Day: September 25, 2012

Poker

And the Ante Goes To …

It’s Election Year in America, and while you might not think your vote matters in November (it does, by the way), we can say with

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Michigan

Bad-beat jackpots are hitting extreme totals in Michigan

With the change to the qualifying hands for bad-beat jackpots at the major Michigan poker rooms, jackpots have been hitting six digits, driving players to casinos and lifting the hopes of gamblers in the Wolverine State. Most rooms require at least quads losing to qualify for the bad beat, and both cards from both players must […]

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Michigan

Aurora’s Hollywood Casino still leads way after 15 years

In August 1997, Hollywood Casino in Aurora was the first in Illinois to open a poker room. Since then, many poker rooms have come and gone. Hollywood’s poker room remains one of Chicagoland’s best places to play limit hold’em, as $10-$20 runs daily. Tuesday’s $20-$40 game is Chicagoland’s longest running weekly game. Thursday’s $15-$30 is […]

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