Maryland Poker Road Trip
We share an itinerary for a Maryland poker road trip, featuring Baltimore, DC, Annapolis and Western Maryland and including five different poker rooms.
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Texas Cash Poker Activity Analysis
Poker Pilgrims is happy to continue our Cash Poker Table Activity analysis. We recently completed collecting data on cash poker table activity in Texas. This was our final region requiring collection. So we now have coverage of cash poker activity throughout the United States. Our page with Texas cash poker activity is now live. Our…
Wind Creek Bethlehem Poker Room Review
On our return trip from Maryland to Massachusetts recently, we decided to circumvent our normal 95/New Jersey Turnpike route and instead drove inland on a less trafficky path. In doing so it just so happened that, the Wind Creek Bethlehem poker room came into our sights. Just a quick stop off Route 78 past Allentown,…
Hollywood Casino Perryville Poker Room Review
The Hollywood Casino Perryville poker room is a small poker room without the profile of other Maryland rooms such as Maryland Live! or MGM National Harbor. However, Perryville had an intriguing Sunday tournament (30-minute blinds!) when we were staying around Baltimore. So we headed up the road about an hour north of Baltimore to check…
Encore Boston Harbor Poker Room Review
We first visited Encore Boston Harbor poker room in 2019 shortly after it opened. At the time it boasted 72 poker tables, had a booming cash room, and ran regular tournaments. There were a few hitches from the start: long wait times to play, controversy and changing policies over the cost of the parking garage,…
Horseshoe Baltimore Poker Room Review
The Horseshoe Baltimore poker room is not as highly publicized as its neighbor 15 minutes south, Maryland Live! and it doesn’t have the buzz of the newer MGM Grand National Harbor. But Horseshoe’s status as a “downtown” casino, with access to other activities of a major city, was intriguing. Given the good value tournaments scheduled…
5 Great Gifts For Your Favorite Poker Player 2022
Disclosure: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links. However, we love all of the products and services listed here. We promise! For more information, see our Disclosure page. It’s that time of year again! Get ready to start thinking about buying gifts for those near and dear to you. It’s been a…
Throwdown Thursday: What’s the Worst State to Drive Through?
.Heather and I agree on most of the critical issues in life: communication and flexibility are core to a relationship, kindness to others should be a priority, Deadwood was the greatest television series ever, and that the answer to “Do we have a bottle of wine tonight?” should always be “No, absolutely not!” at 10am…
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Poker Room Review
The Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races poker room, as with our recent visit to the Mount Airy poker room, was part of a larger venture to an out-of-the-way location. We recently shared our trek through West Maryland including this short venture into West Virginia. If you’re headed out to the Holywood Casino at Charles…