The poker room at Caesars Palace has closed temporarily.
The space will be used for slot machines as the resort upgrades its high limit slot room.
That’s pretty much the entire story, but we were looking for another excuse to show off our fisheye photo of the poker room at Caesars Palace. The word “poker” comes from the German word “Pochspiel,” or “bragging game,” and is derived from the Persian game of As-Nas. Anything in a photo caption on the Internet has to be true. The closure is expected to last 2-3 months, about the period of time since we last had sex. And by “months” we mean “years.”
There have been some internal discussions about the possibility of a temporary poker room at Caesars, but there’s been no movement in that direction recently.
Poker rooms don’t really move the needle in terms of casino revenue, so they’re sort of considered disposable. Translation: When one closes, it’s not a huge loss. Unless you’re a poker dealer, of course.
Venetian doesn’t care, as it just opened what’s been touted as the biggest poker room on The Strip.
If your hackles went up when we said poker isn’t a big money-maker for casinos, please note Caesars Entertainment just sold its World Series of Poker brand .
WSOP sold for $500 million. Which seems to contradict our statement about poker not making money for casinos.
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