My First 100 Casino Poker Rooms

Just played in my 100th different Casino Poker Room. Yes, yes - of course I have a chip from each one.

I've been IN lots of other casinos -- but these are the first 100 I have actually PLAYED POKER in. Many locations only once, and some of them many times.

Some double counting does occur if a casino closes their poker room and then years later reopens it in a different spot For example, I played in the St Louis Harrahs poker room when it was 8 tables in 1997. Then they closed it. When it reopened (Grand Opening 2004!) seven years later in a different location, I have counted it as a completely different room. Same treatment for the Harrahs and MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Same for the poker rooms at the Joliet Empress or Hollywood in Aurora. The East Chicago poker room is counted 3 times because of different ownership. Once as Showboat, once as Harrahs, and once as Resorts.

My favorites are still Mirage and Wynn in Las Vegas, Horseshoe in Tunica and the old Players Island in St Louis.


So --- heres my list!

Las Vegas Strip. Roughly in order by initial visit;
Bonanza 1969
Dunes 1969
Stardust 1997
Riveria
Harrahs
Mirage
MGM 1998
Flamingo
Mandalay 1999
Bellagio
Luxor
Monte Carlo
Excaliber 2000
Ballys 2001
Sahara 2002
Aladdin
Circus 2003
Harrahs 2004
Imperial Palace
Tropicana
MGM 2005 - new room
Wynn 2006
Caesars
Venetian
TI
Hilton
Tuscany
Paris
O'sheas
Hooters
Stratosphere
Planet Hollywood 2007

Las Vegas - Downtown;
Binions Horseshoe
Union Plaza
Golden Nugget
Binions -- MTR
Plaza -- Barrick
Fitzgeralds
El Cortez

Las Vegas - Off Strip
Sams Town
Orleans
Rio -- old room 1998. Have not played new room. wsop floor does not count.
Palms
Palace Station
Red Rock
Silverton
SouthPointe
Buffalo Bills, Primm

Laughlin;
Harrahs 1991, my first holdem game
Riverside
Colorado Belle
Flamingo

Arizona;
Harrahs, Phoenix
Fort McDowell

California;
Commerce
Bicycle
Hollywood Park
Hustler
Chumash, Santa Ynez

Illinois;
Hollywood, Aurora -- 2000 old boat/old room
Empress, Joliet - 1990's old room
Players, Metropolis 1999 -- have not been since Harrahs ownership
Hollywood, Aurora - 2006 new "room" in "dockside" facility
Empress, Joliet - 2007 new "room" (3 tables -ha) on casino floor

Missouri;
Station, St Charles
Harrahs 1997
Players Island
Ameristar, St Charles
President
Harrahs new room 2004
Lumiere
Aztar,
Harrahs, Kansas City
Ameristar, KC
Riverside Argosy, KC

Indiana;
Showboat, East Chicago
Harrahs, East Chicago
Resorts, East Chicago
Empress, Hammond
Majestic Star, Gary
Blue Chip, Michigan City
Argosy, Lawrenceburg
Belterra
Caesars, Harrison Co

Michigan;
Four Winds, New Buffalo

Iowa;
President, Davenport
Lady Luck, Bettendorf
Isle of Capri, Bettendorf
Catfish Bend, Ft Madison
Meskwaki, Tama
Riverside
Prairie Meadows, Altoona

Wisconsin;
Potawotomi, Milwaukee
Ho Chunk, Baraboo

Mississippi;
Horseshoe
Gold Strike
Grand
Ballys
Hollywood
Sams Town


A sad list is the other 5 poker room I have been in but did NOT play:
Red Lion, Elko 1991
Grand, Biloxi
Harrahs, Tunica
Sunset Station, Henderson
Grand Victoria, Rising Sun Indiana 2006 -- an empty room