Nice! Used to be people thought of Pokerati only as a place for news, analysis, and mistakes … but now they\’re thinking about us, well, maybe for the exact same reasons (lol?) when it comes to quality low-stakes Vegas poker.
Check out PokerNews\’s pimp-out for our version of 1/2 NL/PLO @HardRockPoker here. (Still can\’t get the Hard Rock, however, to get behind the rule I\’m pushing to allow me personally to use three hole cards instead of two in Omaha. Assholes. They also denied my suggestion to have at least two of our regular dealers pitch the cards topless.)
Anyhow, It seems PokerNews wants to cut in on ride along with our action, and thus they\’ve added their own special games to the Hard Rock poker menu:
Wednesday night, PokerNews will host the PokerNews half-kill cash game, which will run weekly throughout the WSOP. This will be a limit hold\’em game with a half-kill, with stakes at the behest of the players. Like all the games at the Hard Rock, it\’s not limited to Wednesday nights and can be played upon request. Players who log the most PokerNews half-kill hours at the Hard Rock will receive a brand new iPad.
Sundays will be all about sit-n-go\’s with PokerNews\’ Sit-n-Go Sunday at the Hard Rock. Unlike the PokerNews half-kill, which will reward stamina, Sit-n-Go Sunday will reward results. Players with the most impressive sit-n-go results over the course of the WSOP will also be rewarded with an iPad.
IPads, plural? Great, now I get to listen to my players bitching about \”why don\’t we get an iPad?\” Just friggin zip it, Rex. I give all of you one every time I get it in drawing to two outs for a chop.
You\’ll be hearing about more Hard Rock action here throughout the WSOP, as well as a whole litany of special World Series promotions. I\’m still trying to learn what they all are … but the coolest one that I know off the top of my head: they\’ll be spreading rake-free satellites before each WSOP event. Boo-yah, no?
Also, for you mixed-game posers specialists, Scott Fischman hosts his 7-game mix there regularly. I\’d like to play, but I\’m scared …
Hard Rock will be running shuttles between their joint on Harmon and the Rio throughout the summer.