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Poker is played offline, too. Here you will find all the news about the casinos where poker is played, as well as casino-specific tournament news.

  • Poker in Laughlin, Nevada: Part II

    February 26, 2007,

    There are two tournaments a day at Harrah's; one at 10 AM and another at 7 PM. The morning event is $50 the evening is $150, you could make it $30 or $100 by skipping the pre-tournament add-on but the additional 'add-on' chips....

     
  • Poker in Laughlin, Nevada: Part I

    February 11, 2007,

    Let's talk a little about Laughlin before we get to our comments on the seven poker rooms in operation there. Laughlin is located 90 miles south of Las Vegas; 30 miles west of Kingman, Arizona; just off Interstate 40....

     
  • Poker Room Review: Crown Casino: Melbourne, Australia

    February 04, 2007,

    Since the PokerNews team just returned from down under, it's only appropriate that we take a look at the room at the Crown Casino. The first observation is that this is truly a room made for the players....

     
  • Poker Room Review: Oaks Card Club, Emeryville, California

    January 28, 2007,

    The Bay Bridge crosses San Francisco Bay from the City of San Francisco on the west side to what city on the east side? Most non-Bay Area residents might guess Oakland or perhaps Berkeley...

     
  • Poker Room Review: Lucky Chances, Colma (San Francisco), California

    January 20, 2007,

    Lucky Chances card room in Colma, California is one of my favorite rooms. Located just south of San Francisco and just inland from San Francisco International Airport, Lucky Chances has some of the best games and best table-side food...

     
  • Poker Room Review: Bay 101, San Jose, California

    January 14, 2007,

    The California card room is a unique establishment and Bay 101 in San Jose may be one of the most unique. The card rooms are not casinos, there are no slot machines and very few 'other' casino games are allowed...

     
  • Florida Poker: Naples/Fort Myers Greyhound Track

    January 04, 2007,

    Once you get outside of the major poker hotspots of Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Atlantic City, it can be a little difficult to find a game. Indian casinos can offer some respite for poker players....

     
  • Friday Night Poker in Downtown - Binion's, the Plaza and the Golden Nugget

    January 02, 2007,

    Downtown Las Vegas on a Friday night, you got your Fremont Street Experience light show, you got deep fried Twinkies, and you have a choice of poker rooms. Yes, you not only can pick your game but you can do so at three very interesting...

     
  • Poker Room Review: Treasure Island (or 'T.I.'), Las Vegas

    December 31, 2006,

    The poker room at Treasure Island has been open for just over eight months now. The TI room like many of the new rooms is actually separate from the rest of the casino. If you are coming over on the tram from the Mirage the room is right down the staircas

     
  • Poker Room Review: Red Rock Casino, Las Vegas

    December 17, 2006,

    The poker room in Las Vegas that everyone is talking about is the room at Red Rock, clearly the best and brightest of the new Off-the-Strip rooms. Red Rock is, in fact, on a par with some of the best....

     
  • Friday Nite on the Strip, Part III: Wynn, Venetian and Paris

    December 14, 2006,

    I began this Friday night on the East Side of Las Vegas Boulevard in the high rent district. The plan was to park at the Wynn and stroll down the Strip to The Venetian and Paris.....

     
  • Poker Room Review: Sahara, Las Vegas

    December 10, 2006,

    It seems like in every review I have written recently I have had to say something about new rooms or new tables or future plans for new rooms or tables or flocked wall paper. Not so for the Sahara....

     
  • Friday Night on the Strip, Part II

    December 07, 2006,

    In Part I of this series we covered the South End of the Las Vegas Strip. In Part II we take a look at the three big poker rooms centrally located on the Strip: Mirage, Caesar's Palace, and Bellagio....

     
  • Station Casino Management Make Buy Out Offer

    December 05, 2006,

    Station Casinos announced yesterday that it had received a buy-out bid of $82/share or $5.15 billion on December 2nd from its chairman and CEO, Frank Fertitta....

     
  • Poker Room Review: The Aladdin Casino

    December 02, 2006,

    This is a review of the current and temporary poker room at the Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. This is also a review of the future poker room at the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas....

     
  • Friday Night on the Strip, Part I

    November 27, 2006,

    So you are coming to Las Vegas for a weekend and want to play some poker? With all the new and old card rooms—where should you play? This is part one of a series which will take a look at what is actually going on at each and every one of the poker roo

     
  • Poker Room Review: The MGM Grand in Las Vegas

    November 25, 2006,

    The poker room at the MGM Grand is perhaps the best example of the arena style of room layouts. By arena I mean a poker room that is actually out in the middle of the casino. Unlike the secluded poker room of say South Point, or Monte Carlo Casinos...

     
  • Poker Room Review: The Monte Carlo in Las Vegas

    November 19, 2006,

    Ask Frequent Poker Players (FPP) in Las Vegas about their favorite rooms and you will often hear low to medium limit players mention the Monte Carlo. Located between New York-New York and Bellagio...

     
  • Poker Returns to Mohegan Sun

    November 17, 2006,

    Thursday, the Mohegan Sun announced a $740 million dollar expansion to its casino complex in Uncasville, CT. While there are many new features planned for the expansion, including a House of Blues music hall...

     
  • Poker Room Review – Binions

    November 12, 2006,

    Binions, formerly The Horseshoe and/or Binion's Horseshoe, in downtown Las Vegas is the most recognized poker room in the United States, if not the entire world. For the first 30 years Binions was the home of the World Series of Poker....

     

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