Video Poker

Since I live in Chicago, I keep my eye out for any gambling related news that would pertain to the city.  There’s plenty of casinos in the Chicago area (all in suburbs) but none in the city proper.  I’ve talked before how Chicago could get a downtown casino owned and run by the city, but [...]

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Before I head out to a new casino I like checking the video poker pay tables and my upcoming trip to Harrah’s Laughlin is no different. I’m only two hours away from Laughlin and haven’t had the chance to check it out and I’m looking forward to it. Harrah’s Laughlin used to be a place [...]

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Cosmopolitan Video Poker: There’s Nothing To See Here

by Marc December 16, 2011
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I stopped off at Cosmopolitan for the first time since the summer to upgrade my Identity status and to see if my Identity Play was still there from a promotion I did in July. It was. The money was there – it stays on the account for 1 year. Since I had money on my card [...]

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Palazzo and Venetian Video Poker

by Marc December 14, 2011
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A couple years ago I put where I would stay on my trip to Vegas up to vote and the you chose Palazzo. Since then I’ve returned to Palazzo for a couple of trips. My friends and I really enjoy having suites and newness of the rooms and casino. This year our choices came down [...]

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The Power of Getting Close

by Denver Gambler December 1, 2011
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For Thanksgiving my family decided to celebrate in New Orleans.  I have relatives down there and everyone else met there to celebrate.  Being the cooperative group of people they are, they agreed to accompany me to Harrah’s New Orleans one evening.  After getting killed on blackjack, I settled into some Video Poker.  It was located [...]

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Royal Flush!

by Marc August 4, 2011
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Last Friday, after my mini-vacation, I headed over to Red Rock Casino for happy hour at LBS Burger and the Lifehouse concert. I had a little time to kill so I decided to play a little video poker. Go figure. I had a few bucks leftover from my trip to the strip so I decided [...]

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4 Aces x 50 = A Lot

by Marc August 1, 2011
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Poker pro Todd Brunson (son of Doyle Brunson, in case you don’t know) was taking a break from the tables and decided to play a little video poker.  One hand at a time is pretty boring so he played $1 50 hand Double Bonus Poker (I think), which puts $250 in play at once.  I’m [...]

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Las Vegas Blvd. & Tropicana Corner Video Poker Check

by Marc April 25, 2011
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I’m planning a day and night at the MGM Grand coming up soon so I figured I’d check the video poker pay tables available (from vpFREE, as always) and at the casinos on the four corners of Las Vegas Blvd. and Flamingo Tropicana.  I was a little surprised by what I found. Tropicana doesn’t have [...]

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Harrah's Ak-Chin and Spring Training Tease

by Marc March 18, 2011
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I’ve returned from my week in Arizona where I stayed at Harrah’s Ak-Chin and went to a couple Cactus League Spring Training games with the Giants, White Sox and Diamondbacks.  Overall it was a great experience and I will return for both, but probably not together.  I’ll get into specifics of both next week, but [...]

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Weekend Wrap – ROYAL FLUSH!

by Marc March 8, 2011
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I spent the weekend at Planet Hollywood (again) so I could drink and see some old pals.  In between good times and table gaming I got some quality video poker in.  I’ve shared some of what happened on my posterous over the weekend, but wanted to document on ECG.  I use posterous to document my [...]

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