Poker room at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh reopens tomorrow

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Pittsburghers can put their poker faces back on, after an eight-month hiatus. Live poker resumes Wednesday at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh after closing 15 March, along with the rest of the casino, to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The casino s gaming floor reopened on Tuesday, 9 June.

The Rivers Casino Pittsburgh poker room will be open Monday through Thursday from 4 p.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 a.m., and Sunday from noon to midnight. Rivers Casino will be offering the following games at this time: 1/3 No Limit Texas Hold em and Higher, and 1/3 Pot Limit Omaha and Higher.

As always, safety for guests and Team Members is top priority. Rivers Casino Pittsburgh follows best practices from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and meets or exceeds all COVID-19 Casino Reopening Protocols announced by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). Additionally, Rivers Casino adheres to all guidelines issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and meets all operating requirements set by the Allegheny County Health Department.

In addition to the existing casino-wide safety measures, the following precautions are in effect for the poker room:

- Spectators are not permitted.

- Face coverings are required at all times.

- Seating will be limited to a maximum of seven players per table.

- All chips from a prior visit must be exchanged at the cashier before being seated.

- Prior to sitting at a live poker game, all guests must use hand sanitizer. Use of hand sanitizer is required prior to receiving gaming chips and cards.

- No eating or smoking will be permitted.

"The poker room is an integral part of our gaming offerings here at Rivers Casino," said Andre Barnabei, vice president of gaming at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh. "We re really looking forward to welcoming our poker players back and reactivating our poker room staff. There will be new safety procedures, but the same great action."

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Nobody posted about the tournament so better to be late to the game than to say nothing.

I didn't play the tournament after all but it was not due to a lack of effort. A friend of mine called me and said there was no line and about 100 entrants so I thought it would be fine. I arrived at the poker room at 10:55 (twenty minutes before it started) and there was a huge line snaking through the room and they already sold the 180 available seats (20 nine-handed tables).

I wound up being alternate #70 and sat down at a $1/2 game. I called in while I was in line for the tourney but there wouldn't have been a wait even without doing so.

By the time they were about to call me, I would have had 25 big blinds. Since I was actually up at $1/2 I didn't want to set $240 on fire praying for two quick double ups so I got a refund and kept playing $1/2. I would up racking up with a $370 profit which was better than my friend who wound up min-cashing in 43rd place.

As for the tournament they wound up with 418 registrants, all but 180 of whom were

late entries, with a ton of them being happy to get in really late. I heard rumors of an 8-way chop at the end. I cannot confirm or deny it but would assume it had to be a ICM chop with that many people if it did indeed go down that way.

In other news, I really did want to play the tournament and anxiously await them returning.

Nobody posted about the tournament so better to be late to the game than to say nothing.

I didn't play the tournament after all but it was not due to a lack of effort. A friend of mine called me and said there was no line and about 100 entrants so I thought it would be fine. I arrived at the poker room at 10:55 (twenty minutes before it started) and there was a huge line snaking through the room and they already sold the 180 available seats (20 nine-handed tables).

I wound up being alternate #70 and sat down at a $1/2 game. I called in while I was in line for the tourney but there wouldn't have been a wait even without doing so.

By the time they were about to call me, I would have had 25 big blinds. Since I was actually up at $1/2 I didn't want to set $240 on fire praying for two quick double ups so I got a refund and kept playing $1/2. I would up racking up with a $370 profit which was better than my friend who wound up min-cashing in 43rd place.

As for the tournament they wound up with 418 registrants, all but 180 of whom were late entries, with a ton of them being happy to get in really late. I heard rumors of an 8-way chop at the end. I cannot confirm or deny it but would assume it had to be a ICM chop with that many people if it did indeed go down that way.

In other news, I really did want to play the tournament and anxiously await them returning.

Nobody posted about the tournament so better to be late to the game than to say nothing.

I didn't play the tournament after all but it was not due to a lack of effort. A friend of mine called me and said there was no line and about 100 entrants so I thought it would be fine. I arrived at the poker room at 10:55 (twenty minutes before it started) and there was a huge line snaking through the room and they already sold the 180 available seats (20 nine-handed tables).

I wound up being alternate #70 and sat down at a $1/2 game. I called in while I was in line for the tourney but there wouldn't have been a wait even without doing so.

By the time they were about to call me, I would have had 25 big blinds. Since I was actually up at $1/2 I didn't want to set $240 on fire praying for two quick double ups so I got a refund and kept playing $1/2. I would up racking up with a $370 profit which was better than my friend who wound up min-cashing in 43rd place.

As for the tournament they wound up with 418 registrants, all but 180 of whom were late entries, with a ton of them being happy to get in really late. I heard rumors of an 8-way chop at the end. I cannot confirm or deny it but would assume it had to be a ICM chop with that many people if it did indeed go down that way.

In other news, I really did want to play the tournament and anxiously await them returning.

Was this a one-off tournament, or have they begun running something monthly (or weekly)? How did you friend find it - was it run well, was the structure okay, were table breaks and redraws done smoothly? Any information appreciated as I would love to get back into tournaments.

Also, does anyone know how often/what stakes the PLO runs here, and if you've played it, what are your impressions? Cheers.

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