Choctaw Casino Poker Durant, pala casino resort fee, rich casino no deposit codes, loc:za mobile games play now. Prize pool: 100% up to $500. The Choctaw Casino is located in the South of Durant, Oklahoma, only a few miles away from the Durant Regional Airport – Eaker Field. The casino offers over 4,300 slots including machines with progressive jackpot, eight varieties of table games featuring Three Card Poker, Let It Ride, Ultimate Texas Hold'Em, Pai Gow and Dai Baccarat, and a. Val Wood of Durant plays in the main event of the Choctaw Casino's Native American Casino Poker Tour. Photo by Sean Chaffin. Players compete at the Choctaw Casino in Durant for the Native American Casino Poker Tour. Photo by Sean Chaffin The Choctaw Casino hosted the new Native American Casino Poker Tour on Dec. Photo by Sean Chaffin.
Address:
Choctaw Casino Resort
3735 Choctaw Rd
Durant, OK 74701
(1-800-788-2464)
General Information:
In 1987 the Choctaw Nation built its first gaming facility, the Choctaw Casino Bingo hall which seated 800 people and housed over 700 slot machines. The Bingo hall closed in February of 2010. In 2006 the original Choctaw Casino Resort was built with a 100 plus room hotel and a gaming area full of 1,600 slot machines. After opening the original resort they quickly realized it was undersized for the amount of people visiting the resort. So a few years after the resort opened an expansion gave way for what is now one of the largest casino floors in the United States. The new Choctaw Casino Resort has a 330 room hotel tower, lavish pool indoor/outdoor pool area and over 110,00 square-feet casino with 3,000 slot machines, poker room and an assortment of table games.
Gaming
The Casino includes over 3,000 slot machines with various themes for you enjoyment. Table games include Blackjack, Three Card Poker, Let It Ride Bonus, Ultimate Texas Hold'Em, Pai Gow Poker, Mini Baccarat and Roulette. The Poker lounge is located on its own floor away from the noisy casino. The Poker area features 30 tables, a private staff and guest services. Tournaments are held monthly along with other special events.
Food/Dining
- Butterfields Buffet
- Jackpot Java (coffee, lattes, cappuccinos, salads, sandwiches, soup and desserts)
- Blue Moon Cafe (Burger with a 50′s atmosphere)
- 1832 Steakhouse (steaks and seafood)
- Tomatillo Mexican Grill
- Durant Station Deli
- Dixon's Grill (Burgers, Chicken dishes, hot dogs and natural cut French Fries)
- Americo's Pizzeria (Pizzas, calzones, lasagna, fresh pasta dishes)
- Salt Lick Bar-B-Que (Famous Bar-B-Que from Austin, Texas)
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DURANT — Cards flew and multicolored chips hit the pot as poker players from around Oklahoma and nearby states converged on the Choctaw Casino on Dec. 10-11 for the new Native American Casino Poker Tour.
The two-week tournament series was the idea of Card Player magazine, a leading publication in the poker industry, which partnered with the casino for the first event.
The federal crackdown on online poker in April (known in the poker world as 'Black Friday') has been a boon to live tournaments and cash play, which has helped many casinos and poker tours. Dominik Karelus, spokesman for Card Player Media, said the tour was introduced because of a niche in the market — American Indian casinos — and that the Choctaw Casino was a property with experience running major poker events. The casino boasts a poker room with 30 tables.
'The idea for the tour was always there, but Black Friday made Card Player realize that there will be an increased demand for live tournaments,' he said. 'The Native American casinos are and have always been great clients and partners, and Card Player wanted to do something to increase the players' awareness of how great the Native American casino properties really are. Things have gone great thus far, with Choctaw reporting tournament revenues and interest way up from last year.'
Kansas wheat farmer Kirk Stewart, winner of the $1,000 buy-in Main Event championship, would take home $50,000, an intricately designed buffalo trophy, a buy-in to the casino's World Series of Poker Circuit event in January, and appear on a future cover of the magazine. The final table was also broadcast on the magazine's website. The total prize pool for the event totaled $290,681.
After playing late into the night, Stewart was thrilled with his victory and planned on investing his newly won cash in his farm and adding a bit to his poker bankroll.
Ken Lambert Jr., poker room manager at the casino, said he jumped at the chance to be the first casino in the tour series — and boost a traditionally slow month for the poker room. The low buy-ins for the event (from $100 to $300 for preliminary events) also helped attract more players looking to test their poker chops.
'The whole event has been great for us. It was interesting to be first. If you're first you get the perks — advertising, notoriety, etc.,' Lambert said. 'We're looking at being a part of it again next year.'
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Lambert expected between 200 and 250 players for the Main Event, but the turnout exceeded 320. Lambert said the low buy-ins definitely helped bring in players during a tough economy and holiday season. The idea worked and cardsharps and amateurs alike turned out for their chance at poker glory.
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'To me it was more important to drive volume and get people in the door,' Lambert says. 'Our idea was to give the average guys with a little money a chance to win some nice Christmas money.'
Most of the poker players seemed pleased with the events and turnout.
'I've enjoyed the experience. The facilities are nice and the people are always nice,' said Val Wood, of Durant, who took third in a $300 preliminary event for a $6,200 win. 'The Main Event is affordable enough for most people who want to play.'
And what would he do with his winnings? Spend it on Christmas for his family, he said — no bluffing.
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Related PhotosKirk Stewart, main Event winner (courtesy Card Player).
