Poker is a well known game in the world of gambling. Many people like to enjoy the game online. However, some people still prefer playing in a land based casino where they can take in all of the ambience that one can experience in a casino. There are several casinos within the United Kingdom that offer poker as a table game.

One casino where you can find games of poker is the Casino at the Empire. This casino features a World Series of Poker Europe room. This room operates everyday and all day. It features cash games as well as frequent poker tournaments. Other poker rooms offer regularly scheduled poker tournaments. One occurs Monday through Friday at 2:30 pm. This features £20 NLH as well as a £5 bounty. There is also a required registration fee of £3. All players begin the tournament with 2,500 chips.

Another regularly scheduled poker tournament occurs at 6:30 pm but only Monday to Thursday. This tournament is rather appealing as there is no registration fee associated with it. Players begin with 1,000 starting chops. Also featured is a turbo re-buy and one double add-on. The weekend also does feature its own regularly scheduled poker tournament. Occurring both Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 pm, this tournament also has n registration fee and comes with 1,000 starting chips. For 60 minutes there are no limit on re-buys. With all tournaments, the minimum blinds are set at either £1 or £2.

The Casino at the Empire also offers what is known as a bad beat poker jackpot which can become quite large. Sometimes it will exceed £100,000. At a minimum, players are eligible for at least £10,000 jackpot. To be eligible for this jackpot you must play Texas hold ‘em cash games dealt by the house dealer. The amount of the jackpot increases daily until someone wins the prize. The current total of the jackpot is updated daily. There has to be at least four players taking part in the jackpot hand. The minimum hand to be eligible for the jackpot is a full house of three aces and two kings.