The poker scene in Reno has evolved through the years, but you that it's always an adapt as rooms enter and exit. Forty years ago there are ten places you could play, however the rooms had just a couple of tables. Thirty years ago half the casinos in the city thought that they to own poker, so even tiny clubs like the Onslow and Silver Spur a game or two.
Reno poker hit its high point in the late 1980's when WSOP bracelet winners like Hans 'Tuna' Lund, Freddie Deeb, Russ Hamilton, and Ray Zee played in the very best rooms around (Harrah's, Flamingo Hilton, Reno Hilton). The games were great around town, with busy rooms at Circus Circus, Peppermill, Harold's Club, Cal-Neva and Eldorado.
Today, because pendulum swings back the opposite way, you'll find just six poker rooms throughout 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 from the casino floor, the poker site has PokerPro machines rather than live dealers. Games start at 6pm.
The Sands Regency includes a small, three-table room that serves hotel guests. The room opens at 10am, but games don't always get cranked-up immediately. 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 the least six tables.
Number Five ' Club Cal-Neva
The Club-Cal-Neva survived for decades inside downtown area with no hotel. Now the club carries a nice hotel attached, nevertheless the room, clientele, and ambiance have changed little. The room has six tables and provides bad-beat jackpots, four-of-a-kind and better bonuses, and bonus tournament chips check here for each hour of live cash play.
The comp rate is $1 by the hour of live cash play and might be used for property amenities and also $10 tournament buy-ins. Room opens at 10am.
Number Four ' Eldorado
The Eldorado casino is sandwiched involving the Silver Legacy and Circus Circus and it has an 11-table poker room. The room is well laid-out with lots of room between your tables. Bonuses for four-of-a-kind and higher hands are paid each day and games have a bad-beat jackpot drop. The room opens at 10am, but stays open until the games go down.
$30 tournament players obtain a $10 bonus if they play in live games following your tournament. In addition, complimentary admittance to a $2,000 added last-Friday from the month tournament are available for 25-hours of play. The hourly comp rate for live play is $1.
Number Three ' Peppermill
The Peppermill may be the nicest poker network in Northern Nevada, with 25 TV's and 19 tables. A complimentary, self-service beverage, soup, and sandwich station keeps players in the room along with table-side dining. The hourly comp rate is $1.
Number Two ' Grand Sierra
The Grand Sierra poker site opens at 9:30am and possesses 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 that first players in a very $3-6 limit Hold'em game at 2pm is $20 in chips after 2 hours of live play. The hourly rates are $2.
Number One - Atlantis
The Atlantis includes a pleasant poker room with plush chairs and plenty of TV's. The nine-table room opens at 9am and provides a free-spin bonus wheel for lucky seated players, high-hand payoffs, plus an aces-cracked bonus. In addition, a self-service soup and beverage bar is accessible.
The comp rate at the Atlantis runs $1 each hour for 10-a day in a very week of play and $2 per hour for upwards of one day of play, plus $1 cashback per hour. You can also turn in a tournament receipt for any play in Reno/Sparks and get a $10 bonus with one-hour of play.