Learning the ropes – Many new players are a bit uneasy about jumping into a live poker game at a casino with a table full of what they may perceive as real poker sharks. Playing online offers. The casino includes more than 2,100 gaming machines, 150 table games, a 29-table dedicated poker room, and a state-of-the-art FanDuel sportsbook. Partners in the destination casino in the Stadium District of Philadelphia include The Cordish Cos., developers of the XFinity Live! Entertainment complex just to the south. Download the Bravo Poker Live app on your smart phone or tablet for up to the minute details on our Poker Room promotions and live table availability. Download the Bravo Poker Live App for Android; Download the Bravo Poker App for IOS; For more information, please call our Poker Room at 574-931-3309.
The 24/7 buzz, the amenities, the stylish setting, the daily tournaments at every level and the vast selection of games have made The Poker Room at Live! Casino & Hotel one of the nation’s biggest . . . and one of the best. Must be why the World Poker Tournament made Live! Casino & Hotel a regular stop on their championship tour.
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Order your favorite cocktail at the private bar. Tired? On-site masseuses can offer a shoulder massage while you play, so you don’t have to miss a hand. And if your phone battery fades, just plug it into the charging ports built right into the tables.
The new Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia continues to move toward an opening in early 2021. When that happens, there will be live poker.
According to a casino representative, the new property will feature a 29-table poker room. No official opening date has been announced as yet.
Live! Philly eyeing mid-January for poker room launch
Earlier today, poker reporter Anthony Cicali tweeted confirmation that Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia will have a poker room. Cicali shared a short video showing movers bringing a poker table into the casino and unwrapping it.
According to Cicali’s sources, “They are looking to launch mid-January.”
Confirmed!!! Philly Live will have a poker room .. here’s first look and inside sources tell me they are looking to launch mid January @LiveCasinoPHLpic.twitter.com/KOQk3itSUt
— Anthony F Cicali III (@EataHoagie) December 9, 2020
When asked, “Will you guys have poker, and if, so will it be immediately?” via Instagram, a Live! rep responded:
“We will have a poker room, however with covid restrictions, we won’t know until we open.”
The casino was developed and is owned by The Cordish Companies, which also operates Xfinity Live! Philadelphia. Like other Philadelphia casinos, Xfinity Live! has temporarily closed due to citywide restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
All Philadelphia casinos must remain closed until Jan. 1, 2021, at the earliest, meaning the opening of Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia will not happen until the new year.
Located in the South Philadelphia Stadium Entertainment District, Live! Philly will feature 2,200 slot machines and over 125 table games.
While plans move ahead toward the casino’s grand opening, the PlayLive! Online Casino and FanDuel-powered online sportsbook are already up and running.
PA poker rooms return slowly, continue to face challenges
It has been a challenging year for Pennsylvania poker rooms, all of which were forced to close in mid-March due to the pandemic. Casinos began to reopen over the summer, but the poker rooms remained shut down as dictated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB)‘s COVID-19 Casino Reopening Protocols.
It wasn’t until early October that some of the poker rooms began submitting reopening plans to the PGCB.
Five rooms reopened in late October and early November. They included the rooms at Mohegan Sun Pocono, Mount Airy Casino, The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, Rivers Casino Pittsburgh and Rivers Casino Philadelphia.
Rivers Casino Philadelphia opened its poker room as well, although the citywide restrictions forced the casino to close once again on Nov. 20.
Parx Casino in Bensalem plans to reopen the state’s largest poker room on Dec. 15.
The poker rooms at Hollywood Casino, Presque Isle Downs and Wind Creek Casino have all remain shuttered. A representative from Wind Creek informed PlayPennsylvania in late November that the casino had no update to provide regarding when the poker room might reopen.
Meanwhile, one of the closed poker rooms, the WSOP-branded one at Harrah’s Philadelphia, will not be reopening. In August, it became known that Harrah’s intended to close its poker room permanently.
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