Coushatta - Kinder, Louisiana - NO hand info.

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Coushatta is a bit past Lake Charles/Isle of Capri. Maybe 40 miles or so to the NE.

We stayed in a cheap hotel (well, about $70 a night, but it was clean) that was a ways down the road. The casino runs a free shuttle that will pick up and drop off at all the local hotels. Shuttle runs 24/7.

The poker room is much, much nicer than it was last time I was there (years ago). They have moved it from the back of the slot tent (low limit slots) so it is now against the side wall and near the buffet.

The room has 16 tables and the decor is rather refined and stylish. No automatic shufflers so it is all done by hand. Rake goes up to $5 and there is a $1 jackpot drop. Aces full of Tens beaten by Quads. If you have Aces full, you must have at least one ace in hand. The jackpot was around $25K at the time.

They spread 3/6/12 HE and 2/5 NL. That's about it, but I heard that sometimes there is Omaha and even Omaha 8.

After playing for a session (I think maybe four hours), you can get a comp for $10. I used mine at the Cafe that is way on the other end of the casino. But you get 45 minutes at least before you are picked up, so it is not a problem.

The steak and eggs were really tasty. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] The potatoes were yummy. And the cost was just $1 with the comp (and a tip).

They have tournaments throughout the week and on the weekend. The Friday tourney is really a $100 buy-in since the add-on after the break gives you a lot more than you could ever win before the break. [$20 for T200, additional re-buys of $20 for T500, add-on of $50 for T3500, and $60 add-on for T4500]

There are some good players and some wild and crazy ones. Not as many young bucks, but that might be due to the WSOP. Or maybe the extra distance from Houston.

Dealers were all pretty good. Temperature was not too bad, got cold a few times. Floor seemed to be on the ball and Michael remembered my name after just a little bit.

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There was some drama with one player. This guy had no clue about protecting his cards. And the dealers seemed to have a hard-on for the guy, I have no idea why.

He was in seat 1 and told to protect his hand/cards and did not. So then seat 3 mucks and his cards fly over seat 1's unprotected cards. Well, the dealer kills his hand. Seat 1 (Clueless Red China Guy) gets upset, but not hostile. Floor is called. Since the mucked cards touched CRCG's hand and it was not protected, his cards are dead.

Does he learn? No.

And then he makes another mistake. It is heads up and to showdown. CRCG flips over one card, a Ten, and pushes both cards forward (over the betting line) and says he has a Ten (for a pair).

The other guy (to my left, in seat 8) says nothing, but looks at his cards. The dealer kills CRCG's hand. His look of utter shock was priceless. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Seat 8 shows his cards and had nothing, but he was the only one with a hand.

Floor is called over and they rule for the dealer (a different one than before). CRCG argues some, but not very heatedly. Other players on his side of the table jump into the fray. I think that he was stupid, but also that the dealer was not cutting him any slack.

CRCG actually stays and continues to play. He even reloaded. Golly. Later, he wins a pot or two and leaves.