B&M Rooms in Chicago
 

I was wondering if someone can give a breakdown of rooms close to Chicago.

I usually play 10/20 LH and 20/40 LH at Resorts, but have not been anywhere else. Are others worth checking out? Driving to Resorts from Glenview is quite a pain.

Discuss.

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There are 3 poker rooms in the Chicago area.

Resorts: 5-10, 10-20, 5-10 NL daily; 20-40, 1-5 stud usually; 5-10 O8 Sat, 2-10 Stud Fri/Sat

Majestic Star: 1-2 NL, 3-6 always; 2-5 NL, 4-8 and/or 5-10 usually, 3-6 O8 Saturdays

Hollywood Aurora: 5-10, 10-20 usually; 20-40 Couple weekdays a week

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for LH, Hollywood Aurora has a few profitable 10/20 tables, but weekend evening wait lists are horrific, so, advise getting there early - occasional 20/40 game there too, but typically a rock garden last time I played there (about 3 months ago)

for North Shore denizens - the Pot in Milwaukee had an occasional 10/20 game - not sure now after recent expansion of the room - search 2+2 threads here for extensive Pot post expansion discussion

nothing else in Northern Illinois casinos...Harrahs Joliet has no room, EMpress Joliet closed its room last year...nada for Grand Victoria

for NLH - Resorts, as you probably know, spread a 5/10 $200-1K buy-in with decent stacks and action (played that table last weekend) at the main table, and, probably the biggest NLH public game in Chicago Land area - a 5/10 $1K min, no max on Fridays

Majestic Star has decent lower stakes LH & NLH + good ($25-$30K prize pool) twice weekly NL+rebuy tournaments....

GL

PS - if you really want to poker your brains out sometime, take short, cheap plane ride down to Tunica MS (1/2 from Memphis airport)some weekend - 9 casinos & bazillions of rooms/tables, 60 tables at Harrahs Grand alone. A lot of Benjamins on the table (cash on table plays). Played WSOP Circuits there in Sept06 & Jan07 & saw a lot of cash table action at Gold Strike & Harrahs Grand - naturally loaded up because of tournaments, but, I suspect lots of action 24 X 7 during non-tournament dates too.

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http://cardclubs.net/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=17

Read the Sticky: Chicago Poker Room Guide

Really good listing of all the chicago area poker rooms and everything the spread.

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I was wondering if someone can give a breakdown of rooms close to Chicago.

I usually play 10/20 LH and 20/40 LH at Resorts, but have not been anywhere else. Are others worth checking out? Driving to Resorts from Glenview is quite a pain.

Discuss.

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Driving to NW Indiana is a pain? Brother, "you ain't seen nuthin' yet". There will be all the poker action you can handle in that same area, in just about 8 months.

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GutPunch thanks for the plug on our site. Living in Glenview you might want to try www.RockfordCharitableGames.com/ . Limits are not as high but offer events close to Glenview. Potawatomi Bingo and Casino in Milwaukee are in the process of expanding there poker room. I just heard this week they are running a 10/20 holdem game with a $3 rake.

Empress Casino are in the process of re-opening there poker room.

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GutPunch thanks for the plug on our site. Living in Glenview you might want to try www.RockfordCharitableGames.com/ . Limits are not as high but offer events close to Glenview. Potawatomi Bingo and Casino in Milwaukee are in the process of expanding there poker room. I just heard this week they are running a 10/20 holdem game with a $3 rake.

Empress Casino are in the process of re-opening there poker room.

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Please keep us posted on Empress. When it closed a few months back, the 10/20 limit Holdem game was up every day.
10/20 game never goes a Potowatamie. Go up there and you will see why....all that no-limit action.

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10/20 game never goes a Potowatamie. Go up there and you will see why....all that no-limit action

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I was up there today playing 30-60 with a $3 rake, they also had a 10-20 going but I'm not sure if it was a $3 or $4 rake.

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Driving to NW Indiana is a pain? Brother, "you ain't seen nuthin' yet". There will be all the poker action you can handle in that same area, in just about 8 months.

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are you referring to Horseshoe? if so, i thought it was supposed to be pushed to 2008.

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nothing else in Northern Illinois casinos...Harrahs Joliet has no room, EMpress Joliet closed its room last year...

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I was hoping one of these two had a poker room. I have a court appearance tomorrow morning in Joliet and Harrahs is right next door to the courthouse.

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Driving to NW Indiana is a pain? Brother, "you ain't seen nuthin' yet". There will be all the poker action you can handle in that same area, in just about 8 months.

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are you referring to Horseshoe? if so, i thought it was supposed to be pushed to 2008.

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Four Winds, New Buffalo Michigan third quarter 2007 Just beyond the Indiana Michigan state line. (Projected) 20 poker tables.

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10/20 game never goes a Potowatamie. Go up there and you will see why....all that no-limit action

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I was up there today playing 30-60 with a $3 rake, they also had a 10-20 going but I'm not sure if it was a $3 or $4 rake.

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Are the bigger games consistantly running at the Pot yet?

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10/20 game never goes a Potowatamie. Go up there and you will see why....all that no-limit action

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I was up there today playing 30-60 with a $3 rake, they also had a 10-20 going but I'm not sure if it was a $3 or $4 rake.

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Are the bigger games consistantly running at the Pot yet?

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Both times I've been there since the new room opened - once on a Saturday night, and once on a Tuesday late morning/early afternoon - they had one 10/20 game and one 30/60 game going.

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10/20 game never goes a Potowatamie. Go up there and you will see why....all that no-limit action

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I was up there today playing 30-60 with a $3 rake, they also had a 10-20 going but I'm not sure if it was a $3 or $4 rake.

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Are the bigger games consistantly running at the Pot yet?

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Both times I've been there since the new room opened - once on a Saturday night, and once on a Tuesday late morning/early afternoon - they had one 10/20 game and one 30/60 game going.

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The 30/60 starts at noon on Tuesdays. It's a featured game, meaning if you started the game the previous Tuesday you have a guaranteed seat next Tuesday if you show up at noon. This is really the only way they can get it consistanly going otherwise not enough players would show up on the same day, at the same time to start a game. Hopefully it will get a buzz going and more and more people will show up to play limit.

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I was at the Pot on Thursday night. The biggest limit game they had going that night was one table of 5-10.