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  • Poker Room Review: Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, NV

    Sunday, January 4, 2009, Ashley Adams
    The Grand Sierra is a beautifully appointed poker room in a luxury casino resort. There are nice high ceilings, extremely comfortable "extended play" chairs, and large flat-screen televisions that surround the room. The tables are luxurious...more
  • Poker Room Review: John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV

    Sunday, December 28, 2008, Ashley Adams
    I've often wondered if there was any room left in the expanding casino world for a first-class, independent casino. So many places I've played in are either run by the super-large corporations or are faltering, especially with the difficult...more
  • Poker Room Review: Terrible's Sands Regency Casino Hotel, Reno, NV

    Sunday, December 21, 2008, Ashley Adams
    The poker room at the Sands Regency Casino Hotel is named "Mom's Poker Room". It's a misnomer. It should be called, "Grandpa's Poker Room" - filled as it often is with older local guys. Even so, it's a lively and noisy place, located in wha...more
  • Poker Room Review: Carson Nugget, Carson City, NV

    Sunday, December 14, 2008, Ashley Adams
    I visited the Carson City Nugget late on a Wednesday night as I drove back to my hotel in Reno after a day in Lake Tahoe. I'm very glad I took the slight detour and stopped in for a couple of hours of play. The Carson Nugget is a casino i...more
  • Poker Room Review: Fandango Casino, Carson City, NV

    Sunday, December 7, 2008, Ashley Adams
    The Fandango Casino poker room is a brightly lit, festive, and somewhat garish place that is currently suffering the ill effects of a poor economy. They have scaled back their operations somewhat, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and not ...more
  • Poker Room Review: Lakeside Inn and Casino, Stateline, NV

    Sunday, November 30, 2008, Ashley Adams
    I sometimes fantasize about redoing my house and building an elegant club room in which to play poker with my friends. I'd put in a beautiful high-end table and nice chairs for a cash game, and then add a couple more for good measure in cas...more
  • Poker Room Review: Montbleu Casino Resort and Spa, Stateline, NV

    Sunday, November 23, 2008, Ashley Adams
    The Montbleu Resort Casino and Spa has a swanky feel to it with its beautiful open layout, very high ceilings, soft lighting, and beautiful pastel colors. The six-table poker room itself is very large and relatively new, having just opened ...more
  • Menendez Re-introduces Legislation to Expand Texas Poker

    Sunday, November 23, 2008, Haley Hintze
    Texas State Representative Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio) has reintroduced legislation designed to expand poker's availability in the state that gave poker's currently most popular variant its name. Menendez, who championed a similar bill th...more
  • Poker Room Review: Carson Valley Inn, Miden, NV

    Sunday, November 16, 2008, Ashley Adams
    Friendly, efficient, accommodating, and generous; those are the first words that come to mind when I think about the poker room at the Carson Valley Inn. The poker room is just fifteen minutes north of Lake Tahoe and about 45 minutes south ...more
  • Poker Room Review: Terrible's Rail City Casino, Sparks, NV

    Sunday, November 9, 2008, Ashley Adams
    Terrible's Rail City Casino has a well-lit poker area, complete with new cards, clean chips, and fairly comfortable chairs inside a Sparks casino that is geared toward the local low roller. You will find a $2/4 limit hold'em game, $3 blackj...more