Poker Room Opens at Noon Daily

The Carson Valley Inn's Poker Room is located down the steps and elevators next to the Casino Cashier.  Our spacious poker area features one 7 Card Stud table and 3 Texas Hold'em tables. The room includes TVs for sports viewing, height-adjustable chairs, complimentary beverages and light snacks for players and a daily poker tournament. The entire area is non-smoking.

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No-limit Texas Hold'em tournaments are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night at 6 p.m. The buy-in on Tuesday and Thursday nights is $20 + $5 ($25 total) with one $20 re-buy. The Wednesday night buy-in is $35 + $5 ($40 total) with one $40 re-buy. The top 3 - 5 places receive prize money each night. There's also a 500-chip bonus for tournament participants who log an hour of play time between 3 and 6 p.m. The first place finisher in each tournament also receives his or her choice of a CVI "INN the Money" tee shirt, hat or travel mug while they last.

An opening Shootout Hold'em tournament is held every day when the room opens at noon. The buy in is just $16 + $4 ($20 total) and the winner takes the pot!

Ladies-Only Poker Tournaments are every Sunday with sign ups from 5 to 6 p.m., a special Poker Tutorial (like clicking on "Help" for Poker) from 5 to 5:30 p.m., and no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament Play starting at 6 p.m. The $25+$5 entry provides $25 to the prize fund which the top three finishers split each week at 50%, 30% and 20%.

Poker promotions at the Carson Valley Inn include a Free Bonus Payout that provides cash bonus payouts of $200 for any royal flush, $75 for any straight flush and $25 for any four-of–a-kind. The Inn's Bad Beat promotion pays a free $1,000 in cash whenever a hand of "4 of a Kind" or better is beaten by a higher hand. $500 goes to the beaten 4-of-a-kind hand, $300 to the pot winner and the remaining $200 is table split to the remaining players.

We also feature at least one 7-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split game every Monday evening. The limit is one to five dollars anytime, low card on the first round starts the action for at least 1 dollar and to qualify for a low hand the hand must be an 8 or better. On Saturdays, the Poker Room features $2 - $6 limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split. The game begins at 3 p.m. and the buy-in is just $20.

$1,000 Bad Beat Bonus Hits Three Times in 2008 at the Carson Valley Inn

Playing a game of Texas Hold'em in December in the Carson Valley Inn Poker Room, a local Gardnerville resident (name withheld at request) had four cards towards a five-high straight flush. He had the ace of diamonds in his hand and after the flop he also had the three and five of diamonds. When he saw the deuce of diamonds on the "turn" and the four of diamonds on the "river," he was sure he had a big winning hand. The only problem? John Garrett (Gardnerville, NV) had the six of diamonds and, thus, the straight flush that won the hand!

In May of 2008, The Bad Beat Promotion paid out $1,000 twice within a week. Jim Hammer (Minden, NV) held two pocket aces to go with two aces on the board. He thought for sure he had a winner. He didn't realize Randy Meyer from Gardnerville held a queen of hearts to go with the 10, jack, ace and king of hearts which were also on the board after the turn and the river. Randy had his first "Royal Flush" ever and Jim's first thought was he had lost with four aces!

A few days later, Anthony Gassaway (Gardnerville, NV) wasn't worried when Jim Hineman (Gardnerville) seemed very confident in his hand. Anthony held a jack-high straight flush and, because he had won the CVI Bad Beat prize a couple of years ago, he knew that if this hand was beaten he'd be a winner anyway. Sure enough, Jim held a queen-high straight flush to win the pot.

In all of the above situations, $500 went to the holder of the beaten "four-of-a-kind" or better hand, $300 plus the pot went to the hand winner and the remaining $200 was split to the remaining players at the table.

The Inn is just 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe's south shore, and 45 minutes south of Reno. You don't have to go a long way to get away!