Custom Poker Table Spotlight: Madison, WI, USA

Go Badgers! Its College town USA in Madison, Wisconsin and where you find frats you find poker. The plot is simple $1000s in prizes, 50 tournaments, 5 locations, 0$ entry fee. Badger Poker Tournaments is custom poker tables at it’s finest; having a few beers with the boys playing against a timeless eclectic group of locals and students. Getcha’ poker face ready!

Between the cash prizes and grand prize trips to Vegas here is the essential poker circuit for those aspiring University of Wisconsin – Madison students and Wisconsin’s natives alike. Check out the Badger Poker Forum to keep up on the latest trash talking and home poker game talk.

Now there will always be a time when you need the poker fix and the Badgers have laid down their cards for the day. If that time does find you, then you know where to go… Indian Casinos! Where there is a poker enthusiast, senior citizen slot machine, pai gow guru, or gambliholic near, then there is certainly an Indian casino built in the distance. None of these have I frequented but when push comes to shove let’s run them down for poker’s sake. Be sure to note the drive from Madison, you might want to make it a weekend.

Indian Casinos Near Madson
Ho Chunk Casinos
The closest Indian Casino at a 1 hour from Madison; has 315 rooms and suites. Poker Room is located in the Ho-Chunk Dome and opens at 9:15am. 9:30am Accepting names for our various games: Texas Hold’em, 7 Card Stud and Omaha Hi-Lo. 10:00am Poker Tables Open – 3:45am Calling Last Hand. Good for the long haul.

Rainbow Casino – Nekoosa, WI
2hr 20min drive from Madison – Rainbow Casino currently offers a No Smoking Poker Room consisting of 3 tables. Many forms of Poker game tables are offered including Texas Hold Em, Omaha Hi Low and 7 card Stud. Varieties of games offered range from structured or limit games as low as $2 to $4 to Pot-Limit and No-Limit games. Seating reservations for the Poker Room are able to be taken two hours prior to opening.

Lac Courte Oreilles Casino Lodge (LCO Casino)
4hr 50min drive from Madison – Come visit our Poker Room located next to the Wigwam Restaurant. With 5 poker game tables available and play on Tuesday – Sunday, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to join in on the fun. No Limit Texas Hold Em Tournaments on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00p.m, Sundays at 1:30p.m. & 7:00p.m, and every Saturday at 3:00p.m. Registration starts one hour prior to each tournament. Blinds are raised every 15 minutes.

Menominee Casino Resort
3hr drive from Madison – The Menominee Casino Bingo Hotel’s Poker room offers eight “live” action custom poker tables. They play a variety of games to include Texas Hold Em, Omaha, round by round and seven card stud among others. They will open most any game at any limit requested, provided there’s sufficient number of players to sustain the action. For the third year in a row this casino has won top honors in a readers choice awards survey. Their Poker room was ranked best in Poker comps, most comfortable custom poker tables room, favorite Poker room, and best Poker tournaments in Wisconsin! Highly Recommended!
Poker is open: Sunday 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM, Monday 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM, Closed Tuesdays, Reopens Wednesday at 2:00 PM to 2:00 AM, Thursday 10:00 AM -2:00 AM, Friday and Saturday 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM. You can call up to two (2) hours in advance to have your name put on a game list. You can reach the Poker room at (800) 343-7778 ext. 5274.

St.Croix Casino
A 4hr drive from Madison – St. Croix Casino’s Custom Poker Table Room is a smoke free poker table felt with 12 tables with designated area for smoking. Featured Texas Hold’em with a variety of limits available ranging from 2-4 limit to 5-10 no-limit. Their most popular game is 1-2 no-limit with a minimum buy-in of $50.00 and a maximum buy in of $200.00. It’s complementary food and beverages for all poker players. Catch s[prts on 3 big screen TVs! You can win on Bad Beat Jackpots, Aces Cracked, and have prizes for four of a kind, straight flushes and royal flushes. Tournaments – Every Thursday at 6pm $50.00 + $10.00 registration at 4pm seated players get first option. Players start with $3,000.00 in tournament chips. Every Saturday at NOON $100.00 + $15.00 registration at 10am seated players get first option. Players start with $15,000.00 in tournament chips. Blinds go up 25 minutes.

Just remember for all Indian Casinos: do some research, watch the tables first, study the locals playing, and assure yourself the risk is worth the reward. We all want to make poker fun but whoever said winning is not everything… was wrong!

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