I guarantee you the action is better in Tunica or Biloxi than Cherokee. I can say that having played MANY times in both of those places.

But you are welcome to nit it up with the rednecks in Cherokee if you like...

Complaining about tipping shows how you hate live and should likely stick to your microstakes online game

You don't know what you're talking about, on average the tables in Cherokee have more action for the limits being played.

and who you callin' a nit?

I have to agree that the 1/2 tables have more action in Cherokee most of the time. Of course, weekdays have more regs anywhere.

agree..and agree. the reg nits early in afternoon and day. action ive seen is plenty good for my style.

going again nxt week a couple times. or days

Any updates on games?

nope, same as usual... last weekend was packed

I haven't been up there in months. Did they ever or are they going to start having MTTs?

wondering this myself.

have they increased the size of the room or anything lately? do they have SnG's or any kind of tournaments?

MTTs are not running and I doubt they will any time soon... will post on here if they do.

still have 10 tables and we are not running sng's anymore... just cash games

Just heard that MTT's are starting in Feb. Saturdays at 10am, $120 buyin, and Tuesday at 6pm for $60. I havent confirmed for myself through the poker room staff, but this is from a reliable regular.

Yes, confirmed from the manager. Tues. $60. Sign-ups 4 pm-5:45 pm with tournament beginning at 6 pm. Up to 50 players.

Sat. $120 Sign-ups 8 am to 9:45 am with tournament starting at 10 am. Up to 50 players. These are every Tues. and Sat. in Feb., but hopefully will continue. Now that they got these started I think they will begin to have more.

Thanks for the info.

any word on structure of the tournaments?

I'd assume $120 means $100+$20? That's pretty steep rake, considering no dealers (but at least no dealer add-on).

Wow, I've lived here my whole life and had no idea there was a real casino in NC lol. Went to my parents for Xmas up in CT and put in over 80 hrs at Mohegan Sun. It was the first time I'd played live poker and had a blast. Ran like absolute crap and ended up maybe $80 or so plus $150 or so in comps. Oh well, can't wait to play some more live though.

From the poker supervisor: Start with $3000 in chips

Blinds: Blinds for the Multi-Table Poker Tournament will be as follows:

SMALL BLIND BIG BLIND ANTE
25 50 NONE
50 100 NONE
75 150 NONE
100 200 NONE
100 200 25
150 300 25
200 400 50
400 800 100
600 1200 150
1000 2000 300
1500 3000 400
2000 4000 500
4000 8000 1000
6000 12000 1500
10000 20000 3000
15000 30000 4000

Blinds will increase to the next level every 20 minutes.

“Multi-Table” tournament prizes are non-replaceable and will be paid according to the ranking structure below:

Prize Structure & Award

Payout structure

3-20 players: 1st 50%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 20%
21-30 players: 1st 45%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 15%, 4th 10%
31-50 players: 1st 40%, 2nd 24%, 3rd 16%, 4th 12%, 5th 8%

About how far is the drive to Cherokee from Charlotte? I am going to be down there for a couple of weeks and was seeing if it was worth the trip..

It's about 3 hours from Charlotte to Cherokee.

My wife and I are vacationing in Gatlinburg the week of March 21 and are considering heading over to Cherokee for the Tuesday tournament. If anybody plays it between now and then, we'd appreciate a report.

Do they have real tables yet?

No, and won't anytime soon.

Don't need real tables, was up there a couple of weeks ago. Between my wife and I we cleared a grand in profit from eight hours of sitting at 1-2 table. Couldn't do that on a "real table", not enough hands per hour.

It's not the hands per hour, it was the terrible players, or you got really lucky.

I cant believe all the work they are doing on the place with the new tower and casino floor and to still have all these half ass mickey mouse rules is just absurd.

They obviously get plenty of business with the electronic tables, why go through the hassle of jumping through hoops to set up live tables, hire dealers, and waste the money they spent on the electronic tables. The players are awful, you get in twice as many hands per hour as you would with real cards, and there is no tipping required. Anyone who thinks this sucks because they want to feel real cards is an idiot. I play to make money, not to look at pieces of paper on a table.