Live rock music pummels the air, martinis are flowing and the slot machines and blackjack tables are jammed with hopeful gamblers. It's just 7:30 on a Saturday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., just north of Miami, and cars are clogging State Road 7 below the Seminole Hard Rock's glowing towers, ready to disgorge even more players. But there's an added reason the Seminole Hard Rock complex is drawing such a horde of gamers these days: poker. Really high stakes poker. Last spring the Florida legislature changed the state's gambling laws to let casinos and other gambling sites eliminate the maximum bet a player can place to "buy in" to a poker game, a limit that just a few years ago was a paltry $2. |
Post new comment