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January 2012 Poker Plays
AGUA CALIENTE CASINO RESORT SPA
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa’s Poker Room is over 4,000 square feet, and includes 20 tables, a large beverage station with dining tables, a waiting area with plush seating, and nine at-screen televisions. Games include Texas Hold’em and Omaha, with an extensive daily
tournament schedule (see Poker Room for details). Thursday Night Deep Stack Tournament: rough March 15th, registration from 5 p.m. t0 7:40 p.m., play begins at 7 p.m. $15+$35 buy-in for $15,000 tournament chips; $10 add-on for $20,000 chips after rst break. No
prize pool, but $300 added to total prize pool collected. No Limit Hold’em Weekend Tournament: Every Friday and Saturday from January 6th through March 17th. Registration from 8 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., play begins at 10 a.m. $15+$35 buy-in, $3,000 guaranteed, $8,500 starting chips; players may add on $10,000 chips at the
rst break for $10.
Monthly Freeroll Poker Tournament: Now through
March 3rd, see Poker Room for dates. Limited to 90 players. Qualify by playing a minimum of 50 recorded hours in the Poker Room in the month previous to the tournament. Participants receive a coupon for a free breakfast at the Grand Palms Bu et. Prize pool of $7,500 awarded to top 10 places, with rst place receiving $2,000.
Top 7 High Hands: Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, the top ve participants with the highest hands for Texas Hold’em games and the top two participants with the highest hands in Omaha will each receive $100 cash.
Quads or Better Payday: From January 2nd through 31st, the Poker Room will award cash to players who
receive a qualifying hand of four-of-a-kind ($100), straight ush ($250), or royal ush ($500), every Sunday through ursday from noon to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Win Spin Win!: e Poker Room will award cash every Sunday through ursday from January 2nd through 31st, with one winner selected every 30 minutes from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. One lucky player will be selected via hot seat, and the winner will spin the cash wheel to win between $25 and $250 cash.
Late Night Mini Bad Beat Jackpots: From January 1st through March 31st, every Sunday through ursday, when a poker player loses a hand and has a full house with three 9s and any pair or better, the loser and the winner will split the jackpot equally. e jackpot begins at $300 at 11 p.m.; $100 will be added at 1 a.m., 3 a.m.,
5 a.m. and 7 a.m.
Super Sunday Tournaments: Sundays at 10 a.m.,
$4,000 guaranteed, $45+$15 buy-in. Registration begins at 8 a.m., limited to 70 players.
BARONA RESORT & CASINO
Round-the-Clock Poker Action in the Poker Parlor Barona Resort & Casino features a 15-table, non- smoking poker room with $3/$6, $4/$8, $8/$16, and No-Limit Texas Hold’em and High-Low Stud. Barona’s Poker Parlor features table pagers. When your seat is available, your pager will let you know and your table will be ready and waiting.
No-Limit Hold’em Guarantee Tournaments: Monday through ursday at 6:30 p.m. $30 buy-in plus $10 entry fee, $1,500 guarantee with a 20 player minimum. Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. $30 buy-in plus $10 entry fee, $2,000 guarantee with a 40 player minimum. Note: no tournaments will be held Monday, January 9th or 16th; night tournaments will be cancelled if the hold’em jackpot is $40,000 or higher.
Get it Cracked!: Every Monday through Friday from noon to 4:30 p.m. If a Hold’em player loses with pocket Aces, or an Omaha player loses with Faces through Aces full of anything, and the pot contains at least $20, the player
wins $100. In Omaha, only the second highest hand wins. High Hands Poker Promotion: Mondays in January, beginning at 5:15 p.m., the top two hands made in Hold’em,
the highest hand made in Omaha, and the highest hand
in Pineapple win cash prizes. New qualifying hands start at 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Top Hold’em hands win $200; second-best Hold’em hand, Omaha and Pineapple hands win $100. Prizes awarded at 7:15 p.m., 9:15 p.m. and
11:15 p.m. See Poker Room for details.
BCS National Championship: Monday, January 9th,
each time a team scores a 3-point eld goal, two tables will be randomly drawn for a $100 rack attack. Each time a team scores a touchdown, four tables will be drawn. If a team scores a safety, six tables will be drawn. If a team returns a punt or kick-o for a touchdown, all tables currently going will receive a $100 rack attack.
$7,500 Holiday No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments:
Monday, January 16th, $7,500 guaranteed prize pool. Tournament starts at 10 a.m., with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. Buy-in $85+$15 for $5,000 starting chips, 20 minute levels. Participants receive a bounce back coupon worth $1,000 in tournament chips for their next $40
buy-in tournament.
$6,000 Gas Card Giveaway: ursdays in January.
players earn entries making qualifying hands in the Poker Room between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. In the 11 p.m. drawings,
15 di erent players will each win a $100 Arco Gas Card. Hot Seat Promotion: Tuesday nights, one winner will receive $100 every 30 minutes from 5:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. Juiced Up Jackpots: On Sunday, January 1st, 15th and 29th at 9 a.m., $10,000 will be added to the posted hold’em jackpot amount. Each time the jackpot is hit, the jackpot amount will start at $10,000. Plus, $1,500 will be added to the Omaha/Pineapple jackpot, and each time the jackpot
is hit, the jackpot amount will start at $5,000.
Mega Rack Attacks: Wednesdays in January from 6:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., one table will be drawn 15 minutes after the hour, and two tables will be drawn 45 minutes
after the hour to have $100 added to the pot.
CASINO PAUMA
Daily No-Limit Texas Hold’em Tournaments (sign-ups begin 2 hours prior to start). Poker Room opens 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Monday: 7 p.m., No-Limit Hold’em, $250 buy-in, no add-on/re-buy. Casino Employee & Military Appreciation. Splash the Pot. No tournament January 16th.
Tuesday: 7 p.m., No-Limit Hold’em, $20 buy-in, no re-buy/add-on. $250 Added, High Hand.
Wednesday: 7 p.m., No-Limit Hold’em, $20 buy-in, no re-buy/add-on, $250 added to prize pool. $250 Added, Aces Cracked.
Thursday: 7 p.m., No-Limit Hold’em, “Mini-Stacked,” $25 buy-in, no re-buy/add-on, $1,000 guaranteed, 15-minute levels, $5,000 starting chips. Splash the Pot.
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