Monte Carlo Las Vegas Poker Room
The Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas will be closing the doors to its poker room on April 25th.
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As part of MGM Resorts International’s plans to rebrand and restructure the Monte Carlo into two new hotels, Park MGM and The NoMad Las Vegas, the venue is gradually shuttering its facilities.
The Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas will lose its poker room on April 25th ahead of a major redevelopment. (Image: montecarlo.com)
Back in October of 2016 the pool and various shopping outlets were closed and in the coming weeks the poker room will join them.
With eight tables and typical cash game limits running from $1/$2 to $3/$6, the Monte Carlo’s poker room is one of the smaller places to play on the Strip. However, it was thanks to its lower limits that it became known as a place for casual players.
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Strip Revenue on the Up Means More Money to Invest
Despite that fact, MGM Resorts International has plans to build two new venues in 2018 and capitalize on what appears to be an upturn in the city’s tourist trade. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, state casinos pocketed $11.26 billion in 2016 which is getting close to the 2012 record ($12.85 billion).
Of that figure, the Las Vegas Strip contributed 56 percent, which suggests casinos in the area are starting to generate more revenue they can then use to reinvest in more developments. However, it seems as though poker isn’t high on the list of priorities.
When the Monte Carlo closes its poker room doors, the Strip and its surrounding areas will be left with just 19 poker rooms. At the time poker was reaching its peak and numbers at the WSOP were reaching record highs (2000-2007), Vegas had 26 poker rooms boasting a total of 396 tables.
Vegas Visitors Want More than Poker
Although Nevada poker revenue hit $117.8 million in 2016, with the Strip and surrounding areas contributing $78 million to that total, it’s a long way from the money made by casino games and other industries. In fact, part of the reason for a lack of interest in poker by casino owners is the growth in business and leisure tourism.
According to director of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), Kevin Bagger, a record 42.9 million people visited the city in 2016. Contributing to that record was 6.3 million convention-goers (up by 7.1 percent) as well as tourists from Asia.
With more people visiting Vegas for things other than poker, Bagger said that reinvestments for infrastructure are typically geared towards “amenities people want” such as the T-Mobile Arena and SpeedVegas.
Although the new venues that replace the Monte Carlo will likely have some form of poker room, it seems they’ll take second place to other non-poker facilities.
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- Room closed on April 24, 2017
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- Comps & Promotions
- MONTE CARLO POKER ROOM IS CLOSING ON APRIL 24 2017. Starting Saturday April 1st at 2:45 AM the poker room will stop taking a rake for the promotional drop. All promotions will be stopped at that time. Beginning Monday April 3rd at 12 PM the poker room will offer a high hand of the hour and will give away 1% of the progressive pool ( Roughly $200) they will do this 10 times a day from 12PM to 10 PM for 10 days. This will deplete the progressive pool on April 12th at 11PM. Comps can be redeemed in the poker room up until April 24th, after that they will need to be redeemed at the Mlife desk located on the casino floor. All poker comps will expire on January 1st, 2018.
Monte Carlo Details
Monte Carlo Las Vegas contains a small non-smoking poker room made up of 8 tables, which all feature automatic shufflers. The Monte Carlo poker room has been operational since 1996 in its location on Las Vegas Boulevard. This venue is devoted to poker, as shown by its three-quarters enclosed status. Only the front of the room is visible from the rest of the casino floor, with this being the main entrance for poker players.
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The Monte Carlo poker room is a classically designed area laden with gambling artwork. The poker tables are felted in a variety of different colors and sit atop a polka-dot carpet. The room compensates for its dark interior design with effective lighting to prevent it from being too murky. The tables are set with 1920s-style beige leather chairs.
The cash games here tend to be hold’em- and Omaha-based, with a solid variation between no-limit hold’em, spread-limit hold’em, and limit Omaha. The limit games are notable for their unlimited maximum buy-ins. A wide range of daily tournaments are also available, although these are all no-limit hold’em events with buy-ins ranging between $40 and $100. In terms of promotions, Monte Carlo offers a number of Las Vegas favorites. These include continuous high-hand payouts (royal flushes = $300, straight flushes = $100, quads = $75)..
Regular players are rewarded with a monthly freeroll if able to amass 13 hours of play every two weeks. The usual range of poker room NFL promos is also available. Players earn comps at the rate of $1 per hour, which can be traded for services at the table such as food, cocktails, massages, and more.