Ameristar - Vicksburg, MS - Opening May 23rd

[Landlord79]

Does anyone have any details on the games and room details of the new Ameristar room? Any player's comps or perks?

I'd love to go over there this weekend, but my wife's bday is on the 24th. Maybe next weekend.

[carddown]

I got a card in the mail saying that they'd have a 9 table room, spreading
"a variety of popular games such as Texas Hold'em, 7-card Stud and Omaha Split."
No indication of the limits, though. The other card room in town has 3/6 LHE and 2/5 NLHE, I'd expect the same and am hoping for a 1/2 or 1/3 NLHE game to build the NL player base.

They haven't really advertised the room yet beyond sending out an email and the card I mentioned. There's an ad in the weekend section of the newspaper, but it only mentions the expanded parking from the new parking garage. Hopefully they won't keep the new room a secret from the public at large. There are a gazilion players in the area. If they run a good room, they'll need way more than just 9 tables!

[Landlord79]

Ameristar - Vicksburg, MS - any updates? - Two Plus Two Poker Forum

2p2 link for the Ameristar Vicksburg, MS

[carddown]

Nice variety of games on their opening night:
LHE at 3/6 and 4/8 (total of 5 tables)
NLHE at 1/2 (1) and 2/5 (3)
limit Omaha 8 at 5/10 (1)
and Sunday they had 7 Card Stud spread 1-5

This casino has not had a Poker room in about 8 years, and some of the regular customers will sometimes sit down to give it a try, especially at the limit games. They just pour a rack (or two) on to the table and then move on. This happened once while I was playing Stud and twice while playing the 1/2 NL game.

The room is similar in size to the Horseshoe in Bossier City, but so far has only 9 tables. It will be interesting to see how busy they are during the week, but so far the weekend action looks pretty strong. There were some snags on opening night, as half their staff are Poker room rookies. The operation should tighten up soon and I think it will shape up to be a top flight room.

I'll post an update after my next visit later this week.

[carddown]

Missed the weekend traffic, but I'm told it was big. Jumping both on Friday and Saturday night and that they'd had two 5/10 NL games going in addition to the 2/5 games.

It looked pretty played out early Sunday afternoon, but was building back up when I left that evening. I had nice little session and win.

Best news, the new end of the casino is open, which means there is nearby access to the new elevators, and more importantly, restrooms.

Still having problems moving the list though. I'd recommend calling ahead an hour before arrival and remaining vigilant once you are there, and when you see an open seat, ask for it.

[Landlord79]

Ameristar Vicksburg

My review of the Ameristar Vicksburg.

[carddown]

There may be more coming, but for now Ameristar Vicksburg has a NL tournament Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. The total buy-in is $70. I haven't played it yet, but have heard good things about the structure and format.