Poker News

Debbie Burkhead

I just returned to Vegas from an 11-day Christmas vacation on the East Coast with family. After a candlelight church service on Christmas Eve I spent the evening playing Santa, arranging and setting up toys for three toddlers under the age of six.

Christmas morning with three little ones can be hectic but seeing the smiles on their tiny faces was priceless. Poker is the last thing on my mind during the holidays, but after a full day of exchanging presents, cooking and cleaning up we played poker. I don’t know about you, but for me it was a great way to end the year. Happy New Year!

After Christmas Blues Free Roll at the Palms. For those of you who are experiencing the after Christmas blues, get over to the Palms poker room and start qualifying for their $10,000 free roll. Play 30 hours of live poker from January 3-27 to qualify. The free roll will be held January 29 at 7 p.m. Play poker on Sunday and Monday nights and win up to $300 every time a team scores during the “Poker Football Cash Bash.”

Their “$20,000 Diamonds are Forever” is back by popular demand. Hit a diamond flush Monday through Friday and win your share of $500. New to the Palms is the 10 percent or $3.00 max rake.

The Palms has handed out more than $7 million in high-hand jackpots and is still going strong. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

Looking for a Game in Arizona?

Casino Arizona has something for everyone when it comes to poker. If playing on the graveyard shift is for you, check out the bonus jackpots offered between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. When hold’em players get acesfull- of-tens beaten by fourof- a-kind or better they win a portion of the jackpot, and when Omaha or stud players get four fives cracked they win a portion of the jackpot. The losing hand wins 50 percent; the winning hand receives 25 percent, and the other remaining players at the table split 25 percent of the jackpot Player that have those dreaded pocket aces cracked from 3 a.m.-9 a.m. Monday through Friday will receive a rack of white chips totaling $100.

Saturday and Sunday are “Monte Carlo Days” from 3 a.m.-9 a.m. The first player to make four-of-akind, a straight flush, or a royal flush, wins extra cash. Make four deuces through four fives and receive $300; catch quad sixes through four tens and get $400; make four jacks through four aces and receive $500. Make a straight flush and receive $800, and make a royal flush and pocket $1,200.

If that’s not quite enough incentive for you maybe the “Splash Pots with Kickers” days will do it. Monday and Thursday at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., and noon, Casino Arizona draws five lucky tables and adds $100 to the pot but the kicker is that all other players at the table receive $20.

More splash pots take place on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 a.m., 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 9 p.m., and 11 p.m., with four tables drawn and $100 added to the pot. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player Newspaper.

Win a Seat to the World Poker Showdown. The Gold Coast poker room is celebrating their third anniversary by sending a lucky player on a fabulous cruise aboard the Freedom of the Seas March 30-April 6. Start earning drawing tickets on January 14.

Drawings will be held on February 5, 6, and 7 p.m. The Gold Coast offers daily hold’em tournaments at 10 a.m. with a $22 buy-in. For more information see their ad in this issue of Poker Player.

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