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Originally Posted by angrymonkey
How about some comments from those of you who've gone up as to the "feel" of the room? Type of players, table chatter, things like that. Lot of locals or what? I've only played in AC, Vegas and Wisconsin and I imagine this to be like the one in Wisco-
The room is an oblong space beneath the grandstand of the race track. It is beige and tiled like a school cafeteria. Aside from the black curtain in one corner from behind which the drinks arrive, the only decoration in the room is the carpeted platform upon which the tables sit. The remnants of other uses are evident.
There is a row of flat panel televisions running down the center of the room, and between the two rows of tables. If you are sitting in the center of the room (seats 1-4 on one side, or seats 7-10 on the other side), your back will be toward the televisions.
The focus thus far has been on making the room functional, and to get poker up and running as quickly as possible, not on creating ambiance. To the extent that we are now playing poker in C-Town—albeit on a limited basis—they have succeeded. The rest will come.
The clientele that I have spoken to have all been local, if one defines local as anyone who deems it worth their while to drive from wherever they are to C-Town for an evening of poker. This encompasses an area including southern PA, western & suburban MD, northern VA, and of course, WVA.
--klez