Month: November 2012

Stephen Bloomfield
California

Affordable poker tournaments, big payouts in L.A.

In the roughly six-week span between Sept. 20 through Halloween, there were 45 events with an average buy-in of $119. These events had total prize pools surpassing $1.4 million, and collective guarantees of more than $1.3 million. The events were spread among series at the Bicycle Casino, Hollywood Park Casino and Hustler Casino. Most of […]

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Missouri

Mizzou gets new casino with poker room

A 2008 ballot initiative limited Missouri gaming licenses to 13. The closing of President Casino in St. Louis in July 2010 started a competition for this precious license, won by Isle of Capri Gaming. The company recently opened Isle Casino Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River in the boot heel of the state, between two […]

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