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| 2009 The Wild Goose is still going strong with great tournaments, live play & table games. They hosted another ladies tournament for us in June and everyone had a great time. The have the best selection of tournaments with WSOP, Satellites for the Pendleton Round-up, Bounty, Freerolls, you name it they have it. Still our favorite place to play. 2008 FYI The Wild Goose has a great new chef and their food is wonderful. We highly recommend the Smokey Mountain Broil with tenderloin medallions. Yum! We have been to the Wild Goose several times this year for their Free Roll Tournaments. They have Free Rolls on Monday and Thursday nights now. The average number of players is about 60. They are always full of excitement and have good prize pools (usually over $1000). The management also added another poker table so if you get knocked out you can play live poker. The Wild Goose is still our favorite place to play. 2007 The Wild Goose is our home town Casino so.....we might be a bit biased. This is the first casino we dared venture into to play Texas Hold 'Em. The Management & staff welcomed us by making us feel comfortable & helping us out as beginning players. The biggest surprise I think were the other customers. We weren't sure how the guys were going to accept women at their tables. A lot of the guys who play every day (Kenny, Brent, Rick, Wayne, Kerry, etc.) took us under their expert "wings" to help us out too. If you are a bit intimidated about playing at a casino, the Wild Goose is the place to start and continue playing at. The management at the Wild Goose will do everything to make your visit enjoyable. ******* P.S. The Wild Goose hosted a Ladies Satellite in October for the Ladies event in Pendleton! WOW!!! The event was a great success and the people at the Goose once again went above & beyond for the women. They came up with some great additional prizes like an entertainment center, computer desk, & cooler. They went so far as to serve us warm chocolate chip cookies. It doesn't get any better than that. Every woman walked away feeling like they had been treated like VIPs. Thanks again to the Wild Goose for proving they are the best place to play. |
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| 2009 Finally got over to Legends and the Ladies Tournament in June. We had 2 full tables and as always it was a good time. It added to the fun that Diane took home first and a good prize pool. Legends still hosts the Ladies tournament every second Saturday of the month at 6:00pm. 2008 Legends Casino is still holding their women's Texas Hold'em tournaments once a month. They are a great chance to get together with other good female poker players and test your skill or luck. The buy-in is reasonable and you even get dinner with the tournament. The prize pool isn't bad either. It is the best bet locally if you want to play a Ladies tournament. The casino has a lot to offer in give-aways and big money. Great selection of gaming tables and slot machines. 2007 Legends is the largest of the Casinos in our area. We've made several trips over to play in their regular Ladies Texas Hold 'Em Tournament held the 2nd Saturday of every month. We really enjoy the tournament & the ladies who play. The competition is good and the prize pool is the highest around for women. A nice touch is that they serve you lunch if you enter the tournament. We recently met April who we believe runs the poker room. She is very interested in creating some special events for women poker players. She knows her poker and is a good player herself. We recommend the ladies tournament at Legends and encourage other women to stop and talk with April about what they might like to see offered at Legends. |
| 2007 We've made the trip to Pendleton twice. The 1st time we went on a Wednesday night to play in their Ladies Tournament. WOW! They have a ton of players and a ton of re-buys. If you go be prepared to pay a lot ($80-$150). That said it was still a lot of fun but I couldn't do it on a regular basis. Their prize pools are HUGE to say the least. The other time we went, Michelle and I both had seats to the Ladies Roundup Event. If you ever get the chance it is well worth it and the chance of a lifetime if you only play locally. Michelle and I both sat at tables with pro players like Linda Johnson - The First Lady of Poker & Korina Jett. There were 227 women in the event. I went out around 70th and Michelle finished 36th. It was so much fun and we hope to go again. They are very friendly, give out prizes during the tournament, serve dinner, & host a seminar for the women. We recommend the Roundups for everyone, not just the ladies. |
| 2009 Update - there are no more Thursday night Ladies Tournaments that the Caribbean. 2008 Still haven't ever heard a word from management......so we haven't been back and don't plan on it. We did hear a rumor from a reliable source that they banned someone from their casino for 30 days because they told some other players they were going to a different casino to play a tournament. Sounds like the same bad business policies are in force from the management. 2007 It is with regret that we post our First & Only negative review of an area Casino. To give you a bit of background Michelle and I are committed to supporting and encouraging more events for women poker players. That is why we created this site in the first place. All of the Casinos except the Caribbean have been supportive & understand that the more women who feel comfortable playing at a Casino the more profits for ALL casinos. We headed to the Caribbean to play in their Ladies Tournament. We were excited about finally getting a chance to go and play. We signed up and started talking to 3 of the women about the Satellite for the Pendleton Tournament. We gave the date, time, & place on a small slip of paper. Immediately security came over and said we could not solicit for another Casino. We explained that we do not work for the other Casino & that we are just out to promote women's poker. We apologized & said we would not hand out any more information. A few minutes later I saw Michelle talking to someone from the casino. I went over and she told me they were KICKING US OUT!!! The next words I heard were from the Caribbean security who said, "we are going to have to ask you to leave." We (2 grandma's) were escorted to the door by security. We talked to several women a few weeks later and they talked about the incident the whole tournament (actually giving the Satellite more attention than if we had stayed) & about how foolish it was to kick us out. The information in no way took money away from the Caribbean because they did NOT have a women's event the night of the Satellite & they DON'T offer any women's satellites. We wrote a letter to the Caribbean & gave them over 2 weeks to respond before we posted this review in case it was an over- zealous staff person and not the opinion of the management. We have not heard a word so we can only ascertain that this unfortunate incident took place with the management's approval. Needless to say the Caribbean is our WORST pick for area casinos & we encourage people to play somewhere else! |
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| 2008 We headed to the Wildhorse again in April for the Spring Poker Roundup. Michelle and I only played the women's tournament. There were 180 players and I went out 29th (only 11 more places and I would have been in the money. We saw lots of friends at the tournament from Portland, Wenatchee, & Yakima. Barb & Bonnie were there too. Barb did the best in the Ladies Tourney and went out about 25th and Bonnie placed 2nd in the H.O.R.S.E. |
| 2007 From the moment we walked into Diamondback's we felt welcomed. Every few minutes the staff would come by and ask if we needed anything. I asked one of the dealers who was walking by a question while Michelle was playing live poker and she spent some time with me explaining how their Texas Hold 'em tournaments worked. I didn't play because it was a $4/$8 table and the stakes were higher than I was used to at the live game. Entry fees and Buy-Ins are a little higher at Diamondback's if that is what you are looking for. The staff was exceptional and made us feel taken care of. |
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| SNOQUALMIE CASINO SNOQUALMIE, WA |
| 2009 Diane and I had a chance to visit a casino we hadn’t been to before – the Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie Washington. We had heard a lot about them, and I am happy to say they lived up to every good thing we had heard. The casino itself is beautiful, the setting is stunning, the food (we had the buffet) was outstanding, and we were very impressed by the warm, friendly greeting we received the moment we walked into the casino. They do their best to make you feel welcome. We played in their Saturday morning No Limit Tournament. The buy-in was $60, we got $4,000 chips to play with, and we started with around 70 players. They paid to 10th place, but still had a healthy prize pool. We thought they had a very good structure for the tournament, and it is very well run. I would like to make it back for the Sunday morning tournament which has the same basic structure except that you can also win a $10 bounty for each player you knock out. My understanding is that the Sunday morning tournament fills up even faster than the Saturday one does, so if you do want to play it, you need to arrive at least an hour early to sign up. I went out about half way through, Diane stayed in and got 7th place, so she paid for both our buy-ins and still made a profit. I played some live poker at one of their $2/$5 No Limit tables for a very short time, but still managed to be up some when I left the table. Over all, we would love to visit the Snoqualmie Casino again, and we do highly recommend it for both live play and for the tournaments. |
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