Boulder Station Hotel-Casino is one of the Station Casino's families of off-strip Las Vegas casinos. Located on the Boulder Strip at the junction of US-95 and Boulder Highway, Boulder Station was aimed at the Las Vegas local's market but quickly became a favorite with Las Vegas visitors. The modern open design featuring high, vaulted ceilings painted to resemble a blue sky with puffy white clouds adds to the casino's appeal and luxurious up-scale atmosphere.
The Boulder Strip resort offers 300 hotel guest rooms and luxury suites that have recently been renovated to offer guest all the amenities expected from a Station Casino property. Five award winning restaurants await the hungry visitor. Everything from a fast food burger joint to the elegance of white table cloths and silver service can be found in the Broiler offering a selection premium aged steaks and fresh seafood prepared to please even the most discriminating diner. The Guadalajara has a complete menu of Mexican specialties and a self serve salsa bar, perhaps your craving is for the Italian offerings of the Pasta Palace. The Café Coffee Shop is available twenty-four hours everyday and has a complete menu that rivals a New York diner in its variety of selection. Chinese fast foods available at the China Express and quick bites of standard Mexican fare are at the Viva Salsa with items as low as a $1.99. Pizza selections by the piece or the pie are available at the Pizza Palace. Can't decide what you want? Head to the Feast Action Buffet featuring for all-you-can-eat offerings numbering in the dozens. Action cooking stations are staffed by chef's that prepare specialty items to your order while you wait. The Boulder Station Resort's Feast Buffet is one of the most popular buffets in the city that perfected buffets and is often voted the best Las Vegas casino buffet. Lines can be long attesting to the quality of the food.
The casino is large and spacious with more than 2,800 state-of-the art slot and video poker machines including a wide variety of your favorites. The pit games are well represented with Blackjack, Pai Gow poker and Baccarat. The bingo crowd is regularly entertained in the 600 seat Bingo Parlor and if you're one of those believes-in-miracles gamblers (what gambler isn't?) then take a seat in the Keno lounge and try your luck at hundreds of thousands of dollars with the right choice of numbers. The Sports and Horse betting crowd will be pleased with the spacious, comfortable Book featuring a video wall of all the sports and racing action around the world. Individual monitors at the player's stations in the book add to the bettor's comfort and convenience. The Railhead offers live, big-name entertainment in an intimate setting; but, we're at Boulder Station to play poker so let's head over to the poker room.
The ten table room is located in the main casino behind as wall of glass that provides some sound insulation from the action of the casino. All of the tables feature the speed and random shuffles of shufflemasters. The Poker room is under the expert guidance of manager, Steve Devel. With more than three decades in the poker industry Steve guarantees the poker player a positive playing experience. The poker room offers players Limit Texas Hold'em with blinds of $2-$4 and $4-$8 with a ½ kill. No-limit Hold'em comes in $1-$2 blinds with a $100min-$200max buy-in and a $2-$5 with a $200min-$500max buy-in. Omaha High is played with a $4-$8 betting structure and a ½ kill.
Boulder Station Poker Room is a part of the Stations Casino's progressive Bad Beat Jackpot that recently set a record when it was hit for almost a half million dollars. Satellites for the WSOP and the WPT tour events are offered where players can win a free $10K buy-in for the WSOP main event or WPT championships. Stop by and play one of the satellites, the first step toward becoming a multimillionaire and poker icon. Call the poker room direct for details and dates of the satellites at 702.432.7577. Play
50 hours in the Boulder Station Poker Room during April and May and you are qualified for the Poker Plus Tournament. The Poker Plus is a freeroll with a $300,000 prize pool and guarantees the winner $75,000, a nice haul from a freeroll tournament. The 2005 version of the Poker Plus drew a crowd of more than 2,000 players making it the second largest poker tournament ever held, just behind the WSOP main event.
Complimentary pastries are offered to players every morning and a self service gourmet coffee bar is available all the time. Players earn comps at the rate 0f $1 per hour with a $7 daily limit. The food comps are good throughout the Station properties casinos with your Boarding Pass player's cards. Free poker lessons are offered daily at 2:00 PM.
I asked shift supervisor Rex Gurnick what the Poker Room at Boulder Station offers poker players and he was quick to reply with that the service accorded to players will keep you coming back. A professional staff that is dedicated to giving players a consistently pleasurable playing experience and floor decisions that favor the player. All of this in a room that gives poker players a comfortable setting and easy parking with valet and self-park only steps away. Stop by the Boulder Station Poker Room and sample some of the friendly atmosphere of one of Las Vegas' most comfortable poker rooms.
Boulder Station Hotel-Casino
4111 Boulder Highway
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Toll Free: 1.800.683.7777
Local: 702.432.7559
www.boulderstation.com
