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Old 11-25-2005, 07:52 PM
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Default I played there not too long ago

The games at the Holiday Inn (Excelsior) and Radisson are the best. They supposedly had poker in a casino at the other end of the hotels but they never had any action the two times I tried.

Of the other two I preferred the Radisson. I took a screwing at the Excelsior when some of the locals were talking in their native jibberish. One of them mentioned that he had folded a black ace when the flush came down on the river. After hearing that, the villian knew his flush was better than mine and I lost an extra bet. The dealer must have known what was going on and never asked the locals to stop talking about their hands and their folded hands.

Anyway, the games at the Radisson are good when they go. The family that owns it play there. They are good players who like to gamble it up. Their mother is a solid player too. They put out snacks late at night.

But you will not find high limit games anywhere on the island. The rules are a little different than in the US. They play 11 handed if there are enough players. And you can raise to the double big bet right off the bat if you want. This doesn't seem like a big difference but it throws off the tourists. It took me a while to adjust. For instance, you can immediately raise to $40 under the gun pre-flop from under the gun.

Have fun!!!
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Old 11-26-2005, 12:55 AM
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Default Re: Poker in Aruba

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I thought there was a boycott of Aruba?
Why are you going there. Do you support what that Vanderslootenglooten did to that poor young girl?
Do you support the international sex slave rings?

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Yeah what a bunch of nonsense. Native Arubans rescued my wife and I when we tipped our jeep in Arikok park. They easily could have taken advantage of us, and went out of their way to help us. But they're bad people and nobody should go there.
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Old 11-26-2005, 01:34 AM
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Default Re: Poker in Aruba

I was kidding. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 11-27-2005, 02:16 PM
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I was kidding. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I know.
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