Firelake Grand Website Want to review the Firelake Grand Casino? Write something up, email me here ... ken@wichitapokerreview.com Central Oklahoma Poker Room Tournament Calendar (Oklahoma City & Central Oklahoma) (03-11-07) I recently visited the Firelake Grand casino, and found it to be the most Vegas-like of any of the Oklahoma casino’s I’ve seen. It is large, for Oklahoma, small by Vegas standards and shames other Oklahoma casino’s by comparison. I played in a Seven Card Stud Twisted Tuesday poker game. They had 4 tables of players and finished in the middle of the pack. The next day I played in the first table that opened up a $3/$6 Limit Hold-em. I found the table too tight to overcome the rake. I’ve read repeated that winning at low stakes limit hold-em is very hard because rake, as a percentage of the pot is higher than with higher limit games. I also tend to think that people playing at 10:00 am, in the first game of the day are very good poker players, and thus better to avoid. If given a choice next time I will wait for the second table as it more likely to be a loose game with bad players. Firelake News There is another casino in Shawnee called the Firelake, which has only one poker table. Link to Firelake here. Poker Terminology - Freeze Out – a poker tournament that does not permit re-buys.

Firelake Grand Casino The Firelake Grand Casino is located at 777 Grand Casino Blvd. (Exit 178 on I-40) Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804 (405-96-GRAND). Shawnee is 30 miles east of Oklahoma City. Take I-40 east out of Oklahoma City, then exit 178. The Firelake Grand has 8 poker tables, and offers the following poker tournaments. No Limit Holdem Play every Sunday. The buy-in is $120. Registration starts at 12 p.m. and the tournament starts at 2 p.m. They are temporarily offering an additional bonus prize of $1,000 if more than 20 people play. No Limit Hold-em Play every Monday & Tuesday. The buy-in is $50. Registration starts at 9 a.m., and the tournament starts at 11 a.m. No Re-buys. No Add-ons. Twisted Tuesday Poker Play every Tuesday. The buy-in is $50. Registration starts at 5 p.m., and the tournament starts at 7:30 p.m. No Re-buys. No Add-ons. They are temporarily offering an additional bonus prize of $1,000 if more than 40 people play. The game rotates each week between Hold-em, Omaha, & Seven card stud. No Limit Hold-em Play every Wednesday. The buy-in is $50. Registration starts at 2 p.m., and the tournament starts at 4 p.m. No Re-buys. No Add-ons. Ladies Only No Limit Hold-em Play every Wednesday. The buy-in is $30. Registration starts at 5 p.m., and the tournament starts at 7 p.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Thursday. The buy-in is $30. Registration starts at 9 a.m., and the tournament starts at 11 a.m. Jack & Jill Couples No Limit Hold-em Play every Thursday. The buy-in is $40. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m., and the tournament starts at 7:30 p.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Friday. The buy-in is $50. Registration starts at 12 a.m., and the tournament starts at 2 a.m. Friday Morning. Bounty No Limit Hold-em Play every Saturday. The buy-in is $70. Registration starts at 2 p.m., and the tournament starts at 4 p.m. No Re-buys. Add-on is $30. They are temporarily offering an additional bonus prize of $500 if more than 20 people play. For every player you eliminate you win $30. © 2005-7 Wichita Poker Review