We went down for the 1st time in June. We were given $25 free play and they showed us how you had to put $1 in to play with the free play. It was a dollar. Not a big deal. I ended up finishing my free play and cashing out with $187. As far as the poker room, we were there for 3 nights at the end of June and NEVER saw any players in the poker room. We also went at the end of July for 3 nights and only 1 night did we see poker players, 3 people at a table on the Friday night.