My yearly update, featuring additions from Europe and the US Gulf Coast.

AUSTRIA
Concord Card Casino Simmerling - Vienna
Montesino Casino - Vienna

CANADA
Alberta
Grey Eagle Casino - Calgary
Cowboys Casino - Calgary
Cash Casino - Calgary
Casino Calgary - Calgary
Elbow River Casino - Calgary
Deerfoot Inn & Casino - Calgary
Casino Lethbridge - Lethbridge
Cash Casino - Red Deer
Boomtown Casino - Fort McMurray
Century Casino - Edmonton
River Cree Resort & Casino - Enoch
Palace Casino - Edmonton
Casino Edmonton - Edmonton
Casino Yellowhead - Edmonton
Baccarat Casino - Edmonton
Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino - Morley
Camrose Resort Casino - Camrose
Casino by Vanshaw - Medicine Hat
British Columbia
Edgewater Casino - Vancouver
Grand Villa Casino - Burnaby
River Rock Resort & Casino - Richmond
Starlight Casino - New Westminster
Boulevard Casino - Coquitlam
Cascades Casino - Langley
Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino - Surrey
Manitoba
South Beach Casino - Scanterbury
Club Regent Casino - Winnipeg
McPhillips Station Casino - Winnipeg
Shark Club - Winnipeg
Aseneskak Casino - Opaskwayak
Sand Hills Casino - Carberry
New Brunswick
Casino New Brunswick - Moncton
Nova Scotia
Casino Nova Scotia - Sydney
Casino Nova Scotia - Halifax
Ontario
OLG Casino Thunder Bay - Thunder Bay
OLG Casino Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Ste. Marie
OLG Casino Point Edward - Point Edward
Caesar's Windsor - Windsor
OLG Casino Brantford - Brantford
Casino Niagara - Niagara Falls
Fallsview Casino - Niagara Falls
Woodbine Racetrack - Toronto
Casino Rama - Rama
Great Blue Heron Charity Casino - Scugog Island
OLG Casino Thousand Islands - Gananoque
Rideau Carleton Racetrack - Ottawa
Prince Edward Island
Red Shores Racetrack & Casino - Charlottetown
Quebec
Casino du Lac Leamy - Gatineau
Casino de Mont Tremblant - Mont Tremblant
Playground Poker Club - Kahnawake
VIP Poker Club - Kahnawake
Casino de Montreal - Montreal
Snakes Poker Club - Kahnawake
Stardust Poker Mansion - Kahnawake
Casino de Charlevoix - La Malbaie
Saskatchewan
Living Sky Casino - Swift Current
Casino Regina - Regina
Dakota Dunes Casino - Whitecap
Northern Lights Casino - Prince Albert
Gold Eagle Casino - North Battleford
Bear Claw Casino - Carlyle

CROATIA
Casino Cezar - Zagreb
Casino International - Zagreb

HUNGARY
Cotton Poker Club - Budapest
Universum Poker - Budapest
Tropicana Casino - Budapest

IRELAND
Eglinton Card Club - Galway
Four Aces Card Club - Galway
Gold Rush Casino - Cork
Fitzwilliam Card Club - Dublin
Temple Bar Emporium - Dublin

MALTA
Dragonara Casino - St. Julian's
The Casino at Portomaso - St. Julian's
Oracle Casino - Bugibba

NETHERLANDS
Holland Casino - Amsterdam

ROMANIA
Jack Poker Club - Timisoara
Gentlemen's Poker Club - Timisoara
Mario Grand Poker Club - Constanta

SERBIA
Grand Casino Beograd - Belgrade
Casino Royal - Vrsac

SLOVENIA
Casino Bled - Bled

UNITED KINGDOM
England
Grosvenor Victoria Casino - London
Casino at the Empire - London
The Hippodrome Casino - London
Grosvenor G Casino - London
Aspers Casino - London
Genting Casino Cromwell Mint - London
Grosvenor G Casino - Brighton
Rendezvous Casino - Brighton
Rainbow Casino - Bristol
Broadway Casino - Birmingham
Dusk Till Dawn - Nottingham
Manchester235 - Manchester
Isle of Man
Palace Casino - Douglas
Wales
Grosvenor G Casino - Cardiff
Les Croupiers Casino - Cardiff
Grosvenor G Casino - Swansea

UNITED STATES
Florida
Pensacola Greyhound Racing - Pensacola
Louisiana
Harrah's - New Orleans
Belle of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge
L'Auberge Casino and Hotel - Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Golden Nugget - Biloxi
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Biloxi
Beau Rivage - Biloxi
IP Casino and Resort - Biloxi
Hollywood Casino - Bay St. Louis
Nevada
Planet Hollywood - Las Vegas
Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon - Las Vegas
Flamingo - Las Vegas
Monte Carlo - Las Vegas
Aria - Las Vegas
Mirage - Las Vegas
Palms - Las Vegas
MGM Grand - Las Vegas
Excalibur - Las Vegas
Luxor - Las Vegas
Mandalay Bay - Las Vegas
Harrah's - Las Vegas
Circus Circus - Las Vegas
Riviera - Las Vegas
Wynn - Las Vegas
Bellagio - Las Vegas
Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas
Bally's - Las Vegas
Venetian - Las Vegas
Stratosphere - Las Vegas
Rio - Las Vegas
South Point - Las Vegas
The Orleans - Las Vegas
El Cortez - Las Vegas
Binion's - Las Vegas
Golden Nugget - Las Vegas
Treasure Island - Las Vegas
Hooters - Las Vegas
The Quad - Las Vegas
Palace Station - Las Vegas
Suncoast - Las Vegas
Red Rock - Las Vegas
Green Valley Ranch - Henderson
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas
New York
Seneca Niagara Casino - Niagara Falls

TOTAL CASINO COUNT: 143

Sick list Rockchucker. I hit my 69th room tonight.

Pretty cool list rc

Poker "rooms" ... I guess you mean, like where they took a rake?

Silly question. what am I supposed to list a bunch of casinos and that makes me cool?

Ok, Taj, AC, Rio, Vegas, Belagio, Vegas, Snoqualmiie, WA outisde Seattle, Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix, will be there this weekend signing autographs ...god I dunno, ve Qeuva ". Mighta paid a rake there once. Muckelshoot. Played there once.

Not something I ever really kept track of.

Does "The golf pro game" count? How about the Greeks uptown? way. Nice it was all the way nice. You have no idea how bad people were, 25 years ago.

If this gives you any idea, I used to have a rank of hands card in my wallet. Had to use it more than once when I was in college and someone thought a straight beat a flush.

Someone should make a fake rank of hands card ... Where you can point to it and say things like, "No, no ... My third pair beats your ace kicker. Says right here under section G ... using a third pair as a kicker."

Back in the day, ppl got away with stuff like that.

71 now I thought. I only see 70 on my list though so either I've forgotten one or the list is actually 70.

My list grows slower. I never play somewhere just to cross it off the list. If I don't really want to play poker, or the casino doesn't offer stakes that are worthwhile to me, I don't stop, even if I'm driving right by the place. There have been many casinos I've driven right past. Also, if there's somewhere that is clearly the best place in town to play, I won't bother checking out other places just to cross them off the list. The only exception to this being the Las Vegas strip. Sometimes in the past I went out of my way to play somewhere new (when somewhere better was more convenient) and I always regretted bothering, so I don't do it anymore.

Next up for me will be some of the Alberta poker rooms sometime this summer. I'm only 33 this list has a lifetime to grow.

* means I've played at least 25 hours in this poker room
** means I've played at least 100 hours



BC, Canada
Edgewater*
RiverRock*
GrandVilla
Hard Rock
Treasure Cove (Prince George)*
Lake City (Kelowna)

Yukon, Canada
Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall

Las Vegas

Sahara
Venetian
MGM*
Wynn**
Bellagio**
Aria**
Caesars**
Rio**
Palms
Paris
Red Rock
Bally's*
Flamingo
Stratosphere
Golden Nugget
Mirage
Treasure Island
Excalibur
Planet Hollywood**
Mandalay Bay
The Orleans
Monte Carlo
South Point
Circus Circus
Hard Rock**
Luxor
Green Valley Ranch
Boulder Station
The Quad
Westgate
Harrahs
Hooters
Binions

LA
Commerce


Florida
Seminole Hard Rock


New Mexico
Buffalo Thunder
Inn of the mountain Gods
Sandia
Route 66
Santa Ana Star

Kansas
Hollywood Speedway

Maryland
Maryland Live!**
Horseshoe, Baltimore **
Hollywood Perryville

Seattle
Tulalip

Portland
Aces Poker Club,
Lucky Devil's Lounge*
Final Table

Reno
Peppermill

Colorado
Ameristar Blackhawk*
Isle
Golden Gates
The Lodge
Lady Luck


Atlantic City
Ballys
Harrahs
Borgata

West Virginia
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, Charles Town *

North Carolina
Harrahs


Vina del Mar, Chile
Enjoy Casino Del Mar *


Lima, Peru
Atlantic City Casino
Fiesta Hotel And Casino
Majestic Casino

Took a day off yesterday and hit the Sugar House Poker Room in Philly for a low quality visit to pad the list. LOL. Difficult to find it down by the river. Room was okay for a Thursday at noon. Played 1/3 for about an hour - mostly saw 92 and Q4 so stayed out of trouble.

There was some sort of private tournament going on - someone said it was all dealers from Harrahs Chester. At least 3 tables - unlimited rebuys of $40 - all in white chips. Object was to be first to get to $700. Then one winner got all the chips in play. Took about 45 minutes. Winner got 20 racks of whites - I know because I ended up 2 behind him at the window.

Did make a run thru Central and lower Florida first weekend in December. Played in 12 rooms in 3 days. Would have been 13 but when I got to the Calder Racetrack and Casino found they had closed in April. Except for Hialeah, the rooms were pretty gritty - seems like every dog track, jai alai pavilion and horse track now has a poker room. More low quality experiences I suppose.

so totals for poker rooms - inside casinos and otherwise are now -

Visited - 595
Played in - 484
Got chip - 553

While never being able to catch up to anytwo and the others, I have hit a total of 146. On this last XC trip just concluded I added Horseshoe Southern Indiana and Grand Casino (Firelake) in Shawnee OK. I also stayed at both places overnight.
Horseshoe is a nice room with lots of staff standing around doing nothing. Great layout, good games and structures. Being on a riverboat, it gets hurt by limited access and walkby, and the fact its on the bottom floor of a floating riverboat tower, completely out of the way and sight of most patrons. Thats just the way it is on a boat. I'm hard on staff standing around doing nothing when you walk up to the front desk, stand there for a while and its a big deal for the staff to finish their conversation, finally asking a brand new visitor if the can possibly help them.

Grand Casino is a beautiful property, appearing to have been recently renovated. Its a true two floor casino, and again, the poker room is stuffed in a side room, down a hallway, on the second floor, with little signage to direct you there. I had brief two hour productive session. Great hotel, nice buffet, all around quality place. I fear LT for the poker room and its business. Totally out of eyesight, not even a halfwall for walkbys, but hidden behind a huge wall. Lots of competition in the OKC area market, they'll need to do a lot more to get people in this room.

The overriding theme in a lot of posts and discussion about rooms is.....where in the casino are they located, and is the casino at all dedicated to growth of the game. As anytwo indicated in prior, Calder Racecourse closes their poker room- completely predictable given their location on the property, in the old grandstands, completely in another building from the new casino. And newer, bigger and brighter poker rooms opening nearby, like Hialeah, HR Hollywood, Gulfstream, etc. These competitors are not necessarily better, but just seem to treat the customer better by having a more welcoming sense. Pocono Downs Mohegan suffers from this as well, without the local competition, but it is another out of sight out of mind race track poker room. The Meadows changed, Mountaineer changed- and we'll see .........
Other rooms that are stuffed in broom closets, or upstairs, or just seem to be an afterthought also get customers with the same attitude. We'll play here, maybe, once in a while, but it won't be serious, it won't be for lots of money or stakes, and the staff will be .......a lot less trained and able than dealers in Vegas or the west coast.
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Leaving Wednesday for the Spring Poker Trip - going back thru Oklahoma (was there 10-12 years ago) and up into Wichita to hit the new rooms and revisit some that I missed playing in last time. Hope to add 10 to 13 on to the total of 484.

There is some conflicting info on 3 of the stops - Grand Lake in Grove, 7 Clans in Red Rock and Ada Gaming Center in Ada. For 2 of them I show that they had rooms but that was 10 -12 years ago. They don't appear in poker atlas. 7 Clans is in the Atlas but no mention of a room on the casino's web site. Have run into situations where they say they have a poker room and it turns out to be some table game like Ultimate Holdem. If anyone has any info on any of these three it would be appreciated.

Only hitting 2 or 3 a day so it will be a leisurely trip.

You are one weird dude.

Not weird at all, he enjoys travelling, gambling, and collecting casino chips. Seems like driving to different casinos in between traveling for his job is a perfect hobby

California

Bike
Commerce
Hustler
Hollywood Park
Some little bar in Bishop, CA
Lucky Chances
Bay 101
Artichoke Joe's

Nevada

Harrah's Tahoe
Caesar's Tahoe
Peppermill Reno

Some small game in Wendover

Mirage
Binion's Horseshoe
Golden Nugget
Caesar's Palace
Bellagio
Bally's
Luxor
Rio
Hard Rock
Palms
Aria
Wynn
Mandalay Bay

One place in Black Rock, CO

Canterbury Park (Minnesota)

East Coast

Borgata
Trump
Harrah's Phildelphia
Harrah's Baltimore
Foxwoods
Mohegan Sun
Maryland Live
Seminole Hard Rock
Some indian res in florida with capped pots, played one hand and left

Other

Grosvenor Victoria London
Portmaso Casino Malta
Star Casino Sydney

Looks like 38 for me. I may be missing one or two from Las Vegas.

27....best room I ever played in was at the Beau Rivage

On Wednesday I logged on and wrote a beautiful TR, went to post it and was told I wasn't authorized - needed to log in - I did so and lost the TR. Here is the slimmed down version.

CHOCTAW GRANT 1516 Hwy 271 S grant
CHOCTAW POCOLA 3400 choctaw rd pocola
INDIGO 70220 e us 60 wyandotte
DOWNSTREAM 69300 east nee rd quapaw
KANSAS STAR CASINO 777 kansas star drive mulvane
NILLAS 10001 E Kellogg (Hwy 400) wichita
RIVER SPIRIT 1616 e 81st tulsa
OSAGE MILLION $$ 951 w 36th s n Tulsa

Also played at Winstar and Hard Rock Tulsa - but those were repeats.

Spent 3 1/2 hours at Firelake Entertainment Center on Sunday afternoon waiting for a game to start. Gave up and moved on.

This gets total number of rooms played in to 492. Am going to try and get 5 in Ohio, Ind, Ill and Mo in 2 weeks and then should get to 500 in Vegas during WSOP time. There appear to be 4 that would work - TI, Westgate, Silver Sevens and the Poker Palace. Have been to the TI and PP twice before but there were no games going.

Crossing fingers and hitting post.

Looking forward to a trip report from Poker Palace. I heard interesting things about it but never got around to it despite almost 8 months cumulative in Vegas. There's also a poker room at Club Fortune in Henderson, I never played because all they have there is 2/4 limit but I'm guessing you haven't done that one.

Actually I have been there. Wishing now that I had kept better records but I made a couple of trips to Vegas where I hit all the small rooms that I could find. Laughlin as well.

Am trying to post a picture of my Vegas chips. If this works Club Fortune is on the second row from the bottom - 3 in from the right. If not will try again later.

California
Oceans Eleven
Village Club
Viejas
Barona
Sycuan
Palomar
Harrahs Rincon
Pauma
Pala
Lake Elsinore
Pechanga
The Bike
Hustler
Hollywood Park
Commerce
Hawaiian Gardens

Nevada
Harveys Tahoe
Harrahs Laughlin
Harrahs Las Vegas
Caesars Palace
Bellagio
The Quad
Orleans
South Point
Ballys
Flamingo
TI
Hooters
Venetian
Wynn
Rio
Palms
Stratosphere
Palace Station
Westgate/LVH
Gold Coast
Red Rock
Boulder Station
Sams Town
Golden Nugget
Cannery
Green Valley Ranch
Mandalay Bay
Excalibur
MGM
Luxor
Aria
Mirage
Hard Rock
Planet Hollywood

Oklahoma
Choctaw

New Mexico
Sandia

Florida
Palm Beach Kennel Club

New Jersey
Caesars
Ballys
Borgata
Harrah


57 Poker Rooms Total

I played at Casino Niagara a few weeks ago...

So that ups my meager count to 9

Checking the photo of your Vegas chips, if I am not mistaken, and I would to think that I'm not, right next to your Fortune Club chip is a chip from the Poker Palace, so it looks like you already played there ... and since the Poker Palace is a certified dump, I would doubt that you'd want to play there again if you didn't have to! (I did 3 years ago and I still haven't gotten the stink out of my clothes!)

Back to the Thread ...

Add nine more to my list ...
* The Meadows - Pittsburgh, PA
* Wheeling Island - West Virginia
* Horseshoe Cleveland
* Rivers Casino - Pittsburgh, PA
* LVH - Las Vegas
* Silver Sevens - Las Vegas
* Horseshoe Baltimore
* Horseshoe Tunica
* MGM Grand Detroit

Total now: 94 ... almost to the century mark ...

I have been to the Poker Palace twice but there were no games going. I did get a chip - as I usually do - however the PP is not counted in the 492 total. So I have been to 601 casinos/card rooms and have 559 chips. From Poker Atlas it looks like PP has small tourneys on Fri and Sat nights then a cash game or 2 afterwards. Otherwise no activity. Agree that it is a dump but somehow seems like a good choice for #500.

Here is a picture of the chips. Some in the racks are duplicates but all the ones in the case are unique.

and here is the map - some of the pins don't show up all that well - also haven't yet updated for Oklahoma trip.

^wow - impressed

Yeah, I understand. The first time I stopped in PP I was surprised that there were no poker games ... uh, it's called the "Poker Palace", so shouldn't there be poker games here? Turns out that they only have players on the weekends for their tournaments (which, while cheap, have some really weird re-buy / add-on rules that I never did fully understand ... if you pay an extra $5 you get 1/2 the original buy-in if you have less than half the starting stack, but if you have more 2/3 of the chip leader's great uncle's little sister's stack you only get 1/3 of the total number of players on a Australian Rules Football team, or something like that) ... anyway, took me two trips and a tourney before I could get into a cash game so I could get my chip. (I can still smell that place ... awful!)

The other place that took me a while to get into a cash game was the Joker's Wild in Henderson ... five visits that spanned two tourneys and two trips to Vegas a year apart, before I finally got into a cash game there ... very, very little action, so not surprised that they closed the poker room (great poker manager though - very nice guy.)

Well, good luck with PP ... and don't forget to wear old clothes that you wouldn't mind tossing in the dumpster on the way home!

Nevada (Las Vegas)
Bellagio
ARIA
Wynn
Caesars Palace
Venetian
Planet Hollywood
Bally's
Bill's Gambling Hall and Saloon (no longer exists)

Oklahoma
Winstar (Thackerville)
Choctaw (Durant)

Iowa
Isle Casino (Waterloo)

Michigan
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort (Mt Pleasant)
MGM Grand (Detroit)

New Mexico
Inn of the Mountain Gods (Ruidoso)