The poker scene in Reno has evolved over time, but you it's always an adapt as rooms open and shut. Forty years ago there have been ten places you might play, nevertheless the rooms had just a few tables. Thirty years ago half the casinos in the city thought that they had to possess poker, so even tiny clubs much like the Onslow and Silver Spur had a game or two.
Reno poker hit its high part of the late 1980's when WSOP bracelet winners like Hans 'Tuna' Lund, Freddie Deeb, Russ Hamilton, and Ray Zee played in the best rooms around (Harrah's, Flamingo Hilton, Reno Hilton). The games were great across town, with busy rooms at Circus Circus, Peppermill, Harold's Club, Cal-Neva and Eldorado.
Today, because pendulum swings back the opposite way, there are just six poker rooms round the downtown area, seven if you count the Grand Sierra across highway 395. The Silver legacy offers Reno's only all-automated poker tables. Located on the North side of the casino floor, the poker room has PokerPro machines as an alternative to live dealers. Games start at 6pm.
The Sands Regency features a small, three-table room that caters to hotel guests. The room opens at 10am, but games don't always get cranked-up straight away. Comps are available for hours played. The five remaining live poker rooms in Reno compete for hotel guests and local players this will let you at least six tables.
Number Five ' Club Cal-Neva
The Club-Cal-Neva survived for decades in the downtown area with no hotel. Now the club includes a nice hotel attached, nevertheless the room, clientele, and ambiance have changed little. The room has six tables and will be offering bad-beat jackpots, four-of-a-kind far better bonuses, and bonus tournament chips for each hour of live cash play.
The comp rate is $1 each hour of live cash play and could be utilized for property amenities along with $10 tournament buy-ins. Room opens at 10am.
Number Four ' Eldorado
The Eldorado casino is sandwiched between your Silver Legacy and Circus Circus and contains an 11-table poker site. The room is well laid-out with plenty room involving the tables. Bonuses for four-of-a-kind and hands are paid daily and many types of games require a bad-beat jackpot drop. The room opens at 10am, but stays open before games drop.
$30 tournament players get a $10 bonus when they play in live games following the tournament. In addition, complimentary entry to a $2,000 added last-Friday of the month tournament are offered for 25-hours of play. The hourly comp rate for live play is $1.
Number Three ' Peppermill
The Peppermill could be the nicest poker room in Northern Nevada, with 25 TV's and 19 tables. A complimentary, self-service beverage, soup, and sandwich station keeps players inside room as also does table-side dining. The hourly comp minute rates are $1.
Number Two ' Grand Sierra
The Grand Sierra poker site opens at 9:30am and it has 7 tables available. Seated players have a chance to win $50 for aces cracked, Sunday through Thursday. There are a number of nice complimentary bonuses including a player's buffet offered daily for live game players.
A limit game starter special for the first players inside a $3-6 limit Hold'em game at 2pm is $20 in chips after 2 hours of live play. The hourly minute rates are $2.
Number One - Atlantis
The Atlantis features a very nice poker site with plush chairs and a lot of TV's. The nine-table room opens at 9am and will be offering bola a free-spin bonus wheel for lucky seated players, high-hand payoffs, as well as an aces-cracked bonus. In addition, a self-service soup and beverage bar is accessible.
The comp rate with the Atlantis runs $1 each hour for 10-a day in a week of play and $2 per hour for more than one day of play, plus $1 money back by the hour. You can also turn inside a tournament receipt for any play in Reno/Sparks and get a $10 bonus with one-hour of play.