LAS VEGAS, Nevada — (PRESS RELEASE) — The Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino will host its second annual Grand Poker Series June 6 –
July 5. This month-long event will feature daily tournaments at noon in The Grand, the property’s luxurious events center, as well as hold cash games and much more, including special tournaments for seniors and ladies. “We are pleased to bring back the Grand Poker Series for its second year,” said John Colville, director of Golden Nugget poker. “Players were extremely pleased with the first series and we want to make it bigger and better this year, while still delivering the level of play and customer service our poker players expect.” The inaugural Grand Poker Series in 2008 hosted more than 15,000 players from across the globe, handing out in excess of $1.2 million in total prize money and raised more than $250,000 for charity through two celebrity charity tournaments. Tournament games such as Hold ’em, Omaha, H.O.R.S.E. and Seven Card Stud, including pot limit, no limit and limit, will be held, as well as two bracelet tournaments. There will also be Super Sunday events which will feature a variety of No Limit Hold ’em tournaments with various buy-ins, daily cash giveaways totaling $1,000, and a $1,080 seat giveaway into the series’ July 4th Grand Finale tournament. The series will also host two daily No Limit Hold ’em Bank Roll Builder Tournaments. These $125 buy-in tournaments begin at 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. Additionally, the series will continue the Golden Nugget’s very popular daily $65 No Limit Hold ’em tournaments at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m. and 1 a.m.
For more information on The Grand Poker Series or for a complete schedule of events, visit www.goldennugget.com.