Grand Casino Hinckley Poker Tournaments

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Grand Hinckley Details Within the Grand Casino Hinckley is the Royal Oaks poker room. Open Thursday through Sunday, the Royal Oaks is a popular place to kick back and enjoy the action. As a Minnesota poker room, the Royal Oaks is subject to all of the state’s restrictions on gambling. GRAND CASINO MILLE LACS. Head over to the River’s Edge Poker Room at Grand Casino Mille Lacs for some live-action poker. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you’ll find the game that’s right for you. We offer Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Seven-Card Stud with limits ranging from $2 – $4 and up to $5 – $60. It would be a fun place to kick back, take in a show, enjoy a good restaurant, and play a nice tournament and some low-stakes poker for a weekend. Grand Casino Hinckley 777 Lady Luck Drive.

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I visited the Royal Oaks Poker Room at the Grand Casino Hinckley on a late summer afternoon, at the end of a northern Minnesota / western Ontario poker-fishing trip with my brother and father. I was determined to find yet one more place in this beautiful part of the United States to enjoy my favorite hobby. I was not disappointed.

The Grand Casino company runs two casinos in Minnesota, both north of Minneapolis. One is in Mille Lacs, the other is in Hinckley; they both spread poker. I visited the one in Hinckley – a little more than an hour due north of Minneapolis on Interstate 35.

This is a mid-sized to large room, located on the east side of the casino. They have ten tables, a dedicated snack bar ('snacks' include a bag of chips, a cup of coffee, and little else when I was there.) The room was not busy on the Thursday afternoon that I arrived, spreading but one crowded $3/6 hold'em game. Things were busier later at night and on the weekends, I was told. When I called back the following day, late on a Friday afternoon they had two full games, one of $3/6 limit, the other of $2-10 spread-limit hold'em.

No-limit poker is only allowed in tournaments in Minnesota. This room makes the most of that opportunity. On Saturdays, at 2:00 PM, they have a $170 tournament that typically attracts 120 players or so (they bring in extra tables to accommodate them). First place for this event typically pays $5,000 or so. On Tuesday at 7:00 PM and on Wednesday at 6:00 PM they also have tournament action. During the summer they average about 100 players per event, though things slow down some during the school year as younger players head back to college and spend less time at the tables. Make sure to call ahead to verify that these tournaments are still going off. Casinos tend to change tournament schedules frequently.

The casino is located about 75 minutes due north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area on Interstate 35. It bills itself as a destination resort – looking for visitors from the Twin Cities coming for a night of entertainment, dining in one of the five restaurants, and then staying overnight. Poker players looking for high-stakes action might be disappointed, preferring the bigger limits and wilder games of Canterbury in Shakopee. But for the typical low-stakes player, Hinckley (as the casino and poker room are generally known) has much to recommend it.

For one, the players are all, or nearly all, locals. I can guarantee that there's absolutely no one in the room, except for the casino staff, making his living off of these games. So there are no pros. And from what I observed of the one $3/6 game, these are typical, friendly, home-game players. Nearly everyone calls the big blind. I could almost hear a couple of them thinking, 'You get three cards for three bucks.'

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I don't want to give the wrong impression. The game is not some honey pot of country bumpkins just waiting to get parted from their money. But their demeanor and style of play is much more relaxed and congenial than the typical game in the big city poker room at Canterbury – and certainly at Foxwoods, in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, or California. It would be a fun place to kick back, take in a show, enjoy a good restaurant, and play a nice tournament and some low-stakes poker for a weekend.

Grand Casino Hinckley

777 Lady Luck Drive

(Route 48, 1 mile east of I35)

Hinckley, MN 55037

800-472-6321

320-384-4788 (Poker room)

Grand Casino Hinckley began by building a small 6 table poker room in 2004. Since then, they have expanded the size to be three times as large as before. You can find the poker room by walking through the casino toward the bar area and going even farther down the hall until you are just past the Hotel reservation desk.

To get into a game just approach the floor manager located underneath the liquid crystal display monitor and ask him what games are available. After receiving this information tell him which game you wish to play and he will direct you to a table or put you on a waiting list.

If you are worried about the compeition at Grand Casino Hinckley, MN then you should know that there are a few regulars and even more new poker players. Any tight aggressive player can make a long term profit by playing poker at Hinckley, as long as they play the right game.

To win the most money, I recommend playing in the $2/$4 game. Yes, I know, it’s a low stakes game, but the players can only be characterized by one word and that ishorrible. There are other more appealing stakes such as their famous $2-$10 and $5-$60 spread limit holdem games. You can also find Seven Card Stud and Omaha on rare occassions (Friday and Saturday nights sometimes).

Watch Out For Their Dealers!

If it’s service you are looking for, then look someplace else. I have had terrible encounters with the dealers at Grand Casino Hinckley, MN and never before have I been so dissatisfied with a live poker room. I would also like to comment on their unethical raking system. Unlike any other poker room, Grand Casino Hinckley will rake 10% starting at $5 pot where other poker rooms begin rake when the pot reaches $10. The dealers do this by breaking a dollar chip and giving players back a $0.50 coin. I’ve also encountered dealers that will rake even if no flop was dropped, which is not cool with me.

Learn more about Grand Casino Hinckley at their poker site.