Trip to Turning Stone

Recently a group of friends and I decided to plan a long-weekend's vacation to Turning Stone, a casino twenty five minutes out of Syracuse, New York. The vacation is a perfect chance for the five of us to be relieved from stress at work and our homes. It also just happens to be one of the busiest poker weekends at Turning Stone as the Heartland Poker Tour is visiting as well.

The rooms were the most difficult decision for our group to decide upon, as Turning Stone offers a variety. Many of the rooms and packages were booked due to the poker players coming into town, but we still have a number of choices. We decided to spend less than our last trip and book the Hotel at Turning Stone for around $100/night for the first 3 nights. We leave on Wednesday morning and plan to return Sunday afternoon. So, Wednesday through Friday night we will stay in the Hotel, then Saturday night we'll be living it up in the Lodge, with the finest ammenities. We plan on using the room service to the utmost possibilities, and milking the main desk for all they're worth.

The drive there is no less than 3 hours, but going for nearly a week is completely worth the drive. This will be my longest stay at Turning Stone, but there is plenty to do besides gamble. They offer some of the finest golf courses in New York including PGA Championship courses; Atunyote, Shenendoah, and Pleasant Knolls. Each entirely worth the reservation and price required.

The Heartland Poker tour is offering 3 major poker tournaments that we all plan on winning a satellite into. The three buy-ins are $500, $700, $1500, and $200 deep stack turbo, all of which are No-Limit Hold 'Em. One of my colleagues with a rather massive poker bankroll plans to buy into each tournament, while the others will attempt satellites.

The cash tables are very accessible for players at any Hold 'Em level. All different types of players come to the tables, and if you have a decent amount of poker experience and knowledge, you should have no trouble in making money. I plan to pay for the entire trip and then extra completely off playing at the $100 max cash tables.

One of the greatest highlights discluding the golf and poker is the dining. Turning Stone offers some of the finest dining restaurants around including Pino Bianco, Wildflowers, Rodizio, and Forest Grill. Each one specializes in a different worldly cuisine suitable for any fine diner with an extensive pallat. I personally recomment Rodizios for its buffet Brazilian style dining, and it's absolutely delicious.

I plan on also utilizing the spa and massage opportunities as I missed out on that during our last trip. I hope this trip goes well as the last have, and if you have an opportunity to visit Turning Stone I recommend all these features.