Update on Suncoast poker room

I haven't been out to the Suncoast casino since last December, so I decided that it was time to head there again and see if I could take some money off of the Social Security crowd passive calling stations fine locals that tend to play there, instead of the tourists for a change. I was surprised to find that the poker room isn't where it used to be. It's in a temporary location, a slightly elevated section that previously was part of the bar. Apparently, the space formerly occupied by the poker room is being taken over by a TGI Friday's (because the world needs another one of those, obviously). You get sort of an overview of the current setting in the second photo above.

The place was really buzzing. They had eight tables going! Even though two or three of those were for a tournament, it's still double the number I've ever seen in use before.

In the first photo, you can see that they have also replaced the dirty, worn-out felt (I think it was sort of mustand-colored) with very nice new maroon stuff.

The final photo above is a sneak peek of the space into which the poker room will be moving next week. I can bring this to you because, as an internationally renowned poker blogger, I am revered everywhere I go, and get special favors in virtually every poker room on the planet. Well, that, plus the fact that there is no wall or door or anything keeping the general public from looking in.

It's in a great location, literally about 15 yards from the bottom of the elevator and stairs from the parking garage. I believe that that will officially give the Suncoast the honor of the shortest parking-to-poker hike in town. (Of course, you have to drive out to Summerlin for it, but you can't have everything.) The new space looks like it will be OK, though not quite as nicely set apart from the noise and smoke of the slot machines as the previous room was. By a gross visual estimation, I'm also guessing that it's at least one-third smaller than the old room. That's a shame, because ample space around every table was one of the best physical features in the old place.

We'll soon see.