Tampa Greyhound Track to open poker room
Good news, Tampa Bay poker players: We'll soon have one more place to get frustrated in when the sweet oldy lady in Seat 9 drags in a monster pot with 7-3 offsuit even though it was capped on every street and she as distracted by betting "the cute little No 6 to win the third race": Tampa Greyhound Track.
As Times correspondent Don Jensen reported in this morning's St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Greyhound Track and Derby Lane will move to year-round racing beginning July 1. (They formerly swapped live racing seasons). Tampa Greyhound Track will open a 30-table poker room. (When? Story didn't say). The effect on Derby Lane from a poker perspective is minimal, since its poker room has been open year-round for the past couple of years under an agreement with Tampa Greyhound Track.
That means the Tampa Bay area will soon have four year-round, land-based cardrooms: Derby Lane in St. Petersburg, Tampa Greyhound Track in Tampa, One-Eyed Jack's at Sarasota Kennel Club and the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. Pending action in the Florida Legislature, the Silks Card Room at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar offers poker on a limited schedule from December to May.
And offshore, the Treasure Island Casino Cruz offers higher-stakes poker, and the Casino Royale ship is expected to begin sailing this summer with a poker room.
With Tampa Greyhound Track's pending opening, seems like a good time to survey our local listeners, and those who have visited, on which room you like best, and what things you'd like seen done differently. I know Sam Minutello from One-Eyed Jack's and Patrick Murphy from Silks Card Room gander at this blog sometimes, so there's a good chance your suggestions will be heard.
- SCOTT
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
I don't think you want to walk around that neighborhood after dark. Bring your knife/gun/running shoes.
Posted by: New Scott | March 31, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Would love to see how many people would like to see the Horse Track open year round as well?
2 daily Multi table tournements start with 5000 units as of April 1st.
No juice on all weekdays $35 entry and $40 the rest of the time. 3 and 5 table tournament daily.
Player buffet nightly and single table tourmanents all day (paying 3 spots)
With the potential of a year round schedule comes a new spacious room with even more ammentities.
So please let me know how many of you would like to see this on a daily basis rather than just 94 live racing days from Dec-May? email me at thesilks@tampabaydowns.com
Director of Poker Operations
Silks Card Room
Patrick Murphy
P.S. thanks to the guys (Scott&Chris) from AnteUp for the open forum
Posted by: Patrick Murphy | March 31, 2007 at 12:43 PM
As for me I live about 3 miles from the track. I would love to see the Silks open year round.
Posted by: New Scott | March 31, 2007 at 04:39 PM
Patrick -
I just emailed, having poker at TBD year-round would be great.
Also I like the no-juice / low-juice tournaments, and the single tables paying three spots.
Scott-
As for the Survey, right now my choice is Derby because it is the closest and I also like the single $2 blind structure.
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I should update my review: http://bitguru.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/tampa-casino-tour/
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