I’ve been a fairly regular visitor to Cherokee’s poker room for the last few years and, for the most part, it has been a very positive experience. But they recently changed the format of all their daily tournaments to what is a very aggressive blind structure, trying to keep the duration of tournaments to as short a time as possible.
It has pretty much turned them into nothing more than crapshoots, and has really reduced the enjoyment and the incentive to play in these tournaments.
On the other side of the coin, they have added high hand and bad beat jackpots, which has made the cash games a lot more interesting, although the house rake of $8 max/hand is a little out of line, considering the lack of comped drinks. I guess being the only poker room within a 350 mile radius lets the house set the rules any way they want. It could be worse. It could be better.
Harrah's Cherokee
- Phone:
- (828) 497-8284
- Poker Tables:
- 32 Tables
- Hours:
- Closed (10:00am - 6:00am)
- Minimum Age:
- 21
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