Back from WHIRLWIND vacation........
Took off last TUESDAY morning from Tampa and traveled all the way to Niagra Falls and was back in Tampa on MONDAY morning........six days exactly.
The trip turned into much more of a sightseeing tour than a gambling trip, even though I visited three casinos in West Virginia, one in Pennsylvania, and two in New York.
First, my thoughts from a gamblers perspective.
NO LIMIT POKER was and could be very profitable in all the casinos that I visited that had pokerrooms(Penn room only one that didnt have poker). The lowest rake was $4 in the NY casinos and they also offered 60 cents per hour in comp. On the other hand, the WV rooms took $5 rake and comped on 25-40 cents per hour of play. Every game that I played in on the trip I found myself being one of the top 1-3 players at the table...........which was good to see. Because of time restraints, I was only able to log about 15 hours total in the 5 rooms that I visited. For the majority of the time played, I was card dead about as much as one could be, but still managed to show a profit. My two favorite rooms were Seneca Casino near Jamestown NY and Mountaineer Racetrack in West Virginia. All in all, really enjoyed the rooms in all five locations.
Was only able to find a couple good machine plays, one in Pennsylvania and one at Niagra Falls casino. Will just cut to the chase here as I don't to reveal to much, but after being stuck 1,800 bucks on one play, managed to fight my way back to the point of only being down a tad over 100 bucks..........for the trip overall, I lost a tad on machines. Again, time restraints kept me from grinding out a profit. All in all, I was just glad to find a couple beatable machines on the trip.
Sightseeing........Wow, seen and vistited so many interesting places dont know where to begin and dont have the time to elaborate on them, but will list them..........
Savanah GA. downtown area....cool.
Gamecocks football stadium in South Carolina.
Ohio River Valley in Ohio/W.Virginia
Downtown Cleveland.........fantastic downtown area, spent about 9 hours here which included attending a Tribe game vs. the ChiSox, seeing the DawgPound, and attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My friend is the bullpen coach for the Tribe so he took good care of me by providing tickets to the game and access to the executive club where I spent time with friends and family of the players.
Jamestown NY---one of the most beautiful lakes you will ever see is located near here, Chautauqua Lake! Also, this is the hometown of Lucille Ball, and more importantly, my girlfriend and most of her family. Needless to say, had a great time here.
NFL HALL OF FAME in Canton........sent chills down my spine.
Ralph Willson Staduim, home of the Buffalo Bills..........cool!
Niagara Falls.......you can imagine.
Struthers, Ohio...........this is a town located in the Youngstown area that was named after my great great grandfather who was one of the first to reside here.
That wraps it up...........
FH
PS--Will be travelling to either Biloxi or back to NY next week........stay tuned.
The trip turned into much more of a sightseeing tour than a gambling trip, even though I visited three casinos in West Virginia, one in Pennsylvania, and two in New York.
First, my thoughts from a gamblers perspective.
NO LIMIT POKER was and could be very profitable in all the casinos that I visited that had pokerrooms(Penn room only one that didnt have poker). The lowest rake was $4 in the NY casinos and they also offered 60 cents per hour in comp. On the other hand, the WV rooms took $5 rake and comped on 25-40 cents per hour of play. Every game that I played in on the trip I found myself being one of the top 1-3 players at the table...........which was good to see. Because of time restraints, I was only able to log about 15 hours total in the 5 rooms that I visited. For the majority of the time played, I was card dead about as much as one could be, but still managed to show a profit. My two favorite rooms were Seneca Casino near Jamestown NY and Mountaineer Racetrack in West Virginia. All in all, really enjoyed the rooms in all five locations.
Was only able to find a couple good machine plays, one in Pennsylvania and one at Niagra Falls casino. Will just cut to the chase here as I don't to reveal to much, but after being stuck 1,800 bucks on one play, managed to fight my way back to the point of only being down a tad over 100 bucks..........for the trip overall, I lost a tad on machines. Again, time restraints kept me from grinding out a profit. All in all, I was just glad to find a couple beatable machines on the trip.
Sightseeing........Wow, seen and vistited so many interesting places dont know where to begin and dont have the time to elaborate on them, but will list them..........
Savanah GA. downtown area....cool.
Gamecocks football stadium in South Carolina.
Ohio River Valley in Ohio/W.Virginia
Downtown Cleveland.........fantastic downtown area, spent about 9 hours here which included attending a Tribe game vs. the ChiSox, seeing the DawgPound, and attending the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My friend is the bullpen coach for the Tribe so he took good care of me by providing tickets to the game and access to the executive club where I spent time with friends and family of the players.
Jamestown NY---one of the most beautiful lakes you will ever see is located near here, Chautauqua Lake! Also, this is the hometown of Lucille Ball, and more importantly, my girlfriend and most of her family. Needless to say, had a great time here.
NFL HALL OF FAME in Canton........sent chills down my spine.
Ralph Willson Staduim, home of the Buffalo Bills..........cool!
Niagara Falls.......you can imagine.
Struthers, Ohio...........this is a town located in the Youngstown area that was named after my great great grandfather who was one of the first to reside here.
That wraps it up...........
FH
PS--Will be travelling to either Biloxi or back to NY next week........stay tuned.
