Poker is returning to the Palms Casino in Las Vegas for the primary time in over a decade. World Poker Tour is bringing its new “The Victor” live-streamed money sport to the off-Strip property.
The on line casino’s room closed in 2014 after opening simply two years earlier. The whole property closed for a number of months in 2020 earlier than being bought by California’s Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. Red Rock Resorts, the mother or father firm of Station Casinos, bought the property to the tribe for $650 million.
“The Victor” now brings poker again to the property June 4-6 with three days of live-streamed money video games that includes rotating lineups. The solid of gamers is anticipated to incorporate poker gamers, distinctive personalities, and influencers.
‘Victor’ Is Crowned After 100 Hands
The present brings a couple of twists on the everyday money sport with pot restrict play pre-flop and no-limit post-flop. Additionally, every session consists of two designated “rivals,” bringing some antagonism to the desk.
The video games characteristic blinds of $25-$50, with every rival shopping for in initially for $5,000. A second $5,000 buy-in is accessible, however solely after the fiftieth hand.
After 100 palms, the rival with the bigger chip stack is topped “The Victor.” This participant collects his or her rival’s whole chip stack.
“One hundred hands. One rivalry. One Victor,” is how the WPT promoted the brand new money sport present.
Who’s Appearing On ‘The Victor’?
The WPT is making an attempt to convey an attention-grabbing solid of characters collectively for the motion.
The opening day lineup on June 4 options entrepreneur and content material producer Roger Nahum, poker vlogger Alexander “Wolfgang Poker” Seibt, actress and author Nikki Limo, and poker professionals Jared Jaffee, Nick Rigby, and Jouhan Allende.
On June 5, viewers can search for poker professionals Ryan Depaulo, Kyna England, Lily Kiletto, Rigby, and Limo, together with lawyer and poker participant Michael “Cinnabon” Ely and vlogger Tim “The Trooper” Watts.
The closing day on June 6 options poker professionals Kelly Minkin, Tyler Patterson, Rigby, Limo, Nahum, and Kiletto, together with poker participant and advertising and marketing skilled Patrick Harvey.
The video games shall be streamed on the WPT YouTube channel in addition to the corporate’s social media.
History Of Las Vegas Poker Room Closures
While the WPT is bringing some card-playing motion again to the Palms, it doesn’t appear to be a poker site is returning … at the very least for now. The Palms was a part of a wave of Las Vegas poker site closings after on-line poker’s Black Friday that included:
- Tropicana (2012)
- M Resort (2013)
- Circus Circus (2013)
- Texas Station (2015)
- Hard Rock (2017)
- Monte Carlo (2017)
- Treasure Island (2018)
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a number of different closures, together with:
- Rio
- Palace Station
- Mirage
- Harrah’s
- Flamingo
- Green Valley Ranch
- Planet Hollywood
- Binion’s
Just a few rooms have additionally shuttered not too long ago, together with Resorts World in March and the Sahara in 2024. Planet Hollywood closed its poker site once more in January after the venue had reopened the venue just a few months earlier.
Green Valley Ranch unveiled a brand new room in December that continues to be open.
