One of Las Vega’s iconic poker room is shutting down for good.
Publish date: November 4, 2020

Three more Las Vegas poker rooms are now closed and will not operate anytime soon.

According to a report from CardsChatMGM properties ExcaliburMandalay Bay, and The Mirage have closed their poker rooms for good.

The shut down of gaming establishment began in March in Las Vegas due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government eased the restrictions measure after a few months, but poker rooms were not the priority.

MGM officials initially called them “temporary” and said they’d be “continually re-evaluated.”

After a few months of evaluating the situation. the management of MGM has determined that the properties would be better off moving forward without spreading poker.

Bad beat jackpot will be distributed back to the players.

Because of the closures of the poker room. The bad beat jackpot money will be distributed back to the players, per gaming regulations, as it’s money that belongs to them and not the venues. That means more than $100,000 will be given away in a series of three upcoming freerolls

A colorful history

The Mirage room played a small but memorable role in the film “Rounders”, representing the ultimate destination for an aspiring poker pro who wished to find a fortune in Las Vegas.

A few notable players started in Mirage like Eli Elezra, David “ODB” Baker, Layne Flack, Bruno Fitoussi, and Gavin Griffin started building their bankrolls at the property’s $20/$40 limits.

Daniel Negreanu posted on Twitter how he grew his poker career in the room. 

King’s Resort close till November 20, 2020

Europe’s biggest poker room. Home to the WSOPE, will be closed until November 20th due to government orders.

After being closed since March 13th, King’s Resort Rozvadov as well as King’s Casino Prague and the Admiral Casino, Rozvadov have reopened around May.

But due to the growing pandemic.due to regulations of the Czech government.

Shifting online

European players who are looking to scratch that poker itch. We recently just featured a new poker site that is built especially to cater to your needs.

INN poker is now open, soon they will have good tournaments and promotions. Register now

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stay safe poker playas! See you soon!

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