Casino Poker in St Louis

Three choices for you in St Louis, ranging from the Excellent to the Terrible.

# 1 EXCELLENT: --- Harrahs has a new poker room and its just a knockout. Wow, I was impressed. Nicest room in the Midwest. 21 tables, all tables and chairs look and feel great. Room decor is perfect. Separated from the main casino by lots of glass. Very quiet in the room. Lots of space between tables. Beautiful.

Games spread were 3-6, 5-10 and 30-60 Limit Holdem. 1-2 and 2-5NL with an interest list for 5-10 that got called but did not go. All tables were full on a Friday evening. Tourneys daily ranging from $25 to $200.

Dancing girls from the I-Bar have to walk thru the poker room after each show back to their dressing room. A hot sweaty spectacle, but you only have to watch it once every hour.

Some of us old guys will remember this specific location as where the old Players Island poker room was located. (sigh)

Poker room manager wants to know when we are bringing the "Ladies Poker" group back down on a Saturday morning and afternoon.


#2 VERY GOOD: --- Ameristar in St Charles is still a fine room. Expanded to 19 tables. This facility is only 3 years old, but it sure suffers in comparison to Harrahs. Seems so much louder too. Dealers were a little better.

Games spread were 5-10 Omaha/8 with a Kill; 3-6, and 4-8 (with a half kill) Limit Holdem. Several tables of 1-2 NL. Also one NL table with a curious structure of 1-2-5. Blinds are 1 -2, but the "bring in" is 5. Blinds must complete to 5 or fold. Hmmm - like playing 2-5 NL but with smaller blinds. Ameristar PLO game goes two days a week and they also have a larger Omaha/8 game one day. Daily tourneys.


#3 TERRIBLE: --- President, downtown on the Admiral. What an awful place -- but then its been that way for years. Jump off the Eads bridge instead of going here.