Winstar Poker Room Review
Winstar is a big poker room. It is pretty much typical of any other poker room. Everything pretty much standard. Disadvantages: Little to no comps. I think you can get a maximum of $8 food comp every 24 hours, no matter how long or what stakes you play. $5 + $1 drop before the flop. It's called a bad beat jackpot drop, but it is not. The poker room here is a large and very impressive one, with 46 poker tables and 19,000 square feet of space. WinStar takes their poker seriously and you’ll find all the action you can handle right here. There’s a restaurant right in the poker room to take care of your dining needs as well.
I went for a second time for the Saturday $175 deep stack tournament.The room is smoke free and the game play was just what you want in a good stake, half hour blind level game. The majority of the players were older me with a splash of other different players. The game itself was such that I was shorstacked once the antes kicked in but still managed to play from 11 am to almost 6 pm. It's a hike to get there from Houston but it well worth it for a road trip or a spontaneous go round. The weekday games were good as well. Saturday's game boasted 157 players and a $6K first prize. I played a couple Thursday $65 buyin games with 89 players in the afternoon and 49 players in the evening session. It's a good room that accommodates where possible.
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Gameplay: some aggression, but a steady game just the same. Not a donk fest at all. Most players are locals and are familiar with each other and the dealers.
Atmosphere: good with non smoking and tvs surrounding the room. Not loud except for directors calling for players.
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They also have self serve beverage areas.
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Same poor management, very poorly run room! Regulars just hop around from game to game, without ever getting on the change list, can't blame em, if you bother 1 of the 4-6-8 board people, supposed to be floors but you'll rarely see them on the floor, they are very rude! The regs rat hole chips constantly. The dealers are good, but there's only so much they should have to do. Your supposed to get comps for playing but again you have to 'bother' 1 of the many board runners and they clearly don't like that!