Tiger Tours the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, MS - 10/18/99
10/18/99 Monday
The Horseshoe Casino
after dinner, i walked next door to see the horseshoe.
The Poker Room
they've got 12 tables,
and i see two 1-5 stud games, two 4/8 hold 'em games, one 15/30 hold 'em game
and one 20/40 hold 'em game. jack keller is at the 20/40 game, and although
i watched the game for almost an hour, he never said one word. the room is
off to the side of the pit, and although there are lots of slot machines near
the poker room, for some reason, these slots are not well-used. on the wall
of the room are pictures of former wsop champs and members of the poker hall
of fame. between these two sets of photos is a big 30-foot mural of a high-
stakes poker game in a smoke-filled room. the men in the painting are all
wearing tuxedos and the women are all elegantly dressed in evening gowns. it
looks like it portrays a game around 1890.
there's a snack bar next to the poker room. i chat with two or three of
the staff. they have no idea of what "barge" is, even though i pull out a
copy of "cardplayer" magazine from a nearby rack and open it to lou krieger's
latest article. :::::sigh::::: the horseshoe has no rulebook available
for players, and the people i spoke to didn't have any idea if their rulebook
was based on anything in particular..... the rake is 10% to a maximum of
$4, and dealers keep their own tips. the seats next to the dealers are not
no-smoking. i didn't get the feeling that the people in this room were very
friendly. sorry.
back to the gold strike
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