This is my October column for Ante-Up, but wait....don't ignore it just yet. As I did last year, the column for October is mostly dedicated to the football promos in Vegas for the rest of the Football season. So you may actually want to read this, or save it if you are in Vegas or are planning a trip before season is over.
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The football season has arrived and that means great promos in the Las Vegas poker rooms. Let’s take a look at what’s available:
RED ROCK: Drawings take place every time a team scores.The winner gets $100 for a touchdown and $50 for field goal. Also, four random tables will be $25 splash pots for the TD and two tables will get a $25 splash pot for the FG.The high hand during each half of the game wins a football jersey. This promo is offered for the Sunday morning and evening games, as well as the Monday and Thursday night games.
There is also a promo for the college games on Saturday at noon and at 5 p.m. All tables receive two pots splashed with a drawing ticket for a touchdown, one pot splashed with a drawing ticket for a field goal and three pots splashed with a drawing ticket for a safety.After the game, one $500 winner and five $100 winners are drawn.
ORLEANS: The Random Cash with a Splash promo runs during the Sunday morning game, as well as the Sunday, Monday and Thursday night games. A random player is selected for a cash prize after each score and that player’s table is awarded a $50 splash pot. The selected player wins $50 for field goal or a two-point conversion, $150 for a touchdown and $250 for a safety or a touchdown scored by the defense or special teams. Note: The cash prize is halved for the $2-$4 limit game. Additionally, for the Monday and Thursday night games, a random table will be selected for $25 splash pots every 15 minutes for two hours before and two hours after the game.
GREEN VALLEY: Players earn football squares for getting aces full or better during the week. The squares are for the Sunday afternoon and evening games, as well as the Monday and Thursday night games.The winning square for each quarter is worth $50 and if unclaimed the prize rolls over to that quarter for the next available game.Jerseys are given away at the Sunday night and Monday night games.
FLAMINGO: On Sundays, from 10 a.m to 8:30 p.m., the three highest hands every 90 minutes will win cash prizes of $150, $100 and $50, respectively.
SUNCOAST: Ace-high flush or better earns football squares worth $50 for each quarter during the Sunday, Monday and Thursday night games as well as the morning and afternoon games on Sunday. Unclaimed prizes roll over to the same game, same quarter the next week.
MGM: For the Sunday, Monday and Thursday night games, players receive a Poker Parlay card starting two hours before kickoff.Players get a stamp for making specific hands. If they complete a card with all five hands (two-pair, three-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house) before the game is over, they get $500. If they complete the card before midnight, they win $100.
MIRAGE: Highest hand of each quarter wins a cash prize: $50 for the first two quarters and halftime, $100 for the third quarter and $150 for fourth quarter.Three Sunday games (morning, afternoon and evening) as well as Monday and Thursday night games feature this promo. Those winners also receive a football square for the next Monday night game and the winning final score square for that game gets $500, plus a square for the season-ending game on Feb. 5.
TREASURE ISLAND: Drawings are at the end of quarters for up to $100 for Thursday night, Sunday afternoon and evening games.
SANTE FE STATION: One player will be selected for a cash prize during selected football games.For Thursday night, Sunday morning and Sunday evening games, the selected player gets $100 for a touchdown and $25 for a field goal. For the Monday night game, the selected player gets $150 for a touchdown and $50 for a field goal.
MANDALAY BAY: The room’s Rolling High Hands of the Shift promo runs three times every day and will coincide with football games Sunday mornings and evenings, as well as Monday and Thursday nights.The highest hands of a three-hour period each shift wins a cash prize starting at $100; $100 is added every hour the prize is unclaimed.Minimum hand is jacks full. The promo runs 6-9 p.m. seven days a week, 1-4 a.m., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 2-5 a.m., 10-1 a.m. Friday through Sunday.
LUXOR: Sunday and Thursday night games, players will get drawing tickets at the start of each quarter.Players will get tickets for each hour played before the game, from 1-5 p.m.A winning ticket will be drawn for each field goal ($50), touchdown ($100) and safety $200).
Monday nights has a $65 tournament and players get an extra 500 chips to the 10K starting stack for every winner they pick in the Sunday football games from the previous day.
STRATOSPHERE: Highest hand of the quarter ($50) for morning, afternoon and evening games Sunday as well as Monday and Thursday evening games.
MONTE CARLO: High hand of the quarters for Sunday morning, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games. 1st quarter $25, 2nd quarter $50, 3rd quarter $75, 4th quarter $100.
EXCALIBUR: Cash drawings for Sunday morning and Monday night games, random seat drawn after each score to award player $50 for FG, $100 for TD, $200 for safety. Tailgate raffle for Monday night games, players earn tickets for live play beginning four hours before game. Two tickets worth $50 each drawn at half time, ticket drawn at 9PM for $50, ticket drawn at 10PM for $100.Cash drawings for Sunday morning and Monday night games, random seat drawn after each score to award player $50 for FG, $100 for TD, $200 for safety. Tailgate raffle for Monday night games, players earn tickets for live play beginning four hours before game. Two tickets worth $50 each drawn at half time, ticket drawn at 9PM for $50, ticket drawn at 10PM for $100.
STRATOSPHERE: Highest hand of the quarter ($50) for morning, afternoon and evening games Sunday as well as Monday and Thursday evening games.
MONTE CARLO: High hand of the quarters for Sunday morning, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games. 1st quarter $25, 2nd quarter $50, 3rd quarter $75, 4th quarter $100.
EXCALIBUR: Cash drawings for Sunday morning and Monday night games, random seat drawn after each score to award player $50 for FG, $100 for TD, $200 for safety. Tailgate raffle for Monday night games, players earn tickets for live play beginning four hours before game. Two tickets worth $50 each drawn at half time, ticket drawn at 9PM for $50, ticket drawn at 10PM for $100.Cash drawings for Sunday morning and Monday night games, random seat drawn after each score to award player $50 for FG, $100 for TD, $200 for safety. Tailgate raffle for Monday night games, players earn tickets for live play beginning four hours before game. Two tickets worth $50 each drawn at half time, ticket drawn at 9PM for $50, ticket drawn at 10PM for $100.
SOUTH POINT: There’s still time to qualify for the $160K holiday freeroll in December.Players need 100 hours of live play by Nov. 30 to be eligible. The top 30 finishers in the tournament get at least $1K and the first-place finisher gets $35K. It’s $15K for second and $10K for third.Everyone who plays gets a minimum of $100.
VENETIAN: DeepStack Extravaganza runs Oct. 24-Nov.24. The main event has three starting flights beginning Nov. 16.It has a $1,600 buy-in and offers a $400K guarantee.A $1,100 bounty tournament with a $175K guarantee starts Nov. 4.There are two $250 three-starting flight tournaments with $150K guarantees.They start Oct. 24 and Nov. 7.A $600 bounty event with a $150K guarantee starts the first of its two starting flights Nov. 11. The total prize pool guarantees for the event exceed $2M.
The Venetian is hosting a special poker weekend Oct. 6-9, highlighted by a $250 event with a $80K guarantee that has three starting flights starting Oct. 9.
I can see the Golden Nugget poker room passing on any football promos but how come Binion's did not put any promos in effect for the NFL season????
ReplyDeleteGN started a bad beat. If they aren't doing football promos (which I'd be surprised), that may be why?
Delete@Lester: Binion's recently closed their main poker room and moved into the pit--4 tables. And honestly, they barely get any cash games, so I don't think there would be any point to a football promo. They are basically just run tournaments now. Very sad.
Delete@Michelle--Golden Nugget hasn't run a football promo for the past few years, at least. They obviously don't feel the need to do so.
DAMMIT ANYHOW! While not a wildly entertaining venue for poker (except for that sweet weekend of October 10th, 2010 for that quad tens for $10K promo) I loved that poker room they ran cash games in. To now hear they have 4 pathetic tables out in the pit saddens me! I will have to forever hold on to my memory of hitting a straight hearts flush HHJ of $550 playing $2-4 limit with a table full of tourists on a Sunday afternoon. When I tipped the dealer ten redbirds the whole table gave me a round of applause! Crapski...
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you have some great memories.
DeleteThe room has been struggling to get cash games going for years now, and when Paul, who was basically running the room, left for Aria, I think that sort of sealed it's fate.
They are keeping the old poker room which they will use for the Saturday tournaments I play, and also for any special events they have. I think their summer Binion's classic drew good crowds. But cash games are just very tough for them.
I always liked the Binion's deepstake Saturday Tournaments. Though I never did well in them. I even staked TBC in one and he did manage to outlast me but not make it anywhere near the final table. I guess its a good thing I also really like the Golden Nugget poker room and that it is still operating. But... the poker player discount you used to get at the Four Queens is likely gone. That used to be good for $25 weekday and $50 weekend nights. Guess I will have to remember those as my good old days of Fremont St. Poker!
DeleteGolden Nugget poker room is still going strong. Very busy room and now, they are the only game downtown.
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