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Live Poker at the Carson Valley Inn!

Poker Room Opens at Noon Daily

Poker players now earn INN Club comps for your poker room play!

Masters Week
Poker Room Putting Contest

Thursday - Sunday, April 8 - 11, 2010
Any player who makes a full-house, 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!

Guidelines posted in the Poker Room

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 at noon. The entire area is non-smoking.

Click for Ranking of Poker Hands

PokerNo-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments are held every Tuesday and Thursday night at 6 p.m. The buy-in is $20 + $5 ($25 total) with one $20 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 Inn's Poker Room also features a no limit Hold'em game the first Saturday of each month starting at 7 p.m. The buy in is a minimum of $100 dollars and a maximum of $500 dollars.

Poker Tournaments

An opening Shootout Hold'em tournament is held every day 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. when requested, 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 players

Every winning hand of four-of-a-kind of earns a 1,000 point ($10 value) comp bonus which is added to your account on the spot. So, be sure to present your INN Club card whenever you start play.

The CVI Poker Room also has five progressive jackpots: One royal flush in each of the four suits plus any straight flush. Each of these jackpots has a house-provided starting amount and the jackpot progresses daily based on a small rake from every poker hand that goes over $20.

The Carson Valley Inn poker room features a 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split game every Monday evening with a $1 - $5 limit. On Saturdays, the Inn's poker room features $2 - $6 limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split. The game begins at 3 p.m. and the buy-in is just $20. An on-request 4 X 8 limit Texas Hold'em game starts at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays with just a $40 buy-in.

It's Fun to Win at the Inn

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

The Inn is just 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe's south shore, and 45 minutes south of Reno. You don't have to go a long way to get away!