Poker players in some US states have to travel hundreds of miles to enjoy their favorite game in a casino but Nevada residents have a bounty of poker riches at their disposal, with many of the wo
rld’s best cash games and tournaments taking place in Las Vegas.
Casinos such as the Bellagio, Aria, Caesar’s Palace, and the Venetian offer up some of the largest poker rooms in the world with poker action running around the clock and millions of dollars in tournament prize money awarded every year.
Poker in Nevada – Epicenter of the World
Las Vegas is not just the poker epicenter of the world year-round but it also plays host to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) every summer, a series of nearly 60 different tournaments that culminates in the $10,000 buy-in WSOP Main Event. The Main Event is the unofficial world championship of poker each year, sporting a huge prizepool that typically pays out $8 million-$9 million to the winner, with nearly every player who makes the final table guaranteed to walk away a millionaire.
While Nevada does offer other poker rooms at casinos outside of Las Vegas such as in Reno, nearly all of the poker action is found in Sin City. Nearly all the major Strip casinos offer poker rooms as well as off-Strip casinos such as Red Rock Casino, the Palms, and the Rio (home of the WSOP). Most poker rooms offer a steady diet of small stakes No Limit Texas Holdem — typically spreading $1-$2 and $2-$5 NLHE — with the high stakes action found at Aria and the Bellagio. The Venetian offers the largest poker room in town and is one of the more popular rooms for both cash game and tournament players.
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Online Gambling to be legalized in Nevada
The state of Nevada is also at the forefront of the push to allow individual US states to offer online poker sites for residents, so in the near future your poker options in Nevada might include legal online poker games as well.
Anti-gambling laws in the US currently prevent online poker sites from legally serving US players but states such as Nevada and New Jersey are taking a had look at passing state laws to allow for online poker sites.
While some States see a great income legalizing Internet Gambling, others are not really convinced: “Supporters of legalizing online poker in California estimate that it would net the state $100 million to $250 million a year — a tidy sum, to be sure, but still only enough to put a small dent in the $9.2 billion budget shortfall California faces.”
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