By brad2002tj on April 17th, 2008 (more posts by author)

I was staying with my parents in DFW so we decided to head up to the Choctaw casino in Durant. My parents play the slots but I would have at least a couple hours to try out the poker room.

The casino is very smoky inside, but the poker room is smoke-free. They have burgers that seem to be free that you can fix yourself laying on a table in the room, buffet-style. The poker room manager has a modern computer setup outside the poker room where you put your name on the interest list. I signed up for 1/2 NL and after about 15 minutes they started a new table for me and the others that had signed up. The poker room is pretty middle of the road but probably more upscale than a typical tribe casino. Not as nice as Vegas rooms or Harrah's in New Orleans, but solid. The tables have auto shufflers and the dealers seem competent, although a bit "country." There isn't much for a hundred miles on either side of Durant, so this should be expected. The action went along well and I had no dealer problems during my 3 hours of play. I ended up around $140: it would have been more but I had 2 cooler hands that cost me around $100 total.

Overall the room is better than expected for a tribal casino and I am very likely to return when visiting the DFW area. I will also try out the Winstar Casino when I am in DFW next as it has a much larger poker room.