Travelling Cross Country via Poker Rooms

[surfinillini]

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FWIW I did more or less the same last fall, going on an extended road trip from Boston to California

NORTHERN ROUTE
Tunica
St. Louis
Kansas City

[Option 1: Harrah's Praire Band, near Topeka, KS]

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I did this exact same thing driving from Chicago down to LA after graduation. Poker via No Limit only...Here was my route:

Chicago - played NL in the East Chicago boats
St Louis - Ameristar + Harrah's made for real good action
Kansas City - Isle of Capri and Harrahs in one day
ALL THE WAY TO VEGAS from KC...

South route might be better, Arizona has lots...

[pipster]

I want to do this because I am moving to vegas for an extended period of time (a few years or until I go broke and have to get a real job), so I will need to take my car with me... hence driving instead of flying.

From door to door it is about a 30 hour drive. I could hop on the interstate and drive 10-15 hours a day and make it in about 3 days, stopping at whatever hotel I find when I am tired. However, adding an extra 5-6 hours in exchange for a few days of poker in different poker rooms, and adding a little income along the way.... seems to be a lot more interesting of a trip. I don't have a specific timeline I have meet... so I might as well enjoy my trip.

[henrikrh]

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I want to do this because I am moving to vegas for an extended period of time (a few years or until I go broke and have to get a real job), so I will need to take my car with me... hence driving instead of flying.

From door to door it is about a 30 hour drive. I could hop on the interstate and drive 10-15 hours a day and make it in about 3 days, stopping at whatever hotel I find when I am tired. However, adding an extra 5-6 hours in exchange for a few days of poker in different poker rooms, and adding a little income along the way.... seems to be a lot more interesting of a trip. I don't have a specific timeline I have meet... so I might as well enjoy my trip.

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Go hobo style, your backseat is your hotel, jsut doesn't come with en-suite bathroom.

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I want to do this because I am moving to vegas for an extended period of time (a few years or until I go broke and have to get a real job),

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Now I'm even more confused. If you are going to LIVE in the mecca of poker, why do you need to stop along the way to play poker? This is like me going out of my way to stop at every McDonald's and Taco Bell on my way to a fantastic buffet where I plan on stuffing my face.

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and adding a little income along the way....

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I don't suppose you've entertained the thought that you are probably more likely to LOSE money along the way playing poker than you are to win?

Whatever the case, I wish you a good trip, sir. Colorado is nice.

If you come through the south, then Sandia in Albuquerque has some great games. Plus they are opening the hotel up on 1 Dec. Suppose to be very nice

[pipster]

The reason for stopping along the way instead of going directly to the Meca of Poker by the quickest possible route is simply for entertainment value. I enjoy new places, new people, new casinos, new games, etc... so if I am driving by them I might as well stop and see something new.

As for losing money instead of winning. That could happen no matter where I was playing, but I win more often than I lose... so it is +EV to stop and play poker instead of driving [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[surfinillini]

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The reason for stopping along the way instead of going directly to the Meca of Poker by the quickest possible route is simply for entertainment value. I enjoy new places, new people, new casinos, new games, etc... so if I am driving by them I might as well stop and see something new.

As for losing money instead of winning. That could happen no matter where I was playing, but I win more often than I lose... so it is +EV to stop and play poker instead of driving [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I like your style pipster, you sound a like lot me. When I got to Vegas the week after I graduated I got stupid, I drank a lot with friends and pissed a lot of poker money away by playing -EV games which I now have not played since.

Stick to poker, play well and be disciplined.

I myself am thinking of moving to vegas come March next year...good luck with everything.

-surf

[CEE]

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NORTHERN ROUTE
Tunica
St. Louis
Kansas City

[Option 1: Harrah's Praire Band, near Topeka, KS]

[Option 2: Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha)
Now you've got a bit of a gap without getting outrageously north
Deadwood, SD]

Colorado
Vegas

SOUTHERN ROUTE
Tunica
Shreveport
Oklahoma (several new ones)
little bit of a gap
Albuquerque (Sandia is quite nice)
Vegas


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This sounds like my kind of trip! I've visited all 50 states, mostly due to work, and have recently started to try to play poker in as many as possible... I would also propose a far northern route:

Gary (Chicago) -- several
Minneapolis - Canterbury
North Dakota - Deadwood
Montana's dealers choice bar room games (really unique experience)
Jackpot, NV (has poker? this is the ID/NV border)
Mesquite, NV (Utah/NV border)

On the southern route, you should also consider
Shreveport, LA - a couple
Phoenix, AZ (huge rooms)
even Tucson has a small room.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

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NORTHERN ROUTE
Tunica
St. Louis
Kansas City

[Option 1: Harrah's Praire Band, near Topeka, KS]

[Option 2: Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha)
Now you've got a bit of a gap without getting outrageously north
Deadwood, SD]

Colorado
Vegas

SOUTHERN ROUTE
Tunica
Shreveport
Oklahoma (several new ones)
little bit of a gap
Albuquerque (Sandia is quite nice)
Vegas


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This sounds like my kind of trip! I've visited all 50 states, mostly due to work, and have recently started to try to play poker in as many as possible... I would also propose a far northern route:

Gary (Chicago) -- several
Minneapolis - Canterbury
North Dakota - Deadwood
Montana's dealers choice bar room games (really unique experience)
Jackpot, NV (has poker? this is the ID/NV border)
Mesquite, NV (Utah/NV border)

On the southern route, you should also consider
Shreveport, LA - a couple
Phoenix, AZ (huge rooms)
even Tucson has a small room.

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Add Turtle Lake, WI to the Northern Route.

sorry, guess the link would have been helpful.
http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-room/