Finding Your Own Way

Apparently, I am not part of the puzzle when it comes to group car trips from NYC to Atlantic City. I'll just have to wait for them to build the new train in late 2007; fortunately I'm a poker player and therefore patient. When it's built, it will be reminiscent of, but fortunately much nicer than, my bi-weekly poker bus trips to Foxwoods back when I played $2/$4 and $4/$8 limit HE. These days, I wouldn't consider getting on a Greyhound or Chinatown death-trap just to play poker, and the Philadelphia train connect is too cumbersome and lengthy to bother (hence the casino cash to build the NYC-to-AC weekend train). Perhaps someday they'll be car or train rides with poker chatter all the way down someday, but for the moment, I'll be the usual solitary poker traveler, at least until W.D. and I head to the WSoP.

For this weekend, W.D. talked me out an excursion to the few NYC clubs still running. He pointed out that so many people are leaving the city for various holiday events, that it may not be great game selection at the clubs. He's probably correct, so I didn't go.

But, not to be thwarted, I've decided it's finally time to try the Long Island (Freeport) Poker Cruise. It seems to have mixed reviews, although sometimes the games are apparently rocking. I'm going during the day, given that I don't want to be coming back late from a place that has been robbed in the past.

I note they only run $4/$8 limit on the weekend days, which seems to indicate to me that it will be like Foxwoods during the day — lots of elderly calling stations. They are usually kind people but total fish, which is a real win-win (opposed to the hyper-aggressive jerks who frequent the NYC games). If there are some in the NL game, I'm sure it will be easy pickings, and might even beat the huge rake.

I'll post a full review when I return.