Going with the theme of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the walls are adorned with cool artwork featuring musicians as characters on playing cards, like John Lennon in the picture below as the ace of diamonds.Ī dress from ‘Poker Face’ singer Lady Gaga also hangs in the entrance to the room. The primarily dark brown wooden walls house a room with well-spaced tables – again not necessarily something you find in a large 45-table room where real estate is critical, especially on days as busy as this weekend.

That came from not just the size of the room, but from the warm décor and classy vibe, which can be tough to capture in a large room. So, getting back to that initial reaction of mine. The Seminole Hard Rock poker room was well aware of this and loaded a high-hand promotion onto Black Friday and the following Saturday where they gave away $1,000 every 20 minutes from noon ‘til midnight! That’s $36,000 a day, twice!Īn action-packed day was in store for not just the players, but the staff as well, as by early afternoon, every one of the 45 tables was full of players engaging in cash games ranging in stakes from $1/2 to $50/100 NL with Pot Limit Omaha games ranging from $2/2 up to $25/50, with an $8/16 Omaha 8-or-Better game sprinkled in as well.Ī day THAT busy provides many challenges for the staff, but credit to everyone from floor staff, to dealers, to servers everyone was fantastic, leading to my confirmation that indeed the steak lived up to that initial sizzle. While I’m here for the WPT Rock N Roll Poker Open, it’s also Black Friday, the busiest shopping and promotional day of the year. Poker rooms included!īut would the steak live up to the initial sizzle of the spacious 45-table room, especially on what promised to be one of its busiest days of the year?

From the second I walked in, I was impressed, and as with many aspects of life, first impressions are important. Those were the actual words that fell out of my mouth as I entered the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood poker room and saw its warm massive surroundings for the first time.

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