Jena Choctaw Pines Casino reopens poker room
Jena Choctaw Pines Casino in Dry Pong, La., has reopened its poker room. The room is open from 5 p.m.-3 a.m. Thursday-Saturday. For more information
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Boomtown New Orleans reopening poker room on May 28
Boomtown New Orleans is reopening its poker room on May 28. No other details were immediately available. For more information on poker room reopenings, visit
Harrah’s New Orleans reopens poker room
Harrah’s New Orleans has reopened its poker room. Games are 5-handed. For more information on poker room reopenings, visit our Reopen webpage.
Coushatta Casino Resort to reopen poker room on June 17
Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, La., will reopen its poker room on June 17. Games will have a maximum of seven players and players will
Louisiana casinos to reopen, but not poker rooms
Casinos in Louisiana will begin opening next week, but none of have announced that their poker rooms will open when their casinos do, and most
HPT St. Louis goes to Las Vegas’ Garosshen
Editor’s note: Ante Up refrained from publishing its April issue because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most of the news in the issue would have
Naples, Fla., series begins March 29
Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track in Central Florida will host its Championship series March 29-April 5. Daily satellites at noon for $50 run until the main
Naples-Ft. Myers Holiday Series ends in a chop in Florida
The Holiday Series at the Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track’s poker room wrapped in December, with $110K-plus in prize pools. The $80K guarantee, which cost $300,
Isle Open in South Florida goes to Rosenthal
Aaron Rosenthal of Surfside, Fla., was declared champion of the $1,500 Isle Open Main Event in Pompano Beach, Fla., after a three-way chop with Alan
Sarmiento takes S. Fla. WSOPC main
Steven Sarmiento of Forest Hills, N.Y., won the main event of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Seminole Coconut Creek Casino, collecting $188K, his
Emerald poker series returns to North Florida
It’s October and time for the return of the Emerald Coast Poker Championship to Ebro Greyhound Park just north of Panama City Beach. The seven-event
Silks Poker Room Summer Series sizzles in Tampa
George Hemphill beat nearly 250 entries for $21,500 to win the $400 main event of the Summer Series at Tampa Bay Downs’ Silks Poker Room
Fish hooks a big poker title in South Florida
One-time Ante Up Player of the Year Darryll Fish, a hometown favorite at South Florida poker tables, won the main event of the WPT Lucky
Win Ante Up Poker Cruises at TGT Poker Feb. 10
Looking for a chance to sail on the March 8 Ante Up Poker Cruise to Cozumel aboard Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas? TGT Poker
Mardi Gras reopens after Irma in South Florida
There are many places to play poker in South Florida, but it’s when one of your favorite places is taken away that you realize what
Chris Williams wins Event 8 of AUPT at Pearl River
Christopher Williams has won Event #8 of the Pearl River Poker Open, an Ante Up Poker Tour series at Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Miss.
L’Auberge Casino Resorts to award Ante Up Poker Cruise packages
The L’Auberge Casino Resorts in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles, La., are each awarding four Ante Up Poker Cruise packages in upcoming promotions.
