[weasel6231]

I've played there a half-dozen times, most recently last weekend with SheaJ. I figured I'd write a review for anyone thinking of going. The only other places I've played are the Harrah's in Kansas City and frequented an underground place here in Houston which ran 12 tables, but is now shut-down. I've played about a dozen underground places once a piece too.

The Room & Spreads:
The room itself is very large, encompassing the entire third floor of their casino boat. Max rake is $5 per hand plus a $1 BBJ. They have about 25 tables, spreading around 8 - 3-6-12 games, 6 - 2/4NL games, 6 - 5/5NL games, 2 - 10/20 PLO/NLHE and a 2/5 stud game. There's usually no wait on the 3-6-12 and 2/4 games. The 5/5 occasionally has a wait. The stud game has a VERY long wait.

Tables:
The tables are a basic oval with a vinyl rail and Purple crushed-velvet cloth. No emblem on the cloth. The tables are spaced out well; I rarely had anyone bump into me, and if they did they were usually drunk. The chairs are plain Janes.

Chips:
Paulsons, old, worn and VERY dirty. I had some chips which wouldn't stack they had so much crap on them. Standard colors, nothing special, even if they were new.

Drinks:
SLOOOOOOOOW. By far and away the worst part of the room. There's 2 cocktail waitresses serving the entire floor. $3 charge for redbulls, everything else is free. No Captain Morgans . They're not attractive and not very bright. Me and SheaJ had a girl forget our drinks twice.

Dealers:
Not the best, not the worst. All were friendly. Cammie's the best. Very fast, very friendly, never a misdeal.

Play:
Every table I've sat at has had 1 or 2 smart players. I wouldn't call them good, but they're smart. There's always 3-4 absolute idiots. They call with anything, some raise with anything. One guy Sunday was raising with 2 bets in front of him with bottom pair. The have no understanding of the basic concepts of poker like value, EV, position, etc. The rest of the players understand good hands from bad, good draws from bad. You can read them like books. You know who's drawing, who's hit and who has monsters.

Management:
Solid. Plasma screens show the waitlist, which there usually isn't for the low-stakes games I play.

Comps:
A measley 27 cents an hour. They used to have free hotdogs, now they're $1.25 a piece, which I found out after I ordered one. Bad Beat is quads or better beaten by aces full of tens or better, but they rake $1 a hand for that, so its not really a comp.

[SheaJ]

actually Matt we went on SUNDAY. Easy to lose concept of time when you play for hours and sit on a freeway at a dead stop for 20 min.

the game was soft. A woman called ALL THE WAY with it capped pre flop with 5 7. Flop 448 turn 2 river 6. She called every bet all the way. 12 pre flop 3 post flop 6 post turn and bet 12 after the river. I had 10 10 which was the 2nd best hand. This was pretty frustrating, not gonna lie. But at the same time, you want someone doing this every time.

Later I saw her win with 26 off. She was in late position and there was a raise, so 6 pre flop to go not in a blind. The next hand she folded pre flop.

If you play 26 off with a raise pre flop.....what wont you play pre flop without a raise???? I still can't guess what she folded. Maybe AA, she wouldn't know what to do with them