Colorado is home to a few world-class poker rooms. Play poker any day of the week in Colorado. Limit and no-limit Texas Hold’em games, live tournaments, and more to find in Colorado’s top poker rooms.
We’ll tell you about some of them and why it’s not just the scenery that makes Colorado worth visiting. Colorado’s got a slew of casinos situated around three main casino towns: Denver’s Black Hawk/Central City and Colorado Springs’ Cripple Creek. In addition, you can play poker legally in two Indian casinos in the southwest part of the state.
Here are the best poker rooms in Colorado, in no particular order:
Ameristar Casino Poker Room — Black Hawk
Ameristar in Black Hawk is one of the biggest rooms around and that alone makes it a draw for a lot of poker players. There are potentially 22 live tables for you to try your hand at. You’ll be doing it in style, too. The venue boasts soaring skylight ceilings, elegant timber beams, slate floors, and huge floor-to-ceiling stone fireplaces. Ameristar should have such a charming rustic lodge feel – it looks out on some stunning views of the Colorado Rockies.
Beyond the poker, there are 40 table games as well as 1,250 slot and video machines (including video poker), and that’s before you even get to other attractions such as the regular events and swanky bars.
111 Richman St, Black Hawk, CO 80422 | 720-946-4000 | ameristarblackhawk.com/casino/poker-room
Horseshoe Casino WSOP Poker Room — Black Hawk
Horseshoe Casino, also in Black Hawk, has 11 tables for players to settle in for live cash games. Watch sports while you play on 11 big-screen TVs set around the poker room. Located on the casino’s second floor, the poker room is open every day starting at 9 am.
This all-inclusive poker room comes with plenty of perks, such as $1.25 per hour in cops and complimentary cocktails while you play. Call ahead 1 hour to check in to get on the list. Bathrooms are available in the poker room, as well as a smoking terrace and a poker bar. Tranquility in Motion provides massage services as well.
Beyond the gaming and dining, the casino has plenty of accommodation options and plays host to a range of entertainment including live music and stand-up comedy.
401 Main St, Black Hawk, CO 80427 | 800-843-4753 | caesars.com/horseshoe-black-hawk/casino/wsop-poker-room
Bally’s Black Hawk West Poker Room
One of the major venues on the Colorado scene, Bally’s Black Hawk West is one of the most famous rooms in the state. It was formerly the Golden Gates Casino and has attracted televised games from the Heartland Poker Tour and the Colorado Poker Championship. Separate from the rest of the casino, the Poker Parlour has a log cabin design with exposed stonework, wooden beams, and luxurious dark brown leather seats.
Another Black Hawk hot spot, it’s open 24 hours and offers players access to no-limit hold ’em, limit hold ’em, and pot-limit Omaha cash games as well as the occasional split-pot game. With table-side food service to boot, Golden Gates is one of the most comfortable venues to play a few hands in.
261 Main St, Black Hawk, CO 80422 | 303-582-1650 | casinos.ballys.com/black-hawk/poker.htm
The Midnight Rose Poker Room — Cripple Creek
The Midnight Rose is a more intimate affair than some of Colorado’s other offerings and aims to recreate the feel of those legendary nights playing around the table with your buddies. The only poker room situated in Cripple Creek, it has up to eight tables offering $1/$2-$50, $1/$2-$20, $1/$3-$100, Texas Hold’em daily with $5/$10 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo every Thursday, and $5/$10 Omaha Hi-Lo every Saturday.
Colorado tournaments are known to have some of the highest stakes in the country, and the Midnight Rose offers them right through the weekend, complementing the daily poker throughout the week. With high ceilings, casual décor, and food brought to your table, the Midnight Rose is an easy-going way to make (or lose!) some money.
256 E Bennett Ave, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 | 719-689-0303 | triplecrowncasinos.com/poker
However you prefer to play, Colorado offers a range of options. From big rooms to cozy lodges, from high stakes to simple beginner games, there’s something for every type of poker player and it’s all set against the spectacular backdrops of one of America’s most beautiful states.
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