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> I've been to Montana a couple of times. This past Summer I went to Kalispell where I stayed while visiting Glacier National Park. I stayed across the street from the Montana Club which is a steakhouse with a casino in the back. Just so people know the machine area is small and there is an attendant that hovers over you. I imagine this is the case in many of casinos. When you start checking machines they ask can they help you. I guess if your a local like Mickey it's easier because they see you all the time. They know if your a local or outsider. The casinos are spread out and all over the place. He's right about the weather. I was in West Yellowstone, MT in mid May 12 years ago and the temperature was near zero at night. It's a beautiful state and I can't think of a better place to spend a Summer. The Winter is a whole other story.
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You must have stayed at the Super 8. I used to stay there but I get a better deal down the street at the Motel 6 these days. The Montana Clubs are a relatively new chain outfit. Besides Kalispell, they have two stores in Missoula, one in Butte, and they just opened one in Great Falls. They're a slightly upscale restaurant/bar/casino operation.
The one in Kalispell sits on the site of the old Sawbucks, a dilapted old restaurant/bar/casino. But they had a 5 to 30 spread-limit holdem game. It was the biggest daily cash game in the state for years. I used to sit in the game. One of the regulars in the game was Ray Zee, a published poker writer through 2 + 2 Publishing. Zee wrote about Stud Hi-Lo and Omaha Hi-Lo. Even Doyle Brunson would occasionally sit in the game just to visit with his old friend Zee. Although I was never there when Doyle showed up. I sure would have liked to have met him. Doyle has a summer home just south of Kalispell in a little bitty berg called Dayton on Flathead Lake. Chip Reese had a place there too before he died.
A couple of years ago the Montana Club bought Sawbucks. They knocked it down and built a very nice building. They don't do poker so the game moved to Big Fork.
The slot attendent at the Montana Club wasn't hovering over you because she was suspicious of anything. Like most slot attendents in this state she was trained to give excellent service. I usually don't make it ten feet inside the door before I'm being asked what I want to drink. They ply you with snacks and other things too. The one thing I really like is when a player leaves a machine the attendent quickly sprays it with disenfectant and wipes it down.
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