Genting Resorts World Birmingham Poker
However, Richard Wootton, the cardroom manager at Genting’s Resorts World Casino in Birmingham, publicly acknowledged the shuttering of poker in a Facebook post earlier this week via his own. Housed in the Resorts World Complex Birmingham, Genting International Casino cost £150 million to build and is one of the largest in the UK. The super casino provides gamblers with a 24-hour gaming experience and boasts an impressive gaming floor that offers a staggering 27 gaming tables where you can bet up to £1000 a time along with 150.
RESORTS WORLD BIRMINGHAM,
PENDIGO WAY,
BIRMINGHAM. B40 1PU
CHANGE CASINO
0121 273 1100
OPEN 24 HOURS
The latest venue in the Genting chain opened in late 2015 at the Resorts World Birmingham (at the former NEC) in south Birmingham.
Their Poker Room is open 5 nights a week from Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm to 6am. They feature daily tournaments on those days, and cash games with blinds starting as low as 25p/50p. The programme of poker events will develop as the venue becomes more established, but it is well worth a visit to take in the stunning facilities.
The gaming floor is home to 31 tables, so you can play a variety of casino favourites like American Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat and a range of table poker games such as 3 Card Poker. You can also enjoy an external high-tech gaming area offering Blackjack and Roulette and electronic gaming; the first of its kind outside London.
There is also a luxurious outdoor gaming area. This dedicated area allows you to smoke outside and play both live gaming and slots without being disturbed by the weather. They also have an open terrace warmed by fire pits.
GAMING STAKE AMOUNTS
AMERICAN ROULETTE £0.50 - £1,000.00 TABLES: 14
ELECTRONIC ROULETTE £0.10 - £100.00 TABLES: 60
BLACK JACK £3.00 - £1,000.00 TABLES: 9
BACCARAT £10.00 - £1,000.00 TABLES: 4
THREE CARD POKER £3.00 - £1,000.00 TABLES: 4
CRAZY 4 POKER £3.00 - £100.00 TABLES: 1
TWO WAY POKER £3.00 - £100.00 TABLES: 1
ULTIMATE POKER £3.00 - £100.00 TABLES: 1
The Genting Resorts World Birmingham, which cost £150 million to build, is set to open its doors to the public at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, although cinema-goers, those wanting to visit the brand new Genting International Casino, and anyone wanting to book a hotel room will have a little longer to wait to test out the new facilities.
Genting Resorts Birmingham, situated at the renamed Genting Arena (formerly the NEC), is the fifth such branded leisure facility opened by Genting with the other facilities located in Malaysia, New York City, Singapore and the Philippines. Another Resorts World is currently being built in Las Vegas.
Featuring 50 shopping outlets, a Cineworld cinema, a hotel with 178 four-star rooms and some five-star suites, several bars and restaurant, the Resorts World Birmingham is set to transform the appeal of the region’s leisure offerings.
Peter Brooks, Genting’s UK President and CEO, said of the new resort: 'We are very excited following a two-year build program that Resorts World Birmingham is coming to life. We can’t wait for the first major milestone in that journey when we open our doors for the first time on October 21. There will be much more to experience at Resorts World Birmingham as the weeks go by and the resort becomes fully operational. We have a full programme of exciting events between our opening day and the end of the year which will demonstrate the wide range of experiences available to our guests. We are thrilled that, for the time, Resorts World Birmingham will bring the uniqueness and excitement of a large scale integrated resort offer to the West Midlands region and beyond.'
Casino, Cinema and Hotel to Open After the Resorts Unveiling
As mentioned, the cinema, hotel and casino are opening at a later date.
The 11-screen Cineworld, which includes an IMAX screen, is set to open two days after the resort does on October 23. The Genting Hotel and Spa opens for business on November 2.
Most appealing to readers of PokerNews is the opening of the Genting International casino, which will take place on October 26, coinciding with the launch of the new James Bond film, Spectre.
The casino is expected to be the largest in the United Kingdom thanks to its 31 table games, more than 100 slots, its outdoor gaming area, and two luxury high-stakes gaming areas.
Genting received a large casino license, often referred to in the media as a Super Casino license, in June 2011 by Solihull Council, and was granted planning permission in 2012. When opened, the casino will cover some 11% of the entire Resorts World Complex.
It was hoped that the casino would be open in time for the ninth leg of the 2015 Genting Poker Series (GPS), but those plans appear to have been shelved. When the 2015 GPS was announced, there was a Resorts World Birmingham stop provisionally listed, but the GPS website now shows that the £200+£20 buy-in GPS Mini on October 21 will head to Star City instead, which is also in Birmingham.
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