Seattle Casinos/Poker Rooms
 

I am heading to Seattle in about 10 days and was wondering if anyone knows of any good places to play in the Seattle area. I would prefer one that is part of a larger, normal casino and approximately a 1 hour drive or so. I tried looking up casinos on the internet, but I am not familiar with all the city/towns in Washington or their locations.

I am a limit player and prefer 2-4 to 5-10 games.

Thanks for the help.

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If you're on the north side of Seattle go the Tulalip. If you're on the south side of Seattle go to Muckleshoot. Both are Indian casinos and I'm sure both have websites.

Good Luck!

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Compared to other South Sound options, Muckleshoot sucks for lower limits IMHO. There are a few wild games (from crazy paigow players) , excellent comps, and some very nice Monte Carlo jackpots elsewheres.

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Muckleshoot sucks for lower limits IMHO.

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In regards to what?

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If you're on the north side of Seattle go the Tulalip. If you're on the south side of Seattle go to Muckleshoot. Both are Indian casinos and I'm sure both have websites.

Good Luck!

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i just moved to the area so this is of some interest to me. any tips on the various places? Which limits are good, which waitresses easy, can you get free sandwiches etc.?

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Near Seattle you have the two larger Indian casinos and many smaller cardrooms. The smaller cardrooms offer lower limits because the maximum bet is $25.

Some of the smaller cardrooms have great comps and soft games for low limit players. For example the Hollywood just 15 min north of downtown Seattle has a soft 6-12 game and $10 food comps (and the food is very good).

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Muckleshoot sucks for lower limits IMHO.

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There are a few wild games (from crazy paigow players) , excellent comps, and some very nice Monte Carlo jackpots elsewheres.

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If you need specific examples, PJ Pockets' 4/8 in Federal Way routinely gets pots over $300 and sometimes $400 and the Chips Casino recently payed out a $10,000 jackpot for a royal flush in a 3/6 game. (Reasonable food options at both as well) Rising Dragon Casino in Tacoma let my friend order food <u>to go</u> after playing in a 3/6 game after a tourney for about 20 minutes before it broke. The waiting list at Muckleshoot always seems to be ridiculously long as well, thus why I said it sucks for the low(est) limits for South Sound players.

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Muckleshoot sucks for lower limits IMHO.

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In regards to what?

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There are a few wild games (from crazy paigow players) , excellent comps, and some very nice Monte Carlo jackpots elsewheres.

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If you need specific examples, PJ Pockets' 4/8 in Federal Way routinely gets pots over $300 and sometimes $400 and the Chips Casino recently payed out a $10,000 jackpot for a royal flush in a 3/6 game. (Reasonable food options at both as well) Rising Dragon Casino in Tacoma let my friend order food <u>to go</u> after playing in a 3/6 game after a tourney for about 20 minutes before it broke. The waiting list at Muckleshoot always seems to be ridiculously long as well, thus why I said it sucks for the low(est) limits for South Sound players.

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You can get food to go at mucks. The games are a bit tamer at mucks, but actionwise, they're both moneymakers. I actually prefer the monte carlo JPs to badbeats. The waiting list actually can get to 1/2 hour. More on absolute busy nights.

I've also heard that many smaller casinos are now dropping an extra $1(making that $2) into the JP drops. This is on top of the $3 rake + the $1 tip. Something to watch for. That's quite a bite.

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When I said to go food, i meant complimentary. And I'll take the extra $1 rake loss when people are chasing any pocketpair postflop in the hopes of getting runner runner quads, etc. Action "tamer" at mucks? The Korean folks at PJs have to be some of the wildest in the world. Last Monday I saw a pot that got capped at least 3 ways on every street. 67s, K4s (both backdoored flushes) and Q7o (trips) were 3 of the hands involved. A regular lady calls out under her breath her holdings 60%+ of the time. I once sat with a welldressed gentleman there who in 7+ hours of play, (I swear) NEVER folded preflop and NEVER folded on the flop no matter how many bets it was back to him. With a solid bankroll and an average run of cards, the game has to be one of the best 4/8 games in the U.S. (It can't get much better is all)

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Action "tamer" at mucks?

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You do know what 'tamer' means, right? Btw...Lots of the smaller rooms that spread that limit can get pretty wild. Not saying wild is a bad thing, but many can't handle that wild of a table.

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And I'll take the extra $1 rake loss when people are chasing any pocketpair postflop in the hopes of getting runner runner quads, etc.

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Just so you know, $3 rake + $2 JP drop + $1 tip = $6. That's quite a bite on a 3-6/4-8 table even with the extra action for the JP players. That's almost like a $15 rake on a 10-20 game.

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Action "tamer" at mucks? The Korean folks at PJs have to be some of the wildest in the world. Last Monday I saw a pot that got capped at least 3 ways on every street.

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If you like "action" that's great, but like a lot of good low limit players I prefer an extremely loose but passive table.

I'd MUCH rather have 7 in the hand for 1-2 bets on every street than 2-3 capping.

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I have the same reply to all of these threads re: Seattle low limit casinos. Goldies in Shoreline, near 145th. Great people, good games, great comps.

I left Seattle right before Hollywood opened up their poker room, so that might be the place to be now. When I was playing up there, the only thing about 4/8 was the Parker's 10/20, which would have been too high for me, but a 6/12 would have been nice.

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A $2 jackpot drop is insane. Whoever thought of that amendment to WAC 230-40-610 should be taken out back and shot.

At least no one seems to be taking the allowed $5 rake, or even $4.

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I have the same reply to all of these threads re: Seattle low limit casinos. Goldies in Shoreline, near 145th. Great people, good games, great comps.

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For non-tribal casinos, I'd definitely agree, even though the place's smoke smell has been replaced with a stale smoke smell (those walls need a good scrubbing and the carpet a good cleaning).

Parkers is nice and loose too, with some spewy regulars. But I understand why people would be attracted to the tribals - to say the "action" ambience is lacking in the smaller cardrooms is like saying a Toyota Echo might not beat a Porsche off the line.

The Muck in particular feels like playing at an older Vegas room - but they absolutely HAVE to ditch those vinyl chairs that make you feel as if you've wet yourself after a couple of hours. Oddly, the smaller rooms have much more comfortable seating.

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like a lot of good low limit players I prefer an extremely loose but passive table.

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Who prefers this? A weak-tight under-bankrolled player? I had a guy in recent memory not 3-bet 87 on an 874T7 board after I raised my flopped straight flush on the river...You like that kind of thing?

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like a lot of good low limit players I prefer an extremely loose but passive table.

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Who prefers this? A weak-tight under-bankrolled player? I had a guy in recent memory not 3-bet 87 on an 874T7 board after I raised my flopped straight flush on the river...You like that kind of thing?

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No and no.

Thanks for the laugh, though.

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The Muck in particular feels like playing at an older Vegas room - but they absolutely HAVE to ditch those vinyl chairs that make you feel as if you've wet yourself after a couple of hours. Oddly, the smaller rooms have much more comfortable seating

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Yes, the chairs do suck. You don't notice it as much when the numbness sets in though. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Action "tamer" at mucks? The Korean folks at PJs have to be some of the wildest in the world. Last Monday I saw a pot that got capped at least 3 ways on every street.

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If you like "action" that's great, but like a lot of good low limit players I prefer an extremely loose but passive table.

I'd MUCH rather have 7 in the hand for 1-2 bets on every street than 2-3 capping.

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I kinda like both. But many do get intimidated by the wilder games.

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Tulalip Casino
Directions-&gt;Tulalip

Tulalip is my favorite, but it's closer for me. They have a new (smoke free, enclosed) poker room. I've seen them spread as low as 2-4 and always 3-6. Games are very soft. Easy money is in the NL200 game, but the blind structure sucks (3-5). Very comfortable seating.

Muckleshoot Casino
Directions-&gt;Mucks

Only been there a couple times. Good Entertainment. Good food. Both times I played 4-8 it was a nit-fest. A few old-timers who'd clearly been worn down by years of beats. Coaching ensued. Players tightened up. No fun. Small sample size though.

Directions-&gt;Parkers Casino

Parkers has 4-8, but if you're looking to step it up a bit, I've been told their 8-16 game plays like a 4-8. Huge pots. Bad play. 2 dollar chips makes for same betting as 4-8. Pretend they're $1 chips.....

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Thank you. Much appreciated.

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Oddly enough, the 4-8 at Parkers is often worse than the 8-16 (usually when half of it is 8-16 players waiting for a seat - most of them tend to tighten up when forced to play 4-8). It may not be your best bet for the classic 4-8 LP no-fold-em hold'em experience.

Also note that a recently passed smoking ban means that all non-tribal casinos are non-smoking thoroughout, whereas the tribal casinos (to my knowledge) generally allow smoking everywhere except the actual poker room, fwiw.

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Goldie's is alright for low-limit stuff, I gamblegamble there after working out at the 24-hour fitness across from it once in awhile. The best place is Tulalip, though, and if you like to shoot dice, well, it's the only game in town.

God, I love dice.

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Bumping this instead of making a new thread, but I'm looking for a place to play 10/20-30/60 limit live, preferably short-handed. Unfortunately, I'm 19 and I so far haven't found a place I can go that offers those limits. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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You're not going to find anything above 12/24 outside of a 'reservation casino' due to the '$25 max bet' law in Washington. There are a few 10/20 games on the busy nights in some of the cardrooms around (some of which allow players that are &lt;21). I know that the Midway (18 y/o+) used to seat a 10/20 game on Fridays that usually had 6 or 7 players.