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 […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was built in 1995, expanded in 1999, and again in 2007/08. This latest 750 million-dollar renovation to the Hard Rock property is near completion and in September will debut the long overdue poker room. The new Hard Rock “Poker Lounge” will […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The poker room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is one of the few rooms in the world that has a separate tournament room used exclusively for daily tournaments. For this reason the tournament schedule at Caesars Palace is extensive and changes periodically to meet the needs of the players. Here is […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: After several months in a temporary location, the brand new poker room at Suncoast has opened. New felts, new chairs and just as much room as the old location; the new room is located near the parking garage in a quieter location. Just prior to opening it appeared the room […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The poker room at The Orleans has added 11 PM daily tournaments to their already outstanding schedule. Gone from the schedule are all re-buy, add-on and bounty tournaments. Below is the full schedule with three events every day of the week:
Orleans Poker Room Daily Tournaments
Mon. 12:00 PM […]

LAS VEGAS, CA: The poker room at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is running FIVE tournaments a day, every day of the week. All tournaments are No Limit Hold’em. At 9 AM and Noon each day the buy-in is $30. The 4 PM tournament is a $50 entry and its $62 at […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The poker room at the Venetian Hotel and Casino has just released a newly revised No Limit Hold’em tournament schedule, which will be in effect immediately. Here is the new schedule:
12 PM Sunday-Friday
$130 + $15 (optional $5 bonus); 6,000 starting chips + 1,500 for bonus: 30 minute levels.
12 PM Saturday

$500 + […]

This week’s schedule of special event tournaments in Las Vegas.
Sunday July 6th
9:00 AM Orleans Open $200 Omaha 8 1 Day
12:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $10,000 NLHE Main Event Day 1D 7 Day
12:00 PM Deep Stack Extravaganza (Venetian) $1,060 NLHE 2 Day
12:00 PM Mega Stack Series (Caesars Palace) $540 NLHE 1 Day
12:00 PM Bellagio Cup IV $3,120 NLHE 1 Day
4:00 PM Binion’s Poker Classic $150 Pot Limit Omaha 8 1 Day
Monday July 7th
9:00 […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The Orleans Casino has announced the schedule for the 2008 Orleans Poker Open, which will run from July 5th-20th. As in past years the entire poker room will relocate to the convention arena for the duration of the tournament.
Here is schedule:
Saturday July 5th Noon No Limit Hold’em
Sunday July 6th Noon […]

This week’s schedule of special event tournaments in Las Vegas.
Sunday June 29th
12:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 3 Day
12:00 PM Deep Stack Extravaganza (Venetian) $1,060 NLHE 2 Day
12:00 PM Mega Stack Series (Caesars Palace) $540 NLHE 1 Day
12:00 PM The Grand (Golden Nugget) $550 NLHE 1 Day
4:00 PM Binion’s Poker Classic $150 Limit HE 1 Day
5:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 3 Day
Monday June 30th
12:00 PM World Series […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The fourth edition of the Bellagio Cup Poker Tournament will get underway on July 1st with seven preliminary events and several Super Satellites leading up to the World Poker Tour main event that begins on July 11th. Many players who have busted out of the WSOP main event will be taking a […]

 
This week’s schedule of special event tournaments in Las Vegas.
Sunday June 22nd
12:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball 3 Day
12:00 PM Deep Stack Extravaganza (Venetian) $1,060 NLHE 1 Day
12:00 PM Mega Stack Series (Caesars Palace) $540 NLHE 1 Day
12:00 PM The Grand (Golden Nugget) $550 NLHE 1 Day
4:00 PM Binion’s Poker Classic $150 Pot Limit Omaha 8 1 Day
5:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $1,500 Mixed Hold’em 1 […]

 
LAS VEGAS, NV: The Station Casinos are known for their Jumbo Hold’em Poker Progressive Bad Beat Jackpot. By linking all of the Station poker rooms together the Jumbo Hold’em Jackpot starts after a win at $150,000. Anyone seated at a Hold’em table when the Jumbo hits gets a piece of the action.
Now all of the […]

LAS VEGAS, NV:  Two Royal Flush Jackpots were hit in the Treasure Island Poker Room this weekend.  The first was a Heart Royal Flush hit on Friday 6/13 for $3,151,  the second a Club Royal Flush was hit on Saturday 6/14 for $5,000.
The TI Poker Room pays $100 for all Four of a Kinds, $250 […]

This week’s schedule of special event tournaments in Las Vegas.
Sunday June 15th
12:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $3,000 NLHE 3 Day
12:00 PM Deep Stack Extravaganza (Venetian) $1,060 NLHE 2 Day
12:00 PM Mega Stack Series (Caesars Palace) $540 NLHE 1 Day
12:00 PM The Grand (Golden Nugget) $550 NLHE 1 Day
4:00 PM Binion’s Poker Classic $150 7 Card Stud 1 Day
5:00 PM World Series of Poker (Rio) $10,000 Limit HE 3 Day
Monday June 16th
12:00 PM World Series […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: The United States Poker Tour has announced the American Poker Championships to be played August 4-21 at Binion’s in downtown Las Vegas. The US Poker Tour is a new concept where members will play feeder events to the Championship.
Open events at Binion’s will run from $200 to $3,000 for the main event. […]

LAS VEGAS, NV: There has been some incorrect information floating around the various poker room news sites, blogs, discussion groups, etc. The TI Poker Room stays open until there are no games, and this is where the misinformation has come in. During the week we will typically go down to no […]