My local casino (Hoosier Park, Anderson, IN) finally got some poker tables. The casino has been open close to a year now, and all they had (until last weekend) was Slot machines, electronic roulette and electronic blackjack. I don’t play any of those games.
Finally they got a poker room. The only “bad” part is that they are all electronic tables. We are not allowed to have any live cards in Indiana yet. So I made my first trip today to try out the ePoker.
Right now the casino has four ePoker tables. Today only one of them had any players, and it was the .50/1.00 game. That was fine for me because I wouldn’t want to play any higher stakes until I have a feel for the electronic experience. The min buyin was $30 and the max was $150. I bought in for $40 and ended up cashing out about an hour later for $61.25. I was just happy to walk out of there ahead at all.
They claim that these eTables are supposed to be just like playing live, but I don’t really feel like they are. People don’t react the same way, and therefor there aren’t as many tells around. At least that’s how I felt. The gameplay was pretty smooth and it was really easy to learn how to use the machine. I’m sure I will be back soon, but only because I don’t have any other options around here.
All in all I give the experience about a 6/10.
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