Cardroom Round-up: Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
by Joseph Smith [Originally appeared in the August 22, 2005 issue of Poker Player]
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The Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino is centrally located on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The Asia themed hotel has been catering to guests for many years with time honored attractions and some of the most stunning cocktail girls in all of Vegas. The IP has plenty of convenient free parking and most of the major strip properties are withn easy walking distance. Guests are treated to a full service casino offering all of the popular casino table games, hundreds of the latest, most popular slot machines and a comfortable state-of-the-art race and sports book.
The Imperial Palace is famous for its world class auto museum open to the public at no charge. Simply pick up a free pass given away at the front of the casino and stroll through antique, exotic and famous automobiles. The collection of rare cars comes from the private collection of the founder and owner of the Imperial Palace, the late Ralph Englestad. The centerpiece of the Auto Collection at the Imperial Palace is one of the largest, finest collection of Duesenberg's to be found anywhere.
The IP continues to offer the Legends in Concert stage show featuring celebrity look-alikes singing and dancing just like the real thing. The show has entertained thousands over the years with its' live recreation of stars past and present. Enjoy seeing created versions of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Cher, Michael Jackson, Elvis and more. The production is constantly changing and adding new cast members so it continues to receive rave reviews.
The Imperial Palace has numerous restaurants that offer everything from standard coffee shop fare to the finest in gourmet dining. Included on the list of eateries are two vastly dufferent buffets. Additionally, the IP offers a Hawaiian Luau and authentic Polynesian Revue every Tuesday and Thursday night, weather permitting. This popular attraction is now into its' fourteenth year.
The Imperial Palace poker room opened on May 10, 2004 after the original poker room was closed a number of years ago. The new operation was designed from the floor up with the expectations and comforts of poker players being the driving factor. Room management guarantees you will be in the friendliest poker room on the strip. Ten tables of hold'em (The Imperial Palace poker room offers hold'em exclusively) action await poker players. The room spreads $2-4, $3-6 and $4-8 limit Texas hold'em. For the higher limit hold'em player the IP poker room offers $40 min-$100 max buy-in no-limit hold'em.
The custom designed tables are oversized to allow players much more room than most other poker room tables. No more bumping elbows and crowded foot space. One of the most desirable features of the room is the comp policy. The Imperial Palace offers the most liberal comp policy anywhere. You receive $3.00 for every hour played and, best of all, you can use the comps anywhere in the hotel, even the gift shop. Players are treated to gourmet coffee, sandwiches and pastries conveniently served right in the poker room.
Mike Fey, Imperial Palace poker room manager, provided details of the tournament schedules. Daily $55 buy-in tournaments are held at different times and with different formats. Sunday at 1 pm with one $25 rebuy, Monday at 11:59 pm with multiple $25 rebuys, Tuesday at 7:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Wednesday at 1:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Thursday at 7:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Friday at 1:00 pm freeze-out and Saturday at 1:00 pm freeze-out. Major tournaments are scheduled two to three times a year with the next one planned for Super Bowl weekend. The IP poker room returns 100% of the prize pool to the players and the juice goes to compensate the dealers.
You can email Mike at poker@imperialpalace.com with any comments or questions or call the room at 702.731.3311.
by Joseph Smith [Originally appeared in the August 22, 2005 issue of Poker Player]
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The Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino is centrally located on the famous Las Vegas Strip. The Asia themed hotel has been catering to guests for many years with time honored attractions and some of the most stunning cocktail girls in all of Vegas. The IP has plenty of convenient free parking and most of the major strip properties are withn easy walking distance. Guests are treated to a full service casino offering all of the popular casino table games, hundreds of the latest, most popular slot machines and a comfortable state-of-the-art race and sports book.
The Imperial Palace is famous for its world class auto museum open to the public at no charge. Simply pick up a free pass given away at the front of the casino and stroll through antique, exotic and famous automobiles. The collection of rare cars comes from the private collection of the founder and owner of the Imperial Palace, the late Ralph Englestad. The centerpiece of the Auto Collection at the Imperial Palace is one of the largest, finest collection of Duesenberg's to be found anywhere.
The IP continues to offer the Legends in Concert stage show featuring celebrity look-alikes singing and dancing just like the real thing. The show has entertained thousands over the years with its' live recreation of stars past and present. Enjoy seeing created versions of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Cher, Michael Jackson, Elvis and more. The production is constantly changing and adding new cast members so it continues to receive rave reviews.
The Imperial Palace has numerous restaurants that offer everything from standard coffee shop fare to the finest in gourmet dining. Included on the list of eateries are two vastly dufferent buffets. Additionally, the IP offers a Hawaiian Luau and authentic Polynesian Revue every Tuesday and Thursday night, weather permitting. This popular attraction is now into its' fourteenth year.
The Imperial Palace poker room opened on May 10, 2004 after the original poker room was closed a number of years ago. The new operation was designed from the floor up with the expectations and comforts of poker players being the driving factor. Room management guarantees you will be in the friendliest poker room on the strip. Ten tables of hold'em (The Imperial Palace poker room offers hold'em exclusively) action await poker players. The room spreads $2-4, $3-6 and $4-8 limit Texas hold'em. For the higher limit hold'em player the IP poker room offers $40 min-$100 max buy-in no-limit hold'em.
The custom designed tables are oversized to allow players much more room than most other poker room tables. No more bumping elbows and crowded foot space. One of the most desirable features of the room is the comp policy. The Imperial Palace offers the most liberal comp policy anywhere. You receive $3.00 for every hour played and, best of all, you can use the comps anywhere in the hotel, even the gift shop. Players are treated to gourmet coffee, sandwiches and pastries conveniently served right in the poker room.
Mike Fey, Imperial Palace poker room manager, provided details of the tournament schedules. Daily $55 buy-in tournaments are held at different times and with different formats. Sunday at 1 pm with one $25 rebuy, Monday at 11:59 pm with multiple $25 rebuys, Tuesday at 7:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Wednesday at 1:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Thursday at 7:00 pm with one $25 rebuy, Friday at 1:00 pm freeze-out and Saturday at 1:00 pm freeze-out. Major tournaments are scheduled two to three times a year with the next one planned for Super Bowl weekend. The IP poker room returns 100% of the prize pool to the players and the juice goes to compensate the dealers.
You can email Mike at poker@imperialpalace.com with any comments or questions or call the room at 702.731.3311.
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