Eldorado



One the main central casinos in downtown Reno, the Eldorado has the largest and best poker room downtown.

Games
Wait Time: Varies, but there is usually a seat at some game.

Game Nature: The Eldorado attracts the most skilled players downtown, so expect to see some decent and creative play in addition to standard local rocks. Aggression rules the day at most games, but not maniacs.

Rake: 10% max 4 + $1 jackpot drop. No flop, no drop.

Posting: New players do not need to post to enter a game.

Shuffling: All tables hand shuffled.

Kills: Killer acts last unless pot is raised before their action.



Tournaments

 * Mon 10am NLHE 20+5+5, 2x20 rebuys.
 * Tue 10am NLHE 20+5+5, 2x20 rebuys.
 * Tue 6pm NLHE 20+5+5, 2x20 rebuys.
 * Wed 10am NLHE 20+5+5, 2x20 rebuys.
 * Wed 6pm NLHE 20+5+5, 2x20 rebuys.

Jackpots and Promotions

 * Standard progressive bad beat jackpots
 * Royal flush bonus
 * Straight flush bonus
 * Quads bonus

Other jackpots vary throughout the year. Typical jackpots:
 * $100 high hand every two hours

Promotions vary throughout the year, too. Typical ones include:
 * $10 bonus if you are one the first 3/6 players, weekdays at 10am.
 * $20 bonus for first 10 players at 4/8 limit, Friday and Saturday at 6pm

Atmosphere
An old-school style poker room feels like it was designed in the 1970's to attract casual players. A ring of marquee-style lights line the crown molding along the top of the room, and they flash with annoying regularity. The walls are covered in mirror to make the room look larger (a popular motif in the 1970's).

Five flat panel TVs are mounted on the walls to show the current sporting events. The lighting is interesting: spotlights in the ceiling are aimed at the player seats, not on the felt, which is a bit odd but illuminates the cards OK.

Tables and Chairs: 10-seat tables, some with inset cup holders, some without. Rollup side tables are available. The chairs are the peculiar-to-Reno bouncy-arm chairs (chairs with a medium-high back and arms that curl around you a bit when you sit in them, and the arms themselves are somewhat springy and bounce up and down).

Parking: Hundreds of spaces in the attached multistory parking garage.

Smoking: No smoking in the poker room, and since it is a truly separated room there is essentially no smoke drift in the room (even though the door to the casino is kept open).

Service and Comps
Occasional standard casino cocktail service.

Links and Notes

 * Visited by MarkT in November 2009.