Poker in New Orleans

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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But when I have played there I have been up against some of the drunkest tourist/donks ever to play.

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I forgot to mention this. These kinds of statements get thrown around too liberally - everybody's always going on and on about how fishy this or that game was. At Harrah's New Orleans, though, it's absolutely true. The casino is sandwiched between the French Quarter and the largest convention center in the nation. It's tourist central and the games are total donkfests. This is great, but I've also never had such wild variance in a game in my life as the three months this spring that I spent playing 6/12 and 10/20 nearly every night at this casino. It nearly drove me nuts.

[MicroBob]

a couple years ago sopme guy posted a conversation he overheard at the Cafe Du Monde (famous coffee-shop in the French Q. probably 10-20 minute walk from Harrah's and the Convention Center).

Two obvious out-of-town conventioneers are chatting..

one guy tells the other: have you been to the casino yet? I was thinking of heading over there to play some poker.

second guy: poker huh? do they have Texas Hold-em?

first guy: yeah. I think so. I'd like to try it. It looks pretty easy to me.

second guy: I've seen it on TV and I KNOW I could play better than those guys do. It looks like fun. Lets head over there.


Evidently the guy who overheard the conversation had already promised his wife that he wouldn't spend their trip at the casino. She had to practically strap him down in the chair to keep him from following.



Indeed Patrick is correct.
The number of first-timers and totally clueless tourists/conventioneers at these games in New Orleans is sometimes just not to be believed.

[MicroBob]

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There's too much other stuff to do in New Orleans.

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For example...my GF and I will probably next head down there for my birthday (Oct 29) and Halloween.
and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend Halloween cooped-up in some casino/poker-room because Halloween in new Orleans is just too damned fun to miss.


Last time we were there was for her birthday (May 1) which coincided with New Orleans jazz-fest. No casino-time during that weekend either.

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If I'm there it'll be for Jazzfest.

[velvetdog]

God, do I love this town: the people, the food, even the smell. I named my account after my all-time favorite dive bar (The Velvet Dog on Saint Peter in the Quarter). I've always been too busy having fun to gamble while in NO, but after reading these posts I will have to check it out when I'm there for Christmas / New Years. Thanks.

[NobodysFreak]

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But when I have played there I have been up against some of the drunkest tourist/donks ever to play.

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Now this is what I like to hear.
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But northerners/midwesterners like myself do stick out as foreigners in 'theez here parts'.

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I stand out like a sore thumb regardless of where I'm at, but I have noticed that in my trips to the south anytime I look around I just see heads turning the other way... should be real interesting this week especially since my face is all cut up from being a drunken donkey last night.

Oh, before I forget, thanks for all the info, guys.

[MicroBob]

When I was dealing BJ in Tunica my players would hear me welcome them to the game or something and then Jim-Joe or Earl or Clint or whoever it was from Arkansas or Mississippi was playing at my game would observe something profound such as:

'Yew ain't frum arowwnd heere...R yew Baawwwwwwwwb.'
Or something like that.


I have since learned that it is not the greatest of situations to be working with drunken customers while wearing a name-tag that says "Bob".

Because I think eveyone on the planet likes saying it over and over when they're drunk. It's fun (evidently)!!
Especially if they tack on a "What about" along with the "Bob".

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Harrah's down near the French Quarter is the only place to go. Play the 6/12.

Harrah's is great. You know, if you want to hit the beach, there's always the Biloxi poker rooms about an hour and a half away...