Mountaineer Poker Room, West Virginia Poker:
Chester, WV:  The Mountaineer River Poker Room is hosting the ‘New Year’s Eve Poker Bash’ Tournament on Wednesday, December 31st at 7:15pm.  This tournament has a $125 buy-in ($100 + $20 + $5) starting players with 8,000 in chips with an additional 2,000 available for a $5 Dealer Bonus […]

Mountaineer Poker Room, West Virginia Poker:
Chester, WV:  The Mountaineer River Poker Room is hosting the Ladies-Only ‘Holiday Cheer’ Tournament on Saturday, December 13th at 2:00pm.  This tournament has a $80 buy-in ($60 + $15 + $5) starting players with 8,000 in chips with an additional 2,000 available for a $10 Dealer Bonus Buy, 20 […]

Wheeling Island Poker Room, West Virginia Poker Rooms:
Wheeling, WV:    The Wheeling Island poker room has given away $231,212 in Texas Hold’em Bad Beat Jackpots since September 1st.  All limits of Texas Hold’em games are eligible for the Bad Bat Jackpot including $2-4 Limit Hold’em with a $20 minimum buy-in and $1-2 No-Limit Hold’em with a $50 […]

Tri State Big Easy Poker Room, West Virginia Poker Rooms:
Nitro, WV:  The Tri-State Poker Room will host 2 Ladies-Only Texas Hold’em Tournaments in December, the first will be on Friday, December 5th and the second on Friday, December 19th, both start at 7pm.  These tournaments have a $65 buy-in ($50+10+5) starting players with 3,000 in […]

Tri-State Racetrack Big Easy Poker Room, Nitro, West Virginia:
The Big Easy Poker Room at Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center is having their big end of the month tournament on Sunday, November 30th at 2pm.  This tournament has a $240 buy-in ($200+30+10) and starts players with 10,000 in chips with 20 minute rounds.  Tournament is capped […]

Mountaineer Casino Poker Room, Chester, West Virginia:
The Mountaineer Poker Room will host their Thanksgiving Poker Classic No-Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament on Friday, November 28th at 12 noon.  The Thanksgiving Poker Classic has a $350 buy-in ($300+40+10) starting players with 10,000 in chips, with an additional 5,000 chips for a $10 Dealer Bonus Buy, and 30 […]

Wheeling Island Poker Room, Wheeling, West Virginia:
The Wheeling Island Poker Room has a few special poker tournaments coming up in November.  On Friday, November 14th the poker room will host a $40 buy-in Omaha Hi/Lo tournament at 7pm, players will start with 2,000 in chips and have 20 minute rounds.   On Thursday, November 20th […]

Wheeling Island Poker Room, West Virginia Poker Rooms:
WHEELING, WV:  The Wheeling Island Poker Room will host the $165,000 Playboy Poker Open on Sunday, November 9th at 12:30pm.  The Playboy Poker Open has a $550 ($500+50) buy-in with 1st place winning $52,800 (based on max. occupancy) and trip for 2 to a VIP party at the […]

Tri-State Poker Room, West Virginia Poker Rooms:
CHARLESTON, WV:   The first poker tournaments will be played this week (September 22nd - September 28th) in the new poker room at Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming.  All tournaments are capped at 160 players, so be sure to sign-up two hours prior to each tournament to ensure your spot […]

CHARLESTON, WV: Hiring has begun for the summer 2008 opening of a brand new 40 table poker room at the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center nearby Charleston, West Virginia. The Tri-State facility offers 90,000 square feet of gaming floor just 15 minutes from Charleston. Residents of Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Washington D.C. as […]

CHESTER, WV:  On Friday February 29th at 4:15pm the River Poker Room at the Mountaineer Casino will host the 2008 Tri-State Poker Challenge. This No-Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament has a $1,000 Buy-in ($920+70+5), players start with 15,000 in chips.  For more info contact the River Poker Room at 800-804-0468.
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WHEELING, WV: On Sunday, March 9th at 12:30pm the Wheeling Island Poker Room will hold their next $130 buy-in 2008 WSOP Main Event Qualifier Tournament. First Place in this event is Guaranteed a $10,000 seat at the 2008 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. Pre-registration opens Tuesday, March 4th at 9:00am. This […]

New York and West Virginia made headlines this week for murder and armed robbery at underground games proving that legal poker might be the safer way to play.
New York -
Underground Poker: A Deadly Gamble - abc news
Poker Room Murder - new york post
New Jersey Man Slain in NYC Poker Robbery - poker news
West Virginia -
Armed […]

During the first few weeks of operation, at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort, poker has been a major hit and MTR believes it is going a long way to changing the face of its facility and helping to attract a younger crowd.
The first 37 poker tables opened October 19 and has been so successful […]

Poker is about to be unleashed in West Virginia in a big way! Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center and the Mountaineer Racetrack and Gaming Resort are both opening their poker room to the general public this Friday, October 19th. Mountaineer’s new River Poker Room is not messing around with 37 tables in […]

Wheeling Island Poker Room News: Joining the ranks of states with legal poker, West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center will open its new 20 table poker room to the public on Fri Oct. 20th. The poker staff at Wheeling Island have spent the week hosting charity poker tournaments in their […]