Las Vegas Poker Rooms, Nevada Poker Rooms
The big end of the year Five Diamond Poker Classic is back at Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip beginning on November 28th. The main event will once again be the $15,000 WPT Doyle Brunson Classic from December 13th to the 19th. Full Five Diamond schedule below:
Fri, Nov 28 […]

Wynn Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
The 2009 Wynn Poker Classic is scheduled from February 26th through March 19th, 2009.  All events start at 12 Noon and are two days except for the $10,200 Championship Event, March, 16th thru 19th.
2009 Wynn Classic Tournament Schedule:
Wed 2/25/09 - Single Table Satellites
Thu 2/26/09 - $545 No-Limit Hold’em Flight […]

Rio Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
Players who log 15+ hours of live action play in the Rio Poker Room qualify to play in their weekly $12,000 Sunday Showdown at 3pm.  Hours must be recorded from Sunday at 12pm to the current Sunday at 11:59am, prior to the tournament.  Players who are staying at any […]

Aliante Station Casino Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada:
The brand new Aliante Casino is the newest member of the Station Casino family in the Las Vegas valley with its Grand Opening on November, 11th, 2008.  The Aliante Station boasts a beautiful 12 table poker room, currently there are no tournaments but there are plans to have […]

Eldorado Casino Poker Room, Reno, Nevada:
Throughout November Poker Players have a chance to win a free Buy-In and Re-Buy into the Eldorado Winter Poker Weekend!  Use your Club Eldorado Card while playing in any live Poker game and you have the chance to win a free Buy-In and Re-Buy into the Eldorado Winter Poker Weekend […]

Las Vegas, Nevada:
The Station Casinos $300,000 Poker Plus Tournament will be held at the Texas Station Casino January 17 & 18, 2009. To Qualify for this tournament you must play a minimum of 50 hours of Live poker at any Station Casino between November 1 & December 31 and YOU’RE IN!
See your local Station Casinos […]

Grand Sierra Casino Poker Room, Reno, Nevada:
The Grand Sierra Casino Poker Room is giving players their Rake Back in November and December.  Players will receive 2% of their tournament rake back in Comp Dollars and will also earn $2 in comps for every hour of live play in the Grand Sierra Poker Room.
The Grand Sierra […]

Orleans Casino Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada:
The Orleans Casino Poker Room is hosting their $100,000 Free-Roll Tournament on December 9-10, 2008.  To qualify for the Orleans $100K Free-Roll players must have at least 80 hours of Live rated play between October 1st and December 1st, 2008.  1st place in the Orleans Free-Roll will receive a […]

Sahara Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada:
The poker room at the Sahara Hotel and Casino will host the 2008 Poker Employees Championship Tournament. All current and former employees of a licensed public card room are eligible to play. In an interesting twist “peripheral and support” employees such as poker journalists, authors, tournament promotion companies and poker […]

Atlantis Poker Room, Reno, Nevada, USA:
The Atlantis Poker Room is awarding $100 High-Hands every hour, 24 hours a day!  The $100 High Hand is paid hourly to the qualifying high hand, up to $2,400 per day!  Qualifying hand must be a full house or better with both hole cards playing.  There also must be […]

Venetian Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
The Venetian poker room is bringing back the very popular Deep Stack Extravaganza for a three week run in November. The first event kicks of on November 1st and there is a deep stack No Limit Hold’em tournament every day from then until the $2,500 event on November 23rd.
Here […]

Planet Hollywood Poker Room, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA:
The great poker room at Planet Hollywood is no more. Two weekends ago, the room was converted into a high rollers gaming lounge and the number of poker tables was cut in half and tossed out onto the casino floor. When we last checked there were eight tables […]

Harvey’s Poker Room, Lake Tahoe Poker Rooms, Nevada Poker Rooms:

The World Series of Poker Circuit will arrive at the Harvey’s Lake Tahoe poker room on November 6th and run through November 15th, including a $5,000 Championship event starting on the 13th.
Here is a complete schedule of events:
Thursday, November 6th - Mega Satellites 3PM/8PM $300+30 5PM […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The brand new poker room at the Silverton Lodge and Casino looks to be nearly ready. There is a big sign saying the scheduled opening is November, 2008 and if you look into the all new addition to the casino you can make out what will be the new poker room. Until […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: A unique bounty tournament will be held October 31st, Halloween Night, at the Treasure Island Poker Room in Las Vegas. The tournament gets underway at 7 PM with the following interesting structure.
Every player will be given a Bounty Card at the start of the tournament. When a player goes all-in so does […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:  On Monday October 7th, Paris Las Vegas permanently closed down their poker room.  The announcement of the Paris poker room closure comes as no big surprise to those who have watched its slow death since 2005.  Bally’s, Paris’ sister property whose casinos are physically connected still has its poker room.

LAS VEGAS, NV:  The Golden Nugget will be hosting their Fall Classic Poker Series from November 24th thru 30th.  Each day will have a NON Hold’em $230 event starting at 12 noon, as well as two $125 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Events starting at 2pm and 6pm.  All of the Fall Classic Poker Series tournaments […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The Venetian poker room has changed its evening tournament by lowering the buy-in. The nightly 7 PM event will now be a lower $120 buy-in with the same big stack 7500 in starting chips. The rounds remain at 20 minutes until the final table when they move to full 30 minutes rounds.
The […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The newly opened Poker Lounge at the Hard Rock Casino has been adding some interesting variations to their poker games.
The Hard Rock Straddle is a variation on the Mississippi straddle, where the straddle is put up by the button and therefore the button has last action pre-flop.
No River Hold’em is played with […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: Caesars Palace is once again holding the Caesars Palace Poker Classic, this year the series of seventeen tournaments will begin on October 17th. One or two events will run every day along with a daily $200 Second Chance tournament and an added $100 Last Chance event. Preliminary event buy-ins range from $500 […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:  The Station Casino poker rooms in Las Vegas and Henderson are now giving $3/hour comps everyday from 3am to 9am.  This new graveyard comps plan allows players to earn $18 in comps for only 6 hours of live play.   To get in on the $3 per hour comps players must have […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The poker room at the Wynn Hotel and Casino has changed its tournament schedule to a Deep Stack structure.
The daily 2 PM tournament remains a $120 buy-in for 4,000 chips and 30 minutes rounds. There is an optional $100/4,000 chip rebuy for the first three levels. This structure is similar to the […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The famous Binion’s poker room in downtown Las Vegas will host the Binion’s Poker Open from October 15th to November 3rd. Twenty-one events ranging from the opening $100 NLHE tournament to a $1,000 Championship event.
2008 Binion’s Poker Open Schedule of Events:
1. Wednesday, October 15 at 2pm - […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The annual Festa Al Lago Classic will be held at the Bellagio from October 1st thru October 25th. Fourteen preliminary No Limit Hold’em events will precede the $15,000 World Poker Tour Festa Al Lago Championship beginning on October 20th. There will be two day one flights for the main event and a […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:  The Cannery Casino and the new Eastside Cannery Casino Poker Rooms are sharing in a $40,000 guaranteed free roll on October 25th. To qualify you must log a total of 60 hours of live poker on your Cannery Players Card by October 20, 2008.  60 hours of live play equals 1,000 in […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:   Now that the Harrahs MegaBeat Jackpot has been discontinued the Imperial Palace poker room has put a fresh new spin on its High Hand promotions.
Straight Flush Progressive Jackpot: All Straight Flushes now pay a minimum of $250 - progressive by suit.
Royal Flush Progressive Jackpot: All Royal Flushes start at $500 - progressive […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:  The Harrah’s Megabeat Jackpot promotion was discontinued as of September 1st, 2008 at all six participating casinos (Imperial Palace, Harrahs Las Vegas, O’Sheas, Flamingo, Harrahs Reno, and Harrahs Laughlin).  All remaining Megabeat Jackpot funds were distributed amongst the participating properties so they could set up new poker room promotions.

LAS VEGAS, NV: The Hard Rock Poker Lounge has made some adjustments to their weekly No-Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament Schedule.
Hard Rock Poker Lounge Weekly Tournaments
Sunday - Friday
11am - $65 buy-in/2,500 chips - optional $5 bonus-buy for 1,000 chips.
3pm - $65 buy-in/2,500 chips - optional $5 bonus-buy for 1,000 chips.
7pm - $125 buy-in/5,000 chips […]

LAS VEGAS: NV:  To celebrate the grand opening, Hard Rock Poker Lounge is hosting a red carpet VIP poker tournament Saturday, September 13th at 6pm.  The winner will be awarded a priceless Hard Rock Chopper motorcycle, a custom-made collector piece that has been a valuable part of Hard Rock history since the property opened.  Players […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: At 8 PM tomorrow night, August 28th, the new Eastside Cannery Casino will open its doors to the public. Included in the new gaming space will be a “First Class Poker Room.”
From the press release: Despite a nationwide slowdown in the gaming industry, Cannery Casino Resorts will open the first major […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: Every Monday Night the poker room at Santa Fe Station runs a H.O.R.S.E. tournament. For a $70 buy-in players start with 3,000 chips and 20 minute rounds. Unlike many mixed game tournaments with short levels, the five games in the tournament do not change every round or every circle of the […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: Here it is boys and girls your first glimpse at the new Hard Rock Las Poker Room AKA “The Big Sexy”!  Image courtesy of Dan over at Pokerati who dodged the eye in the sky to bring you these images of the hottest new poker room in town!

LAS VEGAS, NV: The already active poker tournament schedule at Binion’s Gambling Hall has some new additions: They have added:
Tuesday @ 6 PM: Rotating Events: Razz 1st Tues. 2-7 Triple Draw 2nd Tues. 5 Card Draw 3rd Tues. Badugi 4th Tuesday.
Wednesday @ 8 PM: The regular 8 PM event becomes 6-handed No Limit.
Thursday @ 6 […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The new Hard Rock Las Vegas Poker Lounge opens for business tomorrow, Thursday, August 21st, at 9am. The Poker Lounge will have a full compliment of multi-table tournaments and sit-n-go’s straight out of the gate!
Here’s the scoop on the Hard Rock sit-n-go’s:
$65 buy-in for 1,000 in chips - $10 bonus-buy […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: Saturdays at 11 AM, the poker room at Treasure Island runs a $65 No Limit Hold’em Ladies Only event. The tournament uses the standard TI structure with 3,500 starting chips and 20 minute levels.
The Ladies only event does NOT replace the regular daily 11 AM event on Saturday, the TI staff run […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The new Hard Rock Las Vegas Poker Lounge is set to open this Thursday, August 21st, 2008, @ 9am. Hardrock Director of Poker Operations, Houston Waldie, is very excited to raise the curtain on the 18 table Poker Lounge he appropriately calls “The Big Sexy”.
Hard Rock Poker Lounge Weekly Tournaments
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LAS VEGAS, NV: The four Coast casinos in Las Vegas have added a new progressive jackpot called the Fortune Flop. The Jackpot starts at $50,000 and increased until hit up to $100,000. All you have to do to win is to flop a royal flush. Flop the monster and win 40% of the Jackpot […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The poker room at Treasure Island is trying out two new Texas Hold’em variations. Royal Hold’em and No River Hold’em, both games are being spread at $4/$8.
Royal Hold’em is played with 2 to 6 players, the game is run exactly like regular Hold’em except with a twenty card deck. Only the Aces […]

The Silverton Casino Lodge poker room will be giving away seats to the 2008 California State Poker Championship, which is scheduled to be held at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles September 20 and 21. Now through August 31, Silverton poker players can earn points through daily tournaments and live poker play. The top […]

LAS VEGAS: The poker room at the Excalibur Casino will close on August 18th and reopen as an all electronic table room on August 22nd. The announcement today makes the Excalibur the first electronic poker room in Las Vegas. Details of cash and tournaments will follow soon. The poker room staff expect no delay in […]