[Aces McGee]

Probably a lame question, but I need some help.

Gonna be in Chicago this week for work, and I'm staying the weekend to play poker. I won't have a car, so I'm going to shuttle out to the casinos on Saturday. I plan on staying out there til Monday morning, then doing the shuttle-El routine to O'Hare for my flight home.

So if anyone needs me, that's where I'll be.

Seriously, my understanding that there's no decent place to stay out in East Chicago/Gary except the casinos. So I called Harrah's. They don't have poker rates. I called Trump's and they do. Since the poker rate will save me about 10 BB a night, it would be prudent to stay and play at Trump if I can get the rate.

Finally, my question. When I talked to the guy at the Trump poker room, he was able to give me a little information about how to get the poker rate (play a few hours, etc.), but I wasn't able to get much more than that out of him. So basically, I'm looking for anyone who has ever a)stayed at the poker rate at this particular casino; or b)stayed at the poker rate at *any* casino, in the hopes of getting the answers to the following questions:

1)Do I have to reserve my room ahead of time/at the usual rate, and then have the poker room discount it for me...or can I just wait til I get there, play, and then get my room?

2)Who do I talk to, when I'm at the poker room, about getting the poker rate?

3)Anything else I may not be taking into consideration.

Thanks in advance for helping me on this rather lame post.

-McGee