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Prairie Band Casino Prairie Band is located at 12305 150th Road, Mayetta KS 66509. They can be contacted at (785) 966-7777. My most recent visit to HPB occurred in June of 2007. I arrived around 4:30 pm on a Friday. It had been several years since my last visit. They had 3 poker games going, two games of 4-8 Limit Texas Hold-em and one game of 2-5 No Limit Texas Hold-em. I didn’t bring enough to play the NL so I sat down with $200 at the 4-8 Limit table. The play was pretty loose with 4-7 players seeing each flop. I played very tight and pretty much just watched the first hour. When I started playing I found that top pair, good kicker or over pair usually wouldn’t win, people stayed in on draws and frequently got paid off as a result. One of the poker books I’ve read says that to play limit you need a bankroll of 20 times the big blind for swings of winning and loosing. I failed to have that insurance and left after loosing a few hands. I will probably stick with Newkirk next time. (05-16-06) A report from R.K. Some news regarding Harrah's Prairie Band as of 4-23-06.  The poker room very recently swapped spots with the high limit slots, dropping to 4 tables in the process.  They still spread NL, $5-10 Omaha H/L (which people like to play because people think they have a better shot of hitting the bad beat jackpot), and $4-8 hold-em.  I've played in their Sunday NL re-buy tournaments twice in the past few weeks and, because of the low starting chips and 20-minute rounds, it quickly becomes a luck not a skill game.  Check their website for their WSOP Satellite tournaments into Limit, Women's, Razz, and other events.  Lots of complaints about it being no-fold em hold em.  I disagree, other than it being fairly passive loose pre-flop unless you handle your position raises right.  Being shorthanded for dealers can backlog the wait list on weekends, especially Friday nights Poker Tournament Schedule General Tournament Rules Every tournament will have an optional $4.00 “Add-On” to the original buy-in. This goes to dealer tips, and gets extra chips. A tournament that starts players with $1,000 in chips will get $500 more for the $4. Registration starts 2 hours prior to tournament Start. Total Rewards Card, required to play. Blinds last 20 minutes. Chip start will vary with each tournament. No Limit Hold-em Play every Sunday. The buy-in is $25 + $4. Re-buy $20, add-on $20. The tournament starts at 10 a.m. Free buffet No Limit Hold-em Play every Monday. The buy-in is $30 + $4. No re-buy, no add-on. The tournament starts at 10 a.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Monday. (Except for the first Monday of the Month) The buy-in is $40 + $4. No Re-buy, No Add-on. The tournament starts at 6 p.m. No Limit Hold-em Play the first Monday of each month. The buy-in is $100 + $4. No re-buy, no add-on. The tournament starts at 10 a.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Tuesday. The buy-in is $40 + $4. No re-buy, no add-on. The tournament starts at 6 p.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Wednesday. The buy-in is $30 + $4. No re-buy, no add-on. The tournament starts at 12 p.m. Free buffet No Limit Hold-em Play every Thursday. The buy-in is $30 + $4. No re-buy, no add-on. The tournament starts at 10 a.m. No Limit Hold-em Play every Friday. The buy-in is $50 + $4. No Re-buy, Add-on $25. The tournament starts at 12 p.m. Free buffet. No Limit Hold-em Play every Saturday. The buy-in is $25 + $4. Re-buy $20, add-on $20. The tournament starts at 10 a.m. © 2006 Wichita Poker Review