Thought of by many as a winter wonderland, Lake Tahoe is also an excellent “off-the-beaten-track” place to take a poker vacation. Most vacationers who head up to this area of the country do so for outdoor sports opportunities, especially in the colder months of the year. The people you’re most likely to see while there include an eclectic mix of young snowboarders and skiers, families who enjoy sledding and tobogganing, and retirees who enjoy watching winter magic from inside heated lounges with cups of hot tea and warm cocoa. In the summer, the lake’s main draws include excellent water sports opportunities and fishing.
But poker players like you know that in Lake Tahoe you don’t have to visit the lake itself to catch fish, as they’re biting all-year-round at the felt!
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If Lake Tahoe will be your next poker vacation destination, then we at Cardplayer Lifestyle are happy to offer you the best room rates at both Harrah’s and Harvey’s. These hotels have a combined 1,250+ rooms available along with over half a dozen restaurants and 150,000+ square feet of gaming space. A full service health spa and plenty of top-name entertainers visit these resort casinos throughout the year, so there’s plenty to keep you occupied when you’re not playing poker.
Though Harvey’s Lake Tahoe and Harrah’s Lake Tahoe are in fact 2 separate properties, they share a joint poker room, located on the physical premises of the Harvey’s complex. The 2 hotels are located across right the street from one another and there’s also a 50-foot-long underground walkway that connects them, in case it’s too cold outside to walk from one to the other.
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Harrah's Lake Tahoe Casino Harrah's Lake Tahoe is world famous for its fun-filled and exciting 24-hour casino action. With an abundance of table games, and over 1,300 slot and video poker machines of every imaginable design, there is something on our Casino floor for everyone! Hottest Casino in South Lake Tahoe featuring more than 400 state-of-the-art video gaming machines and table games, including Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, Three Card Poker, and Pai Gow. Our newest High-Limit Gaming lounge provides an intimate environment to let your rock star shine. Backstage pass rewards club.
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Harrah's South Lake Tahoe: Harrah's is one of the best-rated South Tahoe casinos, with 500 hotel rooms, a spa, nightclub, and big-name entertainment. Harvey's Lake Tahoe: One of the oldest Lake Tahoe casinos, Harvey's Lake Tahoe is now owned by Caesars. The complex includes a hotel and casino and several restaurants and small eateries. Tahoe South is your digital destination for South Lake Tahoe California vacation. Browse hotels, things to do, events and more in South Lake Tahoe. South Lake Tahoe, CA offers adventure for the family in the summer and winter. Discover things to do, hotels and where to eat in South Lake Tahoe.
Harvey’s poker room operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and features 17 tables of cash game and tournament action. Their Texas Hold’em tournament schedule and buy-ins are as follows:
- Daily – 10 am – $40
- Monday & Wednesday – 6 pm – $50
- Tuesday & Thursday – 6 pm – $80
- Friday – 6 pm – $100
- Sunday – 2 pm – $60
The action heats up at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in November, as the resort plays host to a World Series of Poker Circuit event. The tournament series usually lasts for almost 2 weeks and features plenty of Hold’em and non-Hold’em action.
Regular promotions throughout the calendar year at this poker room include High Hand jackpots (4-of-a-kind or higher) and Bad Beat progressive jackpots, each of which pay out handsome sums to the players lucky enough to be dealt premium poker hands or simply fortunate enough to be sitting at the right table at the right time. We advise you to speak to the poker room manager directly for further details.
Getting to Your Lake Tahoe Poker Vacation Destination
Lake Tahoe straddles the California/Nevada border, located about two-thirds of the way from Sacramentoto to Reno. Both Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harvey’s Lake Tahoe are located on the south shore of the lake. Members of the Total Rewards program who live in the region can get to these hotel destinations via a special casino bus service from Sacramento and the San FranciscoBay area. This VIP Bus Program service includes a host of extras like:
- Snacks, Drinks, and a Continental Breakfast
- Hosted Service
- Movie on the return trip
More information about this bus service is available if you call 800-464-6835 or look at this brochure.
If you’ll be flying into the area, you can either rent a car or take the South Tahoe Express bus from theReno-Tahoe International Airport to the South Shore casinos.
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You can contact the Harvey’s Lake Tahoe poker room by calling 775-588-2411 and asking to be transferred to the poker room.
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Tahoe Poker is a variation of Pineapple Poker, which is a variation of Hold’Em Poker. Like in Hold’Em, Tahoe Poker usually begins with players posting a small blind and big blind. The player to the left of the dealer posts the small blind. The player to the left of the small blind posts the big blind.
Tahoe Rules
The dealing begins with each player receiving three cards facedown, the pocket cards. The first round of betting starts with the player to the left of the player who posted the big blind and proceeds clockwise. All bets and raises are set at the lower limit. The maximum number of bets per player during any round is four.
The dealer then reveals three face up community cards, the flop. The second round of betting begins with the player to the left of the dealer. All bets and raises are again set at the lower limit.
Another community card is then dealt, the turn. This is followed by another round of betting, set at the higher limit.
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The final community card is then dealt, the river. This is followed by the final round of betting, at the higher betting limit, and the showdown. At the showdown, players can use none, one, or two of their down cards (but not three) to form their best five-card hand in combination with the five community cards. When played high-low split, a different set of cards can be used for each direction, but no more than two for either direction. Also called Lazy Pineapple.