Palm Beach Kennel Club Poker

Description: Largest Bar Poker Event ever held in Florida! The No Limit Open (NLO) is a professional poker tournament for “Bar Poker” Players Only and is scheduled for March 8th, 2020 at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. The Tournament Structure will be comparable to a WSOP $365 event. The NLO tournament will feature a guaranteed $50,000 prize pool. Palm Beach Kennel Club is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. We are currently improving our website's ADA Compliance for the experience of all visitors. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact us at info@pbkennelclub.com.

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Gave myself two tries to see what I could do at the WSOP Circuit Events at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. Played the $550 huge turnout game (Event #1) and a $345 (Event #4). Terrific format if, like me, you prefer many levels with decent amount of time vs. big chip stack. Certainly both is better, but at that buy-in that’s a lot to ask. Didn’t play my best game at the $550 which would have been the one to cross the money line since it had around 2,600 runners. I thought about my mistakes, mostly format related, and did better next try, although not good enough coming in 32 with 45 cashing.

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On the day of the $345, several games were running at once in addition to ours: the last day of the 1MM event, the second day of a previous $345, second day of HORSE, and satts for the ME. I think the Palm Beach Kennel Club did a good job of juggling so much action keeping a good balance of order and fun. Harrison Gimbel was the favorite for first place in the $550 and lost a sick hand against another big stack. I didn’t hear any whining about it at the game or on Twitter. So many guys would be retelling that hand for a month.

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I was at about 8 tables during the $345 and at least 70% of the players were really good. As usual, the young guys were killing it IMO, but not for the usual reasons of aggression, but of knowing when to keep the pot small, when to fold, and being very adept at determining just how much they could get away with. The older guys play with so much more ego, which ultimately makes them easier to beat. Since I play mainly at the Hard Rock and the Isle when in Florida, it was great to have so many people I didn’t recognize, and vice versa.

Assigned seating. No buying chips at the table. Cards being thrown away frequently.

Palm Beach Kennel Club Poker

When the Palm Beach Kennel Club re-opens on Friday, its poker room will have a drastically different look — and could share a glimpse of what table games might look like as casinos grapple with coronavirus concerns.

After being closed for over two months, the West Palm Beach facility, which offers greyhound racing, simulcast wagering and poker, will resume business with a lengthy list of new precautions.

If you’re planning on visiting, you’ll have to wear a facial covering, sign a waiver and receive a temperature check before entering the building. Operating at 50 percent capacity, the Palm Beach Kennel Club will offer self-serve betting machines and will place floor indicators near the betting windows to promote a six-foot distance between patrons. Only two people will be allowed in the elevator at a time.

With table games becoming a tricky issue for casinos due to chips frequently changing hands and the close proximity of players, the Palm Beach Kennel Club is instituting a number of new guidelines.

Once players arrive, they’ll be seated at a specific table and won’t be able to play at any other tables for the rest of the day. Dealers will be assigned to one table as well. Once the players and dealer arrive at the table, they’ll be required to sanitize their hands and won’t be allowed to eat at the table. Drinks will be served with tabletop cup holders. Club management is still determining how many players will be allowed to play at a table.

As for cards and chips, players will be required to make their initial buy-ins at the cage, eliminating the option of buying chips at the table. Chips will be isolated to specific tables and can only leave the game in three ways — the drop box, dealer tip box or by being cashed out at the cage.

Once chips are removed from play, they won’t be re-used again until they’re sanitized. Paper cards will be discarded at regular intervals.

Most casinos throughout South Florida are still temporarily closed. The three Seminole Hard Rock casinos in Broward, which are sovereign and not subject to state business regulations, could be close to re-opening. While there’s been no official word on those properties, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa is resuming business on Friday.

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