Hard Rock Tulsa opens its all new poker room

Hard Rock Tulsa opens its all new poker room
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino opened its brand new poker room last month. I spent the last two nights checking it out and playing NLHE. In short: the new poker room is a contender for the best poker room in Tulsa.

Northeast Oklahoma poker rooms

Last year I made up a list of the poker rooms in northeast Oklahoma. This year, a few rooms closed and others went through renovations, so I updated the list.

Northeast Oklahoma poker rooms
Are you a poker player visiting northeast Oklahoma? Or perhaps you're a regular at one casino and want to try a new location...

Another Oklahoma casino closes its poker room

Another Oklahoma casino closes its poker room
Choctaw casino in McAlester has closed its poker room.

River Spirit modifies its poker tournament schedule

River Spirit modifies its poker tournament schedule
A new tournament schedule has been implemented at River Spirit casino in Tulsa. All of the events are now open to everyone to enter (the men's, women's and senior's tournaments have been discontinued)...

River Spirit announces $15K freeroll tournaments

River Spirit gives you an added incentive to accumulate hours in their poker room.

River Spirit announces $15K freeroll tournaments

Tulsa poker players have an added incentive to choose the River Spirit casino as their venue for the months of May, June, and July. The River Spirit poker room is rewarding its players with a monthly $15K freeroll. To qualify, players must log 40 hours of live play during each qualification period. The top 15 players in tournament points during each qualification period also qualify. Each freeroll tournament is scheduled for the second Saturday following the end of each qualfication period.

First week of live grinding complete ... recap and goals for week 2

I completed my first week of live grinding.
I played 6 of 7 days, posted 4 wins and 2 losses.
I played in 2 different casinos, and now know for certain which has the best games.
I played both $1/$2 NLHE and $3/$6 LHE.
Playing LHE, I lost $213.
Playing NLHE, I won $1293.
Altogether, I worked a total of 28.75 hours and won $1080. ($37.57/hr)

What I did right:
I chose games with the fewest regulars, whenever I could.
I was all in with the best hand 10 out of 13 times in heads-up pots.
I quit early on Friday night after being card dead for 2 hours and getting no respect for my preflop raises. Could have changed tables but wasn't in a positive frame of mind, so I quit.
Did not play scared.
Developed reads and went with them (was wrong only twice--that I know of).
Somehow managed to get seats directly to the left of maniacs on a regular basis.
Effectively exploited maniacs with a call-call-raise/shove line.

What I did wrong/need to work on:
I called too liberally with speculative hands OOP.
I failed to 3-bet preflop with hands that play best heads-up (i.e., AK, AQs, 88-JJ).
C-bet the turn too often after getting called on the flop.
Flatted too many c-bets (in raise/fold situations) and gave too many free cards.
Played too fit or fold without the initiative.
Betting too small on the turn and river.
Not bluffing in good spots for it.

I have a lot of non-poker projects that are going to get in the way of my felt hours next week, so I'm setting a goal of 20 hours for poker, and to move as many items as possible from the "work on" list to the "did right" list.
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Guidelines to tipping in live poker rooms

Guidelines to tipping in live poker rooms

With many new poker players visiting Tulsa's casino poker rooms, some for the first time in a live setting, I've noticed some confusion (and a wide variety of methods) regarding what is customary when it comes to tipping dealers and cashiers. As someone who has played live poker for over five years, I thought I might share my guidelines for tipping. If you're new to the live poker scene, and unsure what a normal tip should be, perhaps this article will help.

New articles: Northeast Oklahoma poker rooms

I contacted all 42 casinos in northeast Oklahoma to find out who has a poker room, how many tables, and general info about the cash games they typically have and what their daily tournament schedule is.  Put it all together and it ran a little long, so I split it into two articles.  If you're going out of town or from out of town, these are the nearby venues for poker.

Alphabetical by city:
Part 1 - Northeast Oklahoma poker rooms (A - R)
Part 2 - Northeast Oklahoma poker rooms (S - Z)

Cheers!

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Tulsa Hard Rock poker room review articles

Published a couple articles covering the Hard Rock - Tulsa poker room.  One for the poker room and one for their tournament schedule.

Ante up in the Hard Rock poker room
Poker tournaments at the Hard Rock

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