The poker room will host games starting at 4 p.m. with plexiglass dividers to allow six-handed play, per guidelines from the Gaming Control Board.
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Jonathan Dokler beat a field of 1,715 entries to earn more than $130,000 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet early Thursday.
The World Series of Poker Online, especially the U.S. portion, does not have the larger buy-ins and variety of games that players are used to.
The rooms plan to host five-handed games, a spokesman said. All of the Station Casinos rooms have been closed since the shutdown began in March.
The room will have plexiglass dividers like its fellow MGM Resorts casino the Bellagio. Other rooms in town are playing five-handed without dividers.
The World Series of Poker has evolved over the years, and the coronavirus pandemic has created a new wrinkle in a long-standing discussion.
The dividers will allow the room to host six-handed games like Bellagio. The Orleans has also said it will install dividers.
The Bellagio is the only room in Las Vegas with six-handed games because it has installed plexiglass dividers between players.
The rooms will open at 10 a.m. The Bellagio plans to be open 24 hours a day. Caesars Palace will be open Thursday through Sunday.
Sahara Las Vegas will reopen its newly renovated poker room Thursday. Players are asked to reserve their seats online.
The events Friday and Saturday will be played with a $250 buy-in in a shootout format, with 80 players spread out at 16 five-handed tables.
The date and buy-in for 31 World Series of Poker bracelet events scheduled to be played on WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey in July.
Events for U.S. players will be held every day in July. GGPoker will host events for international players from July 19 to Sept. 6.
A fun — and profitable — journey through three Las Vegas poker rooms as games resumed after the casino shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The room will be the fourth to reopen in Las Vegas after The Orleans and South Point on Thursday and The Venetian on Friday.
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