Poker News

H. Scot Krause

As football season gets underway, many of your favorite Las Vegas card rooms combine poker and football so you can catch the best of both worlds at the same time.

The Palms Casino Resort will be keeping poker players in their seats during Sunday and Monday Night Football by rewarding them with cash prizes. The “Football Cash Bash” is held in the Poker Room on Sunday and Monday nights. All seated poker players using a Club Palms card get a free entry into the drawings. A winner for a $100-$500 cash prize is drawn every time either team scores a touchdown or field goal.

As a Sunday bonus, Gardunos at the Palms now features a Sunday Margarita Brunch. The all-you-can-eat brunch includes a menu of authentic Mexican dishes, breakfast specialties and all-you-can-drink margaritas. The Margarita Brunch is offered from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is $14.99 per person.

Boyd Gaming is once again offering the “Free $170,000 All American Football Contest.” The $10,000 winner take all (or split with ties) contest runs for 17 weeks starting September 10. Participants pick winners from both college and pro games straight up, no points. You do not have to play every week to be eligible for the weekly prizes but you must sign up to participate. Register for the free contest at the Stardust, Sam’s Town, Fremont, California or the Eldorado and Jokers Wild Casinos in Henderson.

Station Casinos is running the”$1 Million Great Giveaway Football Contest” at Palace Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station or Green Valley Ranch. For an entry fee of $25 per season, fans compete for $30,000 in weekly prizes as well as end-of-the-season cash totaling $290,000, including an aggregate first place prize of $100,000 for picking the most wins. Prizes are also awarded to those who pick the least amount of wins and for those “fiddle-in-the-middle” competitors who average close to a 50-50 record for the season. For this contest, you pick winners straight up, not based on point spreads. As a further enticement, Boarding Pass members purchasing one entry receive $10 in free slot play, while those purchasing two entries (the maximum allowed) receive $25 in free slot play.

New card rooms on the horizon… Reportedly, several additional Las Vegas casinos will be adding card rooms within the next several months, including New York, New York, TI (Treasure Island) and the Venetian. The new South Coast, opening in January, 2006 will also feature a poker room. In California, the poker room at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula has always wholeheartedly welcomed women players, and now gives them an extra incentive.

Beginning in October, ladies will now be able to play to win a coveted seat in theprestigious Ladies’ Tournament in the 2006 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. On October 13th, and regularly on the second Thursday of each month, ladies can make their way to the Pechanga Poker Room at 7:00 p.m. for card action against their peers. The Ladies Only No- Limit Hold ‘em tournament requires a $100 buy in with the first place player winning a $1,000 guaranteed buy-in seat to the Ladies’ event at the 2006 WSOP. The winner also keeps what she makes during the tournament. For more information about the Ladies Only No-Limit Hold ‘em tournament, call the Pechanga Poker Room directly at (951) 303-2472 or log onto www.Pechanga.com.

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