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Want to review Southwind
Casino? Write something up, email me here ... ken@wichitapokerreview.com Northeast Oklahoma Poker Room Tournament
Calendar NO LIMit hold-em guidelines No Limit hold-em is
defined both by blind structure and table maximums and minimums. No Limit $1/$2
($100/$200), has a small blind of $1, a big blind of $2. Players must bring, at least a minimum of
$100 or at most a maximum of $200 to the table. No Limit $2/$5
($200/$400), has a small blind of $2, a big blind of $5. Players must bring, at least a minimum of
$200 or at most a maximum of $400 to the table. Limit Hold-em Guidelines Limit Hold-em is defined
by the betting limits. For example Limit $3/$6 has a small
blind (sb) of $1, the big blind (bb) $3.
To bet or raise before or on the flop the bet is $3. To bet or raise after the flop is $6. Limit $3/$6 is a lower
limit than most casino’s like to play.
I have seen the occasional $2/$4 game at the Luxor Poker room in Limit $4/$8 has a small
blind of $2, big blind of $4. To bet
or raise before or on the flop the bet is $4.
To bet or raise after the flop is $8. Limit $4/$8 is more
common, it can be found at any poker room in Las Vegas and is a standard
low-limit poker game. Locally it can
be found at Harrah’s Prairie Band – Topeka,
Harrah’s |
Southwind Casino is located
at 5640
North La Cann Drive, Newkirk, OK 74647 Phone: (580) 362-2578. The Southwind Casino is a
small Native American casino just east of Newkirk The Southwind casino has
recently completed its new poker room.
Other parts of the casino remain under construction. The Poker playing area is located in the
center of the room, and they have 8 poker tables available. (They currently have only 6 poker dealers)
The tables are smoke free, and drink free. They usually offer $3-$6
limit In my experience, they
usually have 2 games going, one of limit and one of no limit. Tournament Poker Schedule No Limit Hold-em
(06-01-06) A report from R. K.
I visited Kaw Southwind Casino May 26 and was pleasantly
surprised to see that not only was it open but 4-5 tables were running.
It appears they have 8-9 tables with blackjack tables set up in the middle of
poker area. They are spreading hand shuffled $3-6 limit and I
believe $1-2 NL, although someone mentioned they do have $2-$5 NL at times. The room is in the center
of the most southeastern of the new metal buildings. It is best to park
in the new south lot, which can get you a ride to the casino on a golf
cart. Finding the room from within the rest of the casino is confusing
so ask for help. I did not find rules posted and they do not have a bad
beat jackpot. The biggest barrier to making money is most players
only bought in for small amounts. Fortunately the bust-outs were filled
quicker than at Harrah's Prairie Band so money did keep coming to the table.
Pit Boss said weekday
play has been good since they opened, not just the weekend. Rake
appears to remain at 10% up to $3. They shut the tables down 15 minutes
before the casino closed at 2am. Openness made it not as smoky as in
the bingo hall but there are no drink tables and they don't use cup
holders. Enjoyable place to play. (02-26-06) A report from J. H. I just got back from Kaw Nation Casino, it
is now called Southwind Casino. There
are a lot of signs in town showing how to get there. It is 1 mile east of the
one traffic light in Newkirk The bingo
was going on, so the 4 poker tables were just shoved together in the corner.
I asked the guard standing nearest the door of the poker corner about their
poker. He said, once the new addition is open, March 15 is the date, there
will be 12 poker tables, along with several blackjack tables in there. The
hours will be longer, and days of the week will be extended. Now the poker is
Mon - Thu 4pm - 2am, Thursday 4pm - 4am. Phone number is 1-866-529-2464 and
internet is www.southwindcasino.com I hadn't
been there since last fall, food prices have doubled, but pop and coffee
is still free. There is a huge new metal building full of new slots. The
small metal building are still attached to the bingo hall with several more
slots. The other new large metal building is going to be where the poker
room will be. (12-19-05) A report from R. K.
I dropped into the Kaw Casino December 14th to see if, like I'd been
told, the new building would be open December 9. It wasn't, as I
expected. Just as T.G.'s September 9 review mentioned, and as it was
when I played over Thanksgiving, the poker area is in the corner of the bingo
parlor...playing Monday through Thursday. Arriving at 8 pm I sat at the
only $3-6 table, it was 6-handed while the lone NL table was 5
handed. I only stayed to play because each player had
$120-$250 in front of them so I figured there was money to be made. I
returned nearly $50 on my $80 investment in 2 hrs. Not a good place if
you can't handle smoke. Toke box fell off one of the cheapo tables
while I was playing. I found the game to be pretty loose passive but
got stirred up when a yound NL player joined the fray when the NL table
broke. Solid players can make a couple of extra bucks here. Toke
appears to be about 10% up to $3. (09-09-05) A report from T. G. I went to Kaw Nation Casino
last night. They have 4 tables but only had 2 in use when I got there
around 9:30 p.m. Both were near full. One was a 3-6 table with $30 buy-in
(typical buy-in amount for this table). They also had a no-limit table which
I didn't play and I don't know the buy-in. It's typically $100.
There are no signs telling you where to turn in Newkirk so you have to know
where to go otherwise you wouldn't know it's there. The casino is a bunch of
trailers connected together to make one big maze of slots and card
tables. Although it looks like a hole in the wall place when u first
get there. They've done what they can to make it pretty nice
inside. The poker tables are located in the far corner of the bingo
room, which is why there is no poker on weekends. The guy in charge
last night did say they plan to expand to a bigger variety of poker tables
once things get rolling. They also have 2 blackjack tables. |
