BLACK HAWK, CO--Heading south for warmer weather I stopped to check out the 7 poker rooms in Black Hawk/Central City. In Colorado the max bet is $5, so I mostly played tournaments.
The Gilpin is definitely my favorite room even though I lost money playing a ridiculous turbo tournament.
I got a little tilty at a Fortune Valley tournament when the tournament manager asked for social security cards before the players in the money busted out. They didn't mention it when I bought in and were they really going to not pay me if I didn't produce the actual card? With identity theft these days, who carries their ss card?! I complained so loud I think they paid me out to shut me up.
Anyway, I'm not going to rush back to Black Hawk, but for those jonsing for poker in the Denver area there is action to be found about an hour west in the Rockies.
