A Review of Parx Casino
For any serious poker player in the NYC area a new legal poker room gets you pretty excited. That’s definitely how people felt when the Parx Casino finally opened their room a number of years ago. It’s probably sacrilegious to say this, but I just never made it out there until recently. It’s not that I didn’t like the idea of free money or of a close drive from New York, but I was in a rut. I had a lot of good games I was playing in the city and the occasional reasonable game down in Atlantic City. Why would I change it up?
Well, I’ll tell you why… First of all, Parx Casino is less than 90 minutes from Manhattan. That’s totally insane. And hour and thirty minutes from leaving home I can be seated at a table in Bensalem, PA stacking those chips. Second, the games are like the good ole days. Random rich guys sitting down without a clue of what to do. Walking around the room you’ll see guys sitting at a 1-2NL table with $2,000 in front of them because they’ve just spent the entire night playing with a wealthy guy who somehow got lost on his way back from the ATM. Finally, the room is just pleasant. The floor staff is great, the food is great (and served at your table… ahem Borgata…) and the poker tournaments are actually run incredibly well. So, if you’re ever in the area, definitely head on out to Bensalem and try out Parx.