Spotlight on: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort
I recently took a trip down to North Carolina to check out the new online poker tables at Harrah’s Cherokee casino. Now keep in mind that Cherokee is an all electric casino, so that means no real cards, no real dealers, and all the lights and glitz you’d get out of any Las Vegas Casino. After wandering aimlessly for a few hours with no luck in finding the poker online tables, I finally heard over the intercom Mr. X, your seat is ready at the 2-4 No Limit table. And I knew it was on. I asked a security guy where I could find these mythical (and so far non-existent) tables, and he pointed me to a little room in the back, the non-smoking casino. They happened to be in the room between the main room and the nonsmoking one. After some inquiry, I decided to try these tables out, so I dropped my minimum 100 dollar buy in (I always play short stack when I first sit down). Turned out, that was all I needed. The online poker tables were great, certified with an autoshuffler, and had the feel of a live game. You could get the tells from the facial gestures, and they were filled with tourists who looked to lose. So I patiently waited, fell in love with folding and finally caught a hand. KK. I had about 80 left from the blinds, and decided to move to raise. Immediately I got three callers. Oh this is bad, I don’ want that. But then after the flop I did. AKK. And everybody had an Ace. I don’t have to tell you the rest of the story, but my quads held, as I moved all in when another A hit the board giving whoever had an A a full house. And I got up, and walked away. So if you get the chance and love online poker, hit up Cherokee’s Casino, I promise you, the fish are always fresh and biting.
