Oklahoma City area—the beautiful, 24 table, Riverwind Casino (1544 W State Highway 9, 405.322.6000) just south of Oklahoma City in Norman.

by Ashley Adams
 
In my first part of this three part series I covered the journey with my friend Andrei to poker rooms in eastern Kansas. I continue my account in this second part with our Oklahoma poker adventures.

 Oklahoma is full of poker rooms—including some of the largest and best in the United States.

by Ashley Adams

I have my biases against the Plains States of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. I’ve been conditioned with movies like The Wizard of Oz to think of this part of the United States as flat, gray, and … well, boring. Even so, the large number of poker rooms begged for a visit. So my friend Andrei and I set out for six days of exploration.

I’m happy to report that in just about all respects my biases were ill-founded and flat out wrong. Eastern Kansas, western Missouri, and northeastern Oklahoma are filled with rolling hills and scenic beauty. And the poker is at least as exciting in these states as anywhere else I’ve played. There is variety, action, and a lot of money to be won. I’ll spend the next three articles writing about my experiences.

Get in on the Poker Action at Sandia! The Play with the Big Dogs tournament is scheduled for January 21, 2012. The buy-in is $150, players start with a 10,000 stack, and Sandia is adding an additional $2,500 to the prize pool. The tournament starts with 30 min levels which will change to 40 minute levels during final table play. Players can win their seat through $35 one table satellites with first and second place finishers winning a seat.