Poker Road Trips

Mon - Thursday 4pm-2am

Fri  4pm-4am

Sat 2pm - 4pm

Sun 2pm- 2am          

They’ve opened a buffet at Paradise Casino near Red Rock, Ok, between Ponca City and Stillwater.

That means the snack bar with the $1 hotdogs and $2 hamburgers and BBQ sandwiches is gone.

They stioll sell hot dogs at the bar but they are $2 now and they don’t have the fresh chopped onion for garnish anymore, just those plastic packs of relish.

The buffet is $10 and I didn’t eat but looking in didn’t show much of a selection.  The buffet is cheaper at lunch, but the poker games don’t start until evening.

The last time I was in El Reno somebody asked me if I knew anything about poker in Ponca City (not far from where I live).  I didn’t, but have since seen a sign on hiway 177 south of Stillwater advertising hold’em and PLO being spread at Paradise Casino near Ponca City.  Ponca City is just a little bit north of Stillwater.

So, Monday night I took a drive up to Ponca City.  Paradise Casino is easy to find.  The table games room is not so easy to find, but I found it.  The casino is something of a maze, a former bingo hall with slots added, food added, everything with cheaply constructed building additions, kind of like a trailer house that has a bunch of sheds tacked on as extra bedrooms.

When I found the table games room (In Oklahoma the permits needed for poker are the same as permits needed for blackjack) there was no poker.  Half dozen blackjack tables and some slots.

I asked and was told they’re planning on spreading Texas Hold’em in mid-July.

Stay tuned, I guess.