Palm Beach Kennel Club Poker
The Poker Room at Palm Beach Kennel Club is the biggest room in the state since they added the second floor tournament area in 2007. Now there are 40 tables on the first floor offering live cash games (located near the main entrance) and 20 tournament only tables on the second floor featuring single and multi-table tournaments with buy-ins up. Welcome to the Palm Beach Kennel Club, Florida's #1 destination for greyhound racing, poker and table games and dining options for all entertainment seekers.
© Mark Randall / Sun Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS The Palm Beach Kennel Club is re-opening on Friday.Assigned seating. No buying chips at the table. Cards being thrown away frequently.
When the Palm Beach Kennel Club re-opens on Friday, its poker room will have a drastically different look — and could share a glimpse of what table games might look like as casinos grapple with coronavirus concerns.
After being closed for over two months, the West Palm Beach facility, which offers greyhound racing, simulcast wagering and poker, will resume business with a lengthy list of new precautions.
If you’re planning on visiting, you’ll have to wear a facial covering, sign a waiver and receive a temperature check before entering the building. Operating at 50 percent capacity, the Palm Beach Kennel Club will offer self-serve betting machines and will place floor indicators near the betting windows to promote a six-foot distance between patrons. Only two people will be allowed in the elevator at a time.
With table games becoming a tricky issue for casinos due to chips frequently changing hands and the close proximity of players, the Palm Beach Kennel Club is instituting a number of new guidelines.
Once players arrive, they’ll be seated at a specific table and won’t be able to play at any other tables for the rest of the day. Dealers will be assigned to one table as well. Once the players and dealer arrive at the table, they’ll be required to sanitize their hands and won’t be allowed to eat at the table. Drinks will be served with tabletop cup holders. Club management is still determining how many players will be allowed to play at a table.
As for cards and chips, players will be required to make their initial buy-ins at the cage, eliminating the option of buying chips at the table. Chips will be isolated to specific tables and can only leave the game in three ways — the drop box, dealer tip box or by being cashed out at the cage.
Once chips are removed from play, they won’t be re-used again until they’re sanitized. Paper cards will be discarded at regular intervals.
Most casinos throughout South Florida are still temporarily closed. The three Seminole Hard Rock casinos in Broward, which are sovereign and not subject to state business regulations, could be close to re-opening. While there’s been no official word on those properties, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa is resuming business on Friday.
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