Bobby's Poker Room Bellagio
Make no mistake, the Bellagio Poker Room remains as the most popular, high end poker room in the city. The only room to consistently get nosebleed action including $1500/$3000 Mixed games in Bobby's Room. 28 tables, not including the 4 tables in the High Limit area or the 2 exclusive tables in Bobby's Room (super high rollers only). In the middle of the Las Vegas Strip, across the street from Paris Las Vegas. Bellagio is the site of the famous Big Game involving many of the poker world's luminaries. The high-stakes area of the Bellagio poker room on the Las Vegas Strip, known to poker fans as “Bobby’s Room,” has been renamed “Legends Room.” Since its inception, Bobby’s Room has been home to.
The Big Game is a high-stakes pokercash game played in the 'Bobby's Room', a cardroom named after Bobby Baldwin, at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas.[1] In 2010, the game partially expanded to 'The Ivey Room' at Aria Resort and Casino.[2] The table features no-limit and pot-limit games with wagers up to $100,000 per hand.[3] Limit games as high as $4,000/$8,000 are often played but $800/$1,600 is normal.[4][5]
Structure[edit]
The table features a variety of poker games played in rotation and changing every 8–10 hands. The games are selected from a list of the players' choices, including:
Bobby's Poker Room Bellagio Hotel
- Texas hold 'em (limit and no limit)
- Seven-card stud (straight high, eight or better Hi/Lo, Hi/Lo without qualifiers, limit)
- Omaha (straight high, eight or better Hi/Lo, limit and pot limit)
- Deuce-to-seven triple draw (limit)
- Deuce-to-seven single draw (no limit)
- Ace-to-Five triple draw (limit)
- Ace-to-Five single draw (no limit)
- Razz (limit)
Usual players[edit]
Usually players buy in for $200,000–300,000, but anyone with the minimum buy in of $20,000 is welcome to play.[6] In addition to the occasional drop-in player, the following players have been known to play regularly in the Big Game over the years:[7]
Chip Reese was a regular until he died.
References[edit]
- ^'A History of Bobby's Room in Bellagio, Las Vegas'. durrrrchallenge. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^Elissa Harwood (2010-09-02). 'The New Big Game: $200/$400 Mixed Heats Up Aria's Ivey Room'. PokerNews. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^Dan Michalski (2004). 'RISK: The Biggest Game Ever'. dmagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^Sam Farha; Storms Reback (1 October 2007). Farha on Omaha: Expert Strategy for Beating Cash Games and Tournaments. Triumph Books. pp. 74–. ISBN978-1-61749-920-3.
- ^Des Wilson (2009). Ghosts at the Table: Riverboat Gamblers, Texas Rounders, Roadside Hucksters, and the Living Legends Who Made Poker What it is Today. Da Capo Press, Incorporated. pp. 269–. ISBN978-0-7867-3205-0.
- ^'Las Vegas Poker - Bobby's Poker Room - Bellagio'
- ^Bluff Staff (2006). 'The Big Game: A Closer Look At The Biggest Game In The World'. BLUFF Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
