Where To Play Poker In Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Live Poker
Whether you play poker for fun or your livelihood, real-world casinos serve it with something that online can’t duplicate: dealers who enjoy the game as much as you do.
According to Bill Entenmann, director of poker operations at Parx Casino, whose poker room brings in more revenue than any other in the state, the staff should be poker players who can see the room from the players’ point of view, because people who don’t play themselves don’t understand what customers need.
Across Pennsylvania, casinos appeal to poker players not only with knowledgeable staffs but also with a plethora of tournaments, a broad range of table limits, and promotions such as high-hand bonuses and bad-beat jackpots.
Pennsylvania’s 10 largest casinos offer live poker, and a $600 million casino being built in South Philadelphia includes plans for a 33-table poker room. The rooms range from 48 tables at Parx to only seven at Presque Isle in Erie. All are smoke-free and publicize their offerings on the Bravo poker app.
Pittsburgh-based poker player David Eldridge, who has cashed in several WSOP tournaments and played on TV’s “Poker Night in America,” provides a checklist for a good poker room reflects what many players want:
- A decent-sized room that is separated from the smoke and noise in the rest of the casino
- Comfortable chairs
- Efficient and effective management, such as the handling of waiting lists or disputes
He also appreciates extras like charging ports at every seat, reliable wifi, solid food choices and the option to get a massage right at the table. He tends to seek out higher-stakes cash games, which are usually limited to just one table, but he notes that players sticking to smaller stakes have more tables to choose from at bigger rooms.
Bad Beat jackpots and high-hand bonuses attract many players who enjoy $1-3 or $2-5 no-limit or $3-6 and $4-8 limit, but higher-stakes players often turn up their noses at such promotions.
Entenman said some view the extra dollar of rake taken from each pot to fund those promotions as “a lottery ticket” they’re forced to buy.
Pennsylvania poker rooms typically take a 10 percent rake from the pot, capped at $5, along with an extra $1 or $2 that goes toward promotions. Hold ‘Em and PLO are the games you’ll find most often, with 1-3 and 2-5 being the standard no-limit stakes, while limit games usually run 3-6 or 4-8.
Widespread online poker is on the horizon in Pennsylvania, with nine of the 13 land-based casinos applying for licenses to offer poker, casino table games and slot games. Applicants paid $10 million each for the licenses and include Stadium Casinos, whose Philadelphia facility is scheduled to open in 2020.
If Pennsylvania casinos follow New Jersey’s lead, many online promotions and tournaments will wind up bringing those players into the casino. Here’s a look at what each Pennsylvania poker room offers.
Live Poker Rooms in Pennsylvania
Mt. Airy Casino Resort
Location: 312 Woodland Rd. Mount Pocono, PA 18344
Phone: (877) 682-4791
Website: www.mountairycasino.com/casino/poker/
Tables: Nine
Promotions: High-hand bonus
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Online Poker Partner: PokerStars PA
Trivia: Mt. Airy’s non-casino offerings include an 18-hole lakefront golf course and a 16,000-square-foot spa, salon and exercise facility.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $1.24 million, up by about $55,000
Parx
Location: 2999 Street Road Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone: 267-525-7300 (poker room)
Website: www.parxcasino.com/poker
Tables: 48
Promotions: High-hand bonuses, with winners also qualifying for twice-a-month cash drawings; Bad Beat jackpot; quarterly Big Stax tournaments; World Poker Tour stop.
Comp rate: $1 an hour for 1-2 no-limit; increases with higher stakes
Extras: Phone-charging port at each seat; free wifi; rake for promotions limited to $1 per pot
Trivia: New poker room opened in January as part of a $50 million project that included the addition of the XCite Center concert venue. It includes 28 large-screen TVs and a three-table high-limit room. Poker Operations Director Bill Entenman says Tuesdays tend to be the nights for high-limit games; a recent Tuesday had 10-10 No Limit Hold ’Em, 15-30 and 40-80 Limit Hold ’Em, 50-100 HOE and 10-10 PLO in addition to more than a dozen more common games, such as 1-3 and 2-5 No Limit Hold ’Em.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $17.3 million, up by about $14,000 from 2016-17.
Rivers
Location: 777 Casino Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone: 412-566-4606 (poker room)
Website: https://www.riverscasino.com/pittsburgh/casino/poker-room
Tables: 30
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; regular stop for “Poker Night in America;”
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Extras: Call-ahead seating good for up to an hour; phone-charging ports at each table.
Trivia: Rivers was the site of two showdowns between some of the world’s top heads-up poker players and Artificial Intelligence units developed at Carnegie Mellon University. In the 2017 test, which involved 120,000 hands over 20 days of play, the AI crushed the four human pros, the first such victory in the world.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $6.6 million, down from $6.7 million
Harrah’s Philadelphia
Location: 777 Harrah’s Blvd. Chester, PA 19013
Phone: (800) 480-8020, Option 3
Website: www.caesars.com/harrahs-philly/casino/poker
Tables: 28
Promotions: High hand bonus, typically paid every hour or half hour; Bad Beat Jackpot, quarterly Diamond Delight tournaments that include cash prizes plus entry into WSOP Main Event and Millionaire Maker tournaments or Diamond level players club membership for a year.
Comp rate: $1 to $3 per hour, depending on game and blind structure
Extras: Mississippi Straddle allowed on all Hold ’Em and Omaha games; “run it twice” option allowed on time-raked no-limit and PLO games.
Trivia: Only World Series of Poker-affiliated room in the state
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $4.77 million, down from $5.3 million
SugarHouse
Location: 1001 N. Delaware Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19125
Phone: 215-717-3883 (poker room)
Website: www.sugarhousepoker.com
Tables: 28
Promotions: High-hand bonus, can qualify by playing one hole card.
Comp rate: $1 to $2 an hour, depending on game
Extras: In-seat text-to-order food service available
Trivia: Regular stop for “Poker Night in America”
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $7.9 million, up from $7.7 million.
Sands
Location: 77 Sands Blvd. Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: (877) 726-3777
Website: www.pasands.com/en/Gaming/poker-room
Tables: 26
Promotions: Bad Beat jackpot
Extras: Phone-charging ports at each seat; complimentary beverage service; massage service available.
Trivia: The Sands, currently owned by Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp., is being sold for $1.3 billion to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama. The sale is expected to be final by early 2019.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $10.5 million, down from $11.1 million
Mohegan Sun Pocono
Location: 1280 Highway 315 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: (888) 946-4672
Website: www.mohegansunpocono.com/playing/poker
Tables: 18
Promotions: Bad Beat Jackpot for both cash games and tournament play; progressive royal flush jackpot for each suit grows by $25 per day; daily tournaments.
Trivia: Mohegan Sun was the first legal casino in Pennsylvania, opening in November 2006. The casino and its 400-acre site are owned by Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $2.3 million, down from $2.7 million
Hollywood at Penn National
Location: 777 Hollywood Blvd. Grantville, PA 17028
Phone: (717) 469-2211 Opt. 9
Website: www.hollywoodpnrc.com/casino/poker
Tables: 17
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; cash rewards for 50 or more hours played per month.
Comp rate: “Rake Back” offers cash for hours played per month, starting with $50 for 50 to 74 hours and maxing at $150 for at least 150 hours.
Extras: Phone charging ports available at each table
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $3.6 million, down from $4.3 million
Meadows
Location: 210 Racetrack Road Washington, PA 15301
Phone: 724-503-1700 (poker room)
Website: www.meadowsgaming.com/casino/poker-room/
Tables: 14
Promotions: Bad Beat jackpot, with minimum qualifying hand reduced as jackpot grows;
Comp rate: $1 per hour
Tidbits: Regular stop for Heartland Poker Tour
Extras: Poker room overlooks harness-racing track
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $2.2 million, up from $1.8 million
Presque Isle Downs
Location: 8199 Perry Highway Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-8379 (poker room)
Website: www.presqueisledowns.com/gaming/poker
Tables: Seven
Promotions: High-hand bonuses; Bad Beat jackpot; players with seven visits per month are entered in a drawing for a $75 dinner for two at casino’s LBV Steak and Pasta restaurant.
Comp rate: $10 food voucher after three hours of play
Trivia: Room opens at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, at noon Monday through Friday; it remains open as long as there is substantial play.
2017-18 gross poker revenue: $947,293, down from $981,057.