Tunica Recap

Tunica was very different from places I have gambled before. I was un-prepared for how rural this area is. It is like somebody decided to plop down some very large casinos in the middle of farmland. Being from a rural area it was easy to adapt to, but it certainly isn’t Vegas. Overall the video poker at Tunica Casinos was outstanding. I found the video poker play at Resorts, Sam’s Town and The Sheraton to be excellent. The Hollywood was just a notch below. In fact the abundance of full pay video poker in Tunica, has enticed me to take a March trip. I also loved the cheap food deals. Almost every casino seemed to have cheap food deals that reminded me of how Las Vegas was before it became the “it” place. I got my first offer from my play in Tunica on Friday. Hollywood sent me a $15 room coupon and a $15 cash coupon which is essentially a free room. I played less than two hours at The Hollywood to get this offer.

I stayed at the Grand, and I can’t say I was really thrilled with it. Don’t get me wrong it was a beautiful hotel and casino, but the lack of full pay video poker at this casino will mean that I don’t play there again. The biggest non-gaming negative about the
Grand is that the Grand’s hotel rooms are spread across three separate buildings. So what you end up with is three separate hotels in one. They even have separate names for them. The two largest hotels are across the parkway from the casino which means most people that stay at the Grand have to take the Grand shuttle bus to visit the Grand’s casino and restaurants. It makes it inconvenient for those of us that like to leave our rooms late at night for a quick gaming session or even a snack.