Tunica Highlights - part 1

11 days in Tunica -- SO many stories:

The New Dealers - Patrick and Amanda got jobs dealing at the WPO tournament, a WPT event. They were dealing tourneys, satellites, big limit cash games and the regular Gold Strike poker room. Both doing great, and getting good reviews. SO much better than most of the usual tournament dealers. They were both dealing Stud, Omaha, the whole bit. Patrick even dealing some Triple Draw.


Final Table Dave - Dave K enters a 7stud Hi Lo Tournament with 160 others and makes the Final Table. Wins 7th place and much $. See his picture and complete tourney stats on; www.pokerpages.com click on WPO and select the 7stud hilo event, then click on his name.

All the Springfield Guys - 15 of us there by my count, maybe more. Great fun seeing so many of the Springfield players there. I've been going to Tunica since '96 and to their tourneys since '99. Its a wonderful time and a great value.

The Midnight Shift - I played from midnight to 5 or 6am almost every day. The players were worse and more numerous than in past years. Also - I never had to wait for a seat.

My "0 for 2" Day - One morning I played at the Horseshoe until 3am then went to the Gold Strike until 5:30. Very bad timing. At 3:15 the Horseshoe poker players saw a huge fight that started in the snack bar then rumbled out into the casino pit. At 5:45 the Gold Strike poker room hit their $250,000 bad beat jackpot. All players seated got $1,700.