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Originally Posted by MikeStarr
Depending on how much time you have, I might do something like this:
Go South from Sarasota to Naples and play at the Naples/Ft.Myers Greyhound Racing & Poker. Its a hole in the wall dump but the action is pretty good.
Then head east across Alligator Alley to the Ft. Lauderdale area. There are 7-8 places you can play here.
The biggest are the Hard Rock and the Isle at Pompano Park (look on Bravo for what games are running). Hialeah has some sick 1/2 PLO action but its in a bad area that I wouldnt want to be in late into the night.
Theres also smaller rooms at GulfStream and Magic City but you wont be missing anything if you skip them. There's a couple rooms in Miami but I dont know much about them.
Curiously, you mentioned Magic City, which ironically is the only casino within the City of Miami. Interestingly, it currently has more games running right now than Hard Rock (13 vs 12). For people who like to play in the mornings and afternoons, it's also the only place south of Hard Rock that has multiple 2/5NL games running throughout the day. As for other casinos in "Miami," you may have been thinking about Casino Jai Alai (which has closed its poker room) and/or The Miccosukee Resort, which although it has a Miami address, is on the edge of the Everglades about 20 miles west of downtown.
Although not in Miami, another room you failed to mention was The Big Easy Poker Room at the Mardi Gras Casino, which is only a mile or so up the road from Gulfstream. BTW, it too, currently has more games running than Hard Rock (14 vs 12). Not bad for a Wednesday afternoon.
Finally, I think it is laughable that you are warning people not to go to Hialeah late at night. It's not exactly in the middle of the ghetto. If you're afraid to walk to the parking lot after a session, you can always valet park your car.