Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino near San Diego, CA has several interesting weekly poker room promotions going on.
"Morning Rack Attacks" run every Sunday through Saturday morning from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. One table will be randomly drawn every half-hour (9:45 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., and 12:15 p.m.) to have $100 added to the next pot.
"Aces Cracked, Win A Rack" is the promotion running every Monday through Friday from noon to 4:00 p.m. If a Texas Hold' Em player loses with pocket aces and the pot qualifies, the player wins a rack of $1 chips ($100.) To qualify the pot must contain at least $20.
The Poker Room will be giving away $1800 in "Mega Rack Attacks" every Monday. Beginning at 6:15 p.m.through 11:45 p.m. two tables will be drawn 15 minutes after the hour and one table will be drawn 45 minutes after the hour.
Every Tuesday is "Two-Chip Tuesday" starting at 6:00 p.m. Make a full house or better in any live poker game and win up to $200. In Texas Hold' Em, both hole cards must play. Tying the board qualifies. Player must play their best five cards and hands must be shown. Qualifying hands are during a called showdown or the last remaining hand with no callers. Dealers will pick the envelopes and hand them to the player. The envelope will contain two casino chips ranging from $10 - $200.
In Las Vegas, The Silverton Casino Lodge has just announced a new daily tournament schedule. All tournaments are $42 Buy-In No-Limit Hold' Em Events. The weekday Morning Tournaments are held Monday through Friday starting at 9:00 a.m. On Saturdays and Sundays they start at 10:00 a.m. The Evening Tournaments are held Monday through Saturday (no Sundays) beginning at 6:00 p.m. Players will be issued $1,000 in tournament chips to start. Players can purchase an additional $1,000 in chips for $3 that is added to the dealer tip pool. The Tournament outline and rules are as follows:
• 30 seats will be available for each Tournament.
• Entries will be accepted until the end of the first limit.
• Each limit will be 20 minutes for all tournaments listed.
• A $7 entry fee is subtracted from each buy-in for all events listed.
• T.D.A. rules will apply for all tournaments.
The prize pool distribution for all tournaments will be as follows:
Up to 24 players: 1st 50%, 2nd 30% and 3rd 20%.
For 25-30 players: 1st 45%, 2nd 27.5%, 3rd 17.5%, and 4th 10%.
And throughout the casino and including the poker room, Silverton is also hosting the $3,000,000 Treasure Seekers promotion currently underway through February 10. Every Friday and Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. a drawing is held for Discovery Club members. The lucky member who is selected gets to pick one of several numbered bags located at the bottom of the Silverton's 117,000-gallon aquarium. Once the player chooses a bag, a mermaid inside the tank will grab the selected bag and reveal the cash prize. Each drawing will have a top prize bag of $250,000 inside the tank. However, a minimum $50,000 is guaranteed weekly.
Discovery Club members can earn tickets for the drawings by playing their favorite table games, slots, video poker, keno and live poker. Members also receive 10 free tickets per day when they swipe their Discovery Club card. See the club booth for complete details.
That's it for this week!
