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Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood New Poker Room

Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood’s table games selection is the best in South Florida. Featuring live dealers, guests can choose from Blackjack, Mini-Baccarat, Pai-Gow Poker, Three-Card Poker, Casino War, Texas Hold ‘em, Spanish 21 and Let It Ride. Guests can also enjoy a selection of Video Poker and Video Roulette games. Following its $1.5 billion expansion, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood will also be home to a new 45-table Poker Room with an eight-table semi-private area for 24/7 cash action. The Poker Room will have more than 50 high-resolution televisions broadcasting live sports, in addition to a private cashier cage for accessibility.

  • The Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood casino in South Florida will reopen its doors — including those to it’s spacious and popular poker room — on June 12. But patrons should be prepared for some.
  • About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is the flagship casino resort of Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. This world-renowned entertainment, gaming and hospitality destination unveiled a $1.5 billion expansion on Oct. New offerings include 638 upscale guestrooms in the first-ever Guitar Hotel, 168.

[toc]With the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in full swing in Nevada, other poker news can fall through the cracks. One such story is the new poker room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

On June 1, the property moved its popular poker room from its longtime location outside in Seminole Paradise to a new location inside the casino. The 36-table poker room is now located inside the ballrooms. The room will host all cash games and daily tournaments.

The easiest access to the new poker room is through the Seminole Way garage.

According to a press release from Seminole Gaming, patrons using the Seminole Way garage will have “easy, covered, air-conditioned access to the poker area.”

New poker room closer to tournament action

The new location is also closer to where the Seminole Hard Rock hosts major poker tournaments. The casino hosts several tournament series, like the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown.

Larry Frank, general manager of gaming operations for Seminole Gaming, spoke about the new room:

“In maintaining the quality experience of poker play that the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino poker room is known for, we’re excited about the new poker space and are committed to continuing to offer some of the region’s best promotions and tournaments. The new room’s proximity to our major tournament venue is expected to help amplify our cash action during the upcoming Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and all subsequent series.”

One of those subsequent series will be a WSOP Circuit stop.

Seminole Gaming recently announced a partnership with the WSOP too. Seminole Hard Rock will host a WSOPC series during the upcoming 2017/2018 WSOP Circuit season. The stop at the Seminole Hard Rock gets started on September 21 and runs through October 2, 2017.

As part of the deal, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek will also host a WSOPC series in February of 2018.

Games and amenities in the new room

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The new 24/7 poker room will feature a mixture of games, including:

  • limit and no-limit Texas hold’em
  • Omaha hi-lo
  • Seven-card stud

In addition to the cash games and the major tournaments, Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood also has one of the most extensive daily tournament schedules in the area.

Additionally, the room features large screen TVs. Moreover, according to the press release:

“Food service is available and players may order from a limited menu serviced through in-room dining, as well as a grab-and-go kiosk located at the entrance featuring extensive hot and cold items.”

Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood New Poker Room

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Poker in South Florida received a big boost this weekend as both the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino properties in Hollywood and Coconut Creek reopened their doors on Friday, June 12.

The properties, which have been closed since March 20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, opened under “Safe+Sound” guidelines, which include guests being required to wear a mask, temperature screenings, and a 50 percent max occupancy.

For poker players, the following precautions and procedures will be in place:

  • The poker room will run 25 of their 45 tables
  • Active tables will feature Plexiglass dividers
  • All games will be played max six-handed
  • Both players and staff will be required to wear masks
  • Cards and chips will be cleaned on a regular basis
  • Food not permitted in the poker room. Players can request a 60-minute dinner break.
  • One table or seat change allowed per session
Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood New Poker Room

Both Seminole properties have host prolific tournament series including Seminole Showdowns, World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit stops, and Moneymaker's Road to PSPC. The reopening come about three weeks after their sister property, Hard Rock Tampa, resumed their operations on May 21.

'Major tournament series for Seminole Hard Rock Poker have been well-established globally over the last 10 years,' the poker team at Seminole Gaming told PokerNews. 'When the time is right, these series will return with the same first-class experience that the players have come to know and love.'

The Hard Rock Tampa poker room, which opened under the same guidelines outlines above, saw an immediate demand as poker players not only flocked to the tables, but were willing to put their names on long waiting lists.

'The opening of poker at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa went extremely well. It has been open for over three weeks and the tables remain full, with lists,' the Seminole poker team added. 'Much of the credit goes to Director of Poker Operations, Pablo Perez.'

All Seminole Hard Rock properties have also been equipped with air purification and disinfecting systems

“The health and safety of our team members and guests has always been of upmost importance to our senior leadership team and Tribal Council,” Seminole Hard Rock said in a statement. “We want to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to provide a safe environment for our team members and you, our loyal customers.”

It continued: “As information is changing rapidly and we are learning more daily about COVID-19 and how to stop the spread, we will continue to regularly update the Safe+Sound protocols based on facts and data provided by our partners, industry councils, as well as global and governmental agencies.”

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