Poker Room Opens at Noon Daily
The Carson Valley Inn's Poker Room is located down the steps and elevators next to the Casino Cashier. Our spacious poker area features one 7 Card Stud table and 3 Texas Hold'em tables. The room includes TVs for sports viewing, height-adjustable chairs, complimentary beverages and light snacks for players, and a daily poker tournament. The entire area is non-smoking.
US Open Week Poker Room Putting Contest
Thursday - Sunday, June 12 - 15, 2008
Any player who makes a full-house in live play, and wins the pot, earns
a chance to roll one putt and win $10 in poker chips - make the putt and
the chips are yours!
Watch the US Open while you play.
Our televisions will be tuned to the action for your viewing pleasure.
Guidelines posted in the Poker Room.
Click for Ranking of Poker Hands : Recent Poker Winners
No-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night at 6 p.m. The buy-in on Tuesday and Thursday nights is $20 + $5 ($25 total) with one $20 re-buy. The Wednesday night buy-in is $100 + $10 ($110 total) with no limit and no re-buy. The top 3 - 5 places receive prize money each night. There's also a 500-chip bonus for tournament participants who log an hour of play time between 3 and 6 p.m. The first place finisher in each tournament also receives a CVI "Champion" tee shirt while they last this winter and spring.
An opening Shootout Hold'em tournament is held every day when the room opens at noon. The buy in is just $16 + $4 ($20 total) and the winner takes the pot!
Ladies-Only Poker Tournaments are every Sunday with sign ups from 5 to 6 p.m., a special Poker Tutorial (like clicking on "Help" for Poker) from 5 to 5:30 p.m., and no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament Play starting at 6 p.m. The $25+$5 entry provides $25 to the prize fund which the top three finishers split each week at 50%, 30% and 20%.
Poker promotions at the Carson Valley Inn include a Free Bonus Payout that provides cash bonus payouts of $200 for any royal flush, $75 for any straight flush and $25 for any four-of–a-kind. The Inn's Bad Beat promotion pays a free $1,000 in cash whenever a hand of "4 of a Kind" is beaten by a higher hand. $500 goes to the beaten 4-of-a-kind hand, $300 to the pot winner and the remaining $200 is table split to the remaining players.
We also feature at least one 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split game every Monday evening. The limit is one to five dollars anytime, low card on the first round starts the action for at least 1 dollar and to qualify for a low hand the hand must be an 8 or better.
DECEMBER: Keith LaPaille (Minden)
had a Queen Hi Straight Flush in a Texas Hold-em' game in the Carson Valley
Inn Poker Room - but knew something was up when Claudia Skaggs (Stateline,
NV) kept raising him. "It was a great position to be in"
thought Keith, "I knew I couldn't lose because of the CVI Poker Room's Bad
Beat prize." His suspicions were confirmed when Claudia Skaggs
showed her King Hi Straight Flush and the $1,000 Bad Beat prize was spread
out as it is whenever a four-of-a-kind or better hand is beaten by a higher
hand. $500 goes to the beaten hand (Keith in this case) and $300
goes to the pot winner (Claudia in this case). The remaining $200
was shared among the remaining players at the table. Everyone's
a winner!
NOVEMBER: Dick Stephens (Reno, NV)
thought he had a big winner with the four sevens he held in a 7 Card Stud
Hi/Lo Split game at the Carson Valley Inn. What he didn't know was
that Ken Bryant (Gardnerville, NV) would get the fourth king he
needed on the last dealt card to take the pot of over $100. But
it was no problem for Dick because he and all the players at the table
got to share in the Carson Valley Inn Poker Room's $1,000 Bad Beat Prize!
This bonus is paid whenever a hand of 4-of-a-kind or better is beaten
by a higher hand. $500 went to Dick for the beaten 4-of-a-kind
hand and $300 (plus the pot) went to Ken. The remaining
$200 was split between the other players at the table. Ken,
who regularly enjoys playing poker at the CVI stated, "Based upon
the cards up, I knew he probably had four 7s. I just needed that
king on the final card and I got it."
Rank of poker hands from highest to lowest
- Royal Flush : A,K,Q,J,10 same suit
- Straight Flush : 5 cards same suit in sequence
- 4 of a Kind : 4 cards same rank
- Full House : 3 cards of one rank 2 cards another rank
- Flush : 5 cards same suit
- Straight : 5 cards mixed suits in sequence
- 3 of a Kind : 3 cards same rank
- Two Pair : Two pairs of 2 cards same rank
- One Pair : 2 cards same rank
- High Card : Highest card of the 5 cards that play