Re: Harrahs in Joliet Illinois
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Hollywood in Joliet
since Harrahs has no poker room what does Hollywood spread anyone know?
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Hollywood is in Aurora. 6 tables - smokey, noisy, and filled with rude suburbanites. 5-10 and 10-20 with 1/2 kill when I was last there.
Empress in Joliet (close to I-55) not the Harrahs downtown does have a poker "room" again. This is the third or fourth time they have opened and closed it. 3 tables right in the casino. 5-10, 10-20 and a NL game. Mostly locals.
The Joliet boat closes their poker room at 6pm on Friday night and reopens it again at 6pm on Sunday night. Aurora at least "tries" to keep a table or two running during the peak hours, but they are sometimes told by the casino to NOT open another table - or even to close one that is running.
Illinois law currently restricts each boat to 1200 "gaming positions". If you were the casino, who would be more valuable to you? ONE poker table running, or 10 slot machines?
If you are in Aurora, a quick drive up to the Potti in downtown Milwaukee will get you a much better room and game selection. If you are in Joliet, just wait a few months for the Horseshoe in Hammond IN to open and its new poker room will blow away the competition in Joliet and also Gary and East Chicago.
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