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Hard Rock Opens New Poker Lounge
Looking for a new place to play cards? Well, as part of its current expansion, the Hard Rock Hotel has just unveiled its new poker lounge to the public.
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The 7,000-sq-ft gaming room is located across from the yummy Pink Taco restaurant, and features 18 well-spaced out tables, including five private, high-limit tables. But the $30-million spent on the space didn’t just go to make this just another plush poker room.
One of the best new features of this poker room is the installation of the Genesis Reservation System, which is a completely automated reservation system that will text message players anywhere on property when a seat is available for them. How cool is that?
Once inside, you’ll notice the Hard Rock poker lounge has a bar in it, along with a sportsbook kiosk with a dedicated runner who will take sports wagers while you play your cards. And that’s not all. There is an all-female VIP host staff on-call, along with certified RockSpa masseuses and a full menu of food options available 24-hours a day for players.
About the only thing you need to leave the table for is going to the bathroom, and there are actually mens and womens facilities within the poker lounge - no more having to walk through half the casino leaving your spot to get cold, while you, um…relieve yourself.
Need a break of a different kind? The room contains an area with high-limit slots and video poker machines. Or you can take advantage of special poker lounge comps including concert tickets and backstage passes for exclusive performances at The Joint, Hard Rock’s concert venue, as well as poolside cabanas for Hard Rock’s signature Sunday afternoon pool-party, Rehab.
If you need a private room for a more high-roller intimate experience, the Hard Rock poker lounge has that, too, and theirs are complete with large-screen TVs, iPod docks and bottle service at the table. Win big and the poker lounge even has safety deposit boxes right there for guests to use.
The Hard Rock Poker Lounge will reportedly offer any game, any limit, at any time. However, the lounge will also feature limit and no-limit hold’em cash games on an ongoing basis. The game stakes offered will include $2-$4, $4-$8, and $8-$16 limit hold’em with a kill or no kill, and no-limit hold’em with $1-$2 blinds ($200 minimum-no cap buy-in), $5-$10 blinds ($500 minimum-no cap buy-in), and $25-$50 blinds ($2,500 minimum-no cap buy-in).
The lounge will also run three daily $100 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments, as well as around-the-clock sit-and-go tournaments with a variety of buy-ins. Representatives also say they will offer free lessons, but had no information to give on exact times for those.
“We have brought in world-renown poker managers, dealers and players in the industry including Houston Waldie, Jimmy Miller, Steven Braverman and Blaine Goodwin to kick off the only Poker Lounge in the city,” said legendary casino host Steve Cyr, Hard Rock’s Poker Lounge marketing manager. “Hard Rock likes to push the envelope when it comes to entertainment, so the Lounge will be no different.”
For more information on this new poker lounge, including a list of weekly tournaments, visit hardrockhotel.com.
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Date: September 4th, 2008 |
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Vegas Gambling News Bits for August 6, 2007
A quick round-up of current promotions and future Las Vegas gambling news that might be of interest to you…
Las Vegas Advisor is reporting that “Bally Pong,” a slot machine incorporating a skill element bonus round where the player tries their hand at Pong (yes, the 70s Atari video game) has been approved by Nevada regulators. After three bonus icons line up on the five-reels on the machine, the player then bounces a digital ball between thin paddles in a simulated game of ping pong in the bonus round. This occurrence has 1 in 70 odds of happening and …
Date: August 6th, 2007 |
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Jenny McCarthy to Deal Cards as a Playboy Bunny
Yes, you read that right. actress Jenny McCarthy will be donning the Bunny Dealer’s uniform of the vintage black costume with white collar, cuffs and cottontail to deal cards at the Playboy Club in Vegas.
As a former Playmate of Year, and as the former host of the E! reality show “Party at the Palms,” it seems only natural that when the Playboy Club at the Palms decided to have its first celebrity blackjack dealer, they would turn to McCarthy.
She will reportedly go through a …
Date: July 17th, 2007 |
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ESPN to Air 2007 WSOP Events Starting Tonight
ESPN will begin its coverage of the 2007 WSOP tonight, July 10th, starting with the first event, the $5,000 World Championship mixed hold ‘em, at 8pm et/pt. This game should be interesting to watch as it switches between Fixed Limit Hold Em and No Limit Hold Em rules.
ESPN will air the third event, the $1,500 no-imit hold ‘em, directly after, starting at 9pm et/pt.
The final table of the main event will air live on ESPN pay-per-view next Tuesday, July 17th, starting at 3pm et/pt. Cost for the PPV is $19.95 and you can order online or via your cable/satellite provider.
The remainder of the WSOP TV schedule airs every Tuesday until October 30. Here’s a look at the schedule of events to air:
Date: July 10th, 2007 |
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Planet Hollywood Bets Gamblers Will Like New Design
With a name like the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, it stands to reason that the gaming areas of the resort would undergo a huge transformation in the changeover from the Aladdin.
In new photos released during last week’s press conference with company co-chairman Robert Earl, it can plainly be seen that nothing remains from the Aladdin decor. The resort’s entire casino floor has been completely redesigned, with a high-tech retro-chic theme.
Huge floor-to-ceiling light columns illuminate the gaming areas as over 250 high definition plasma screens surround the action, placed high up on the walls. The color scheme is warm, with browns and deep reds.
Date: April 28th, 2007 |
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Vegas Gambling News Bits for August 15, 2007
Fire up those player’s cards…here’s another round of hot gambling promotions offered by Vegas casinos:
Station Casinos begins a Boarding Pass promo at their Vegas properties today that will run until August 31st. Earn 200 Boarding Pass points and receive a free breakfast buffet. Earn 400 point and receive a free lunch buffet and for 600 points, you’ll receive a free dinner/brunch buffet. The promotion isn’t valid on Saturdays, but guests do get to keep their points. Visit Santa Fe, Texas, Palace, Sunset, Boulder, Red Rock and Green Valley Ranch to participate.
The Cannery Casino is launching season two …
Date: August 15th, 2007 |
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Jerry Yang Wins World Series of Poker Main Event
The 55 events of the 2007 World Series of Poker came to a close yesterday morning (July 18) when Jerry Yang caught an inside straight on the final card of the final hand of the main event, which was telecast live on ESPN pay-per-view. This enabled him to win the $8.25 million top prize in that $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em Championship game and walk away top dog.
The 39-year-old Yang hails from Temecula, California, where he is a psychologist and social worker. He was ecstatic, …
Date: July 19th, 2007 |
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Winning Players Ante Up For Africa
Last week as part of the preliminary events of the WSOP, actor Don Cheadle and poker professional Annie Duke co-organized a charity event called Ante Up For Africa. Many of their friends in the entertainment and poker realms answered the call to participate in the event, which required a $5,000 buy-in.
Cheadle’s Ocean 13 co-star Matt Damon and his close friend Ben Affleck reportedly flew in from family vacations in Hawaii to play in the tournament. Damon was knocked out in his first round, but Affleck made it to about the half way mark of play before he left the tables.
Also attending were celebrities Shannon Elizabeth (who is also playing in the main tournament), Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Hank Azaria, Mekhi Pfifer, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines, Donnie Wahlberg and Charles Barkley. They were joined by poker pros like Doyle Brunson, Joe Hachem and Phil Hellmuth.
At the end, Brandon Moran and Dan Shak were the two men left standing and even though it was requested that all players donate half their winnings, they both agreed to donate the entire winning $386,738 pot to the tournament’s charities. All monies raised were donated to the International Rescue Committee and the Enough Project.
In a press release from the event, Cheadle said, “It was a terrific experience and show of support for a world tragedy. Thank you to the WSOP, celebrities and poker pros that brought their commitment to the poker tables and raised awareness about the Darfur crisis.”
The folks at Harrah’s were kind enough to share these photos of participating celebrities from the tournament with us.
Date: July 11th, 2007 |
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ACM Launches 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament at MGM Grand
As part of the ever growing roster of events surrounding the annual Academy of Country Music Awards show, the ACM is starting a new tradition: a charity poker tournament. Makes sense, since the ACM awards are being held in a gambling mecca, right?
Hosted by award-winning country artists Big & Rich, along with Two Foot Fred, the event starts a 2pm on Monday, May 14, at the MGM Grand.
Interested in grabbing a seat at the table? The …
Date: May 12th, 2007 |
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Horsing Around at the Imperial Palace
If you were at the Imperial Palace yesterday, you may have noticed one of the players horsing around the blackjack tables and Race & Sports Book area. In fact, it was a horse.
To promote the 29th annual meeting of the American Miniature Horse Association at the hotel, Magic Meadows All Eyes On Me, a 2-year-old American miniature, took to the floor to visit the gaming areas.
Eyes On, as he is nicknamed, is a beautiful black Tovero pinto colt who is rased by …
Date: February 22nd, 2007 |
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