A new poker room that will employ 25 in Pennsylvania, a permanent smoking ban in North Carolina, digital poker tables coming to a casino in Oregon, and a celebration of poker people in Las Vegas are just some blinds and antes CardsChat picked up during another orbit around the poker world. The Global Poker Awards are set to return to Vegas in February. (Image: GPI) Global Poker Awards date set
CardChats reported in April that the Global Poker Awards will return in 2022. Now, we know when and where they’ll take place: Feb. 18, at the PokerGo studios in the Aria. The ceremonies will be streamed live through the subscription service.
More than 20 trophies are up for grabs, including awards for the GPI Player of the Year, GPI Female Player of the Year, Poker ICON, and Players’ Choice Award for Best All-Around Poker Player. Awards voting will begin in early 2022.
Fans will be able to vote for three “Fan Choice” awards. Details about those awards and how to vote will soon be announced. Thank you for not smoking
The home of the WSOP Circuit in North Carolina, Harrah’s Cherokee, and its twin, Valley River Casino in Murphy, have permanently banned smoking on their properties.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal council approved the non-smoking rule last week. Casinos in North Carolina have been smoke-free since the pandemic started. The tribe owns the casinos.
“We made a lot of money without cigarettes, pipes, and cigars being lit up in our casino, and I’ve been told by a lot of the employees up there that they are really grateful for that,” council member Teresa McCoy (pictured) told the online newspaper Cherokee One Feather . “Second-hand smoke is almost as deadly as smoking.” Rookies welcome
A $200 “rookies event” will be part of the Potomac Winter Poker Open at the MGM National Harbor located near Alexandria, Virginia outside of Washington DC, in February.
Restricted to players with less than $25K in tournament winnings as reported on the Hendon Mob, the No-Limit Hold’em event will take place Saturday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m.The Potomac Winter […]
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