Washington Casino/Card Room Reviews

[Hair_of_the_Dog]

I live in western Washington a play live at card rooms and casinos (most of which are north of Seattle). Here are the places I have played and what I think about each. If you have played at any of these or others in the area please give your $0.02 about them.

Red Dragon (Lynnwood on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
This is where I play the most.
It is an ok place to play. It can get very loose and aggressive on weekend nights and is loose passive during the day. There are a few tough player occasionally (meaning they are better than me, which might not say much). It is clean and the comped food is pretty good. They play mostly 3/6, 3/6 kill, 4/8 and sometimes 6/12. There are 4 tables which are generally full weekend nights and pretty empty during the day.

Royal Casino (Everett on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
There is usually only 1 table playing here and a lot of black jack (which I don’t play). I’ve only played there 3 times and each time it was loose passive. It is kind of dingy, but if the game is full it seems like a good place to pick up some $. I played 3/6 here.

Great American Casino (Everett on 128th) [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
I have played here about 10 times or so and have found it to have a good mix of players. A few tough ones (not often), a few of LAGs, a few rocks and a bunch of LP players. I have had mixed results here, but I think it was my on bad play at the time. I don’t think it would have matter where I played. They have 3/6, 3/6 kill, and 4/8 (maybe some others but I don't know).

SKYWAY PARK BOWL AND CASINO [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
I went down to this place to try out some 2/4. Whoa! Scary! I'm pretty sure there was some cheating going on. When I left @ around 1am there was about 6 cop cars surrounding the place. It looked like drug dealers and prostitutes on the corners. Needless to say I haven't been back.

Drift on Inn Casino (Shoreline on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
This is a dingy little hole in the wall. The tables are crappy and the dealers are...new. The play is loose passive (tight passive at times too). They have mostly 4/8 and sometimes 3/6. It is an ok place to play. There is a lot of noise because of the sports betting (horse races mostly).

Club Hollywood (Shoreline on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
I've never played here, but it is right next door to the Drift on Inn. It looks like they mostly play 4/8 and there are many tables and they tend to be full (I've only been there Fri & Sat nights). It also looks like most people here play with $400-$1000 @ a time when they play 4/8. Anyone know how the games are here? Evidently they play 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 10/20. I've only ever notice 4/8, but I didn't hangout long.

If you know anything about these places or have ideas for better and/or softer places to play in this area please post away.

[kross]

The Royal is just $2-$8 spread limit now, as is The Club (near Everett Mall). At the Royal, they drop $3+$2, even shorthanded. I stopped in one night, sat in a 4-handed game, noticed how much they were dropping, asked for a reduction, was declined, so I left.

For 3/6 or 4/8, I go to Tulalip. For 8/16 or higher, Parker's. These are the only places with 3+1 drop, every place else is 3+2. (On the North end)

-- Kevin

[Hair_of_the_Dog]

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The Royal is just $2-$8 spread limit now, as is The Club (near Everett Mall). At the Royal, they drop $3+$2, even shorthanded. I stopped in one night, sat in a 4-handed game, noticed how much they were dropping, asked for a reduction, was declined, so I left.

For 3/6 or 4/8, I go to Tulalip. For 8/16 or higher, Parker's. These are the only places with 3+1 drop, every place else is 3+2. (On the North end)

-- Kevin

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Interesting.

I have noticed the 3+2 drop. I haven't been anywhere it is 3+1.

How soft is Tulalip?

[kyleb]

Parker's is by far the best Seattle-area cardroom to play, and it's not far from Lynnwood. However, neither is Tulalip since you're so far north, so you should probably check it out too, since it's a full casino on Indian land.

The games are soft everywhere, man. 3/6-8/16 aren't exactly too difficult. If you can get through Small Stakes Hold 'em you should have no problem at least breaking even.

[LocustHorde]

Nice review. I didn't realize Washington has so many casinos, but they're everywhere, especially when you include the mini casinos and tribal casinos.

I play at the Muck on the weekend. (3-5 SL)

[wheelflush]

the great american casino has some friendly staff and soft tournaments. i never had trouble there. i like it because it's right there in the middle of my commute. their triple jackpot hours are worth staying up late for. the average players are very susceptible to 2nd-leveling at that hour. great fun.

is the red dragon in kind of a big parking lot next to a greek or lebanese restaurant? i could be way off... i only went once.

[EL Burro Loco]

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Parker's is by far the best Seattle-area cardroom to play,

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I endorse this statement. Muckleshoot if you get there at the right time can have some really soft 10/20 games too.

I have never been to Diamond Lils whats the scoop there? I wanna play some omaha hi/lo and heard they run it there regularly.

[govman6767]

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I live in western Washington a play live at card rooms and casinos (most of which are north of Seattle). Here are the places I have played and what I think about each. If you have played at any of these or others in the area please give your $0.02 about them.

Red Dragon (Lynnwood on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
This is where I play the most.
It is an ok place to play. It can get very loose and aggressive on weekend nights and is loose passive during the day. There are a few tough player occasionally (meaning they are better than me, which might not say much). It is clean and the comped food is pretty good. They play mostly 3/6, 3/6 kill, 4/8 and sometimes 6/12. There are 4 tables which are generally full weekend nights and pretty empty during the day.

Royal Casino (Everett on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
There is usually only 1 table playing here and a lot of black jack (which I don’t play). I’ve only played there 3 times and each time it was loose passive. It is kind of dingy, but if the game is full it seems like a good place to pick up some $. I played 3/6 here.

Great American Casino (Everett on 128th) [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
I have played here about 10 times or so and have found it to have a good mix of players. A few tough ones (not often), a few of LAGs, a few rocks and a bunch of LP players. I have had mixed results here, but I think it was my on bad play at the time. I don’t think it would have matter where I played. They have 3/6, 3/6 kill, and 4/8 (maybe some others but I don't know).

SKYWAY PARK BOWL AND CASINO [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
I went down to this place to try out some 2/4. Whoa! Scary! I'm pretty sure there was some cheating going on. When I left @ around 1am there was about 6 cop cars surrounding the place. It looked like drug dealers and prostitutes on the corners. Needless to say I haven't been back.

Drift on Inn Casino (Shoreline on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
This is a dingy little hole in the wall. The tables are crappy and the dealers are...new. The play is loose passive (tight passive at times too). They have mostly 4/8 and sometimes 3/6. It is an ok place to play. There is a lot of noise because of the sports betting (horse races mostly).

Club Hollywood (Shoreline on Hwy 99) [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
I've never played here, but it is right next door to the Drift on Inn. It looks like they mostly play 4/8 and there are many tables and they tend to be full (I've only been there Fri & Sat nights). It also looks like most people here play with $400-$1000 @ a time when they play 4/8. Anyone know how the games are here? Evidently they play 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 10/20. I've only ever notice 4/8, but I didn't hangout long.

If you know anything about these places or have ideas for better and/or softer places to play in this area please post away.

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[Hair_of_the_Dog]

I went to the Red Dragon last night to just to study some play, work on reading hands and player styles. It was crazy. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] Every table was extremely loose.

I'll break down Table 1 for my own edification:
3/6 kill
Seat 1: (9,9) [complete mainiac] This guy saw more than 90% of the flops and raised 80% of those.
Seat 2: (9,9) [also a mainiac] This girl was drunk and would raise in the dark about every 5-7 hands. She played much like Seat 1.
Seat 3: (8,8) [a little less insane] This girl, who seemed be friends with the 1st 2 seats, was also drunk and would call more than the 1st 2, but would raise fairly often, with nothing.
Seat 4: (7/8,8) This guy was less loose preflop, but would bet away even when his hand didn’t hit anything thru the river.
Seat 5: (7,7) This is a young loose aggressive player who like the 1st 4 seat is loud. He is sitting with about $1100 at a 3/6 table (rack of $5 chips and a rack of $1 chips). He keeps pissing off the floor (who runs chips) by asking for a rack of 100 $1 and then when he gets up 100 asks for a stack of 20 $5s, back and forth. He was spewing chips pretty much the whole time I watched and seemed to be down ~$800 – $900 when I left (~2hrs).
Seat 6: (4/6,6/4) This lady is a regular and plays an average game. She seems to hang around too long after the flop sometimes, but in this game it was probably the right thing to do. I don’t think she changed her style much to play in this extremely loose aggressive game, because I pretty much noticed the same kind of play with the same kind of hands as when I played with her in loose or tight passive games.
Seat 7: (3, 5) This guy seemed like he was trying to adjust his game to catch one of those enormous pots on a big draw. He would pull decent pots and didn’t seem to pay too much in. I watched him more closely and was able to read a few of his hands. This was my goal of the night. I was trying to get better at reading hands, which was hard with the crazy play.
Seat 8: (3, ?) This guy didn’t play very many hands that I can remember. He did seem to be on tilt because when he hit a full house on the turn he showed it to Seat 1 on the river when Seat 1 bet into him. Amazing.
Seat 9: (?,?) I can’t remember who was even sitting there. I do know that this person wasn’t very aggressive. They were all at the other end of the table.
Seat 10: (6, 3) Loose passive player who just kept feeding the pots. He didn’t have a chance.

I wish I knew these peoples names. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Nick_Foxx]

club hollywood is spreading the 2-40 game now (1/2 blinds)