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Originally Posted by Poker Smiley
Anybody has real confirmation on whether these are going in? Anyone got a mailing, seen an ad, or talked to the casino?
Yes, consider it 100% confirmed. My source isn't willing to be cited, since they are going with a soft opening, but is unquestionably in a position to know.
Harrah's Cherokee is scheduled to open five poker tek tables this Friday, March 6th. Expect an official announcement when the tables go live. I did not enquire as to limits, just assumed they were low blind NLHE games.
On a related note, checking the casino website, it appears that the casino hotel rooms are booked every single fricken weekend into 2010. Can that be right?
According to Map Quest, its a 3 hour and eight minute drive for me. Now the question is going to be do I make that drive for five tables of virtual reality poker (I would assume the games are either going to have insanely long lists or only run sporadically) or do I make the 4 hour 10 minute drive (again according to Map Quest) to the tri-state casino outside of Charleston, WV, which has a real poker room with, according some friends of mine who have gone, plenty of 1-2 and some 2-5 tables with a bunch of really horrible players.
In any case, even with only five tables and with the diluted reality of the Poker Tek experience (I've played it on a cruise ship and its, ya know, not bad, but not as good as regular live tables) I'm pretty excited about finally getting legal poker in NC.