Hooters Casino Opens to HUGE crowds

Hooters hosted a VIP party this afternoon in advance of the 9:00 PM opening to the general public.
I'm not a Hooters VIP, but I was there.
I'd like to say that I walked in like I owned the place. The truth is that I walked (snuck)around the rear of the casino and entered via the pool area. End justifying the means I suppose.












I sat down at a 21 table (wo)manned by a lovely Hooters Girl with the highly recognizable orange short-shorts and white t-shirt. Besides myself, the three other players were all Hooters Girls identically attired. The dealer was practicing with play chips and I played for about an hour.










I wandered off to check out the poker room. There are three tables "on the porch". Poker on the porch is one of many play on words that the Hooters promo dept. utilizes. The poker dealers are not forced to wear the orange shorts, although all of the dealers that I saw could pull it off with ease. I don't know exactly why, with the rest of the casino going LIVE at 9:00, but the room manager told me that he hoped to have a game in progress by 6:00 PM. How could I resist. By 6:15 the cards were in the air with myself and 4 or 5 Hooters Poker Dealers playing $4-8 limit with $1-2 blinds. I'm in the SB and look down at A5c. I had already decided that I would play this hand to the bitter end come hell or high water. A 5 fell on the turn and my pair of fives was good enough to win the first ever poker hand at Hooters. I am very happy to have this "first" under my belt.

*****I also had the opportunity to play in the last poker game ever dealt at the "real" Binion's. On the last hand we all decided to just put $10 each in the pot and play the hand face up. We gave the whole pot to Dawn (the dealer). Mike Paulle had the honor of winning the hand that ended an era of poker that can never be duplicated. Although I would have loved to have won that hand, I am still glad that I was there when the final curtain fell on the Binion's of old.*****










By the time I left the poker room (with a $148 profit) there was a $1-2 blind NL game in progress. The buy-in was $50-200. There was also a $4-8 mixed game in progress. I think that if they are able to keep the mixed game going that it will be a success.

They have a 10% $3/max rake with no high hand/bad beat drop.

Upon leaving the poker room I encountered a literal sea of humanity. It was impossible to move unless the people around you also moved. Every table I saw had a $25 minimum. I passed on the pit games and pointed myself toward the main entrance.........once outside........my car was GONE. I calmly asked a security person what might have happened. It seems that at the last minute they decided that the surface parking lot needed to be cleared. They towed a LOT of cars to a vacant lot on Ali Baba street. I left with a sour taste in my mouth after a pleasant 6 hours.
In spite of that, Hooters is open for business and the Hooters are on display.
Go see for yourself. Delightfully Tacky.