Earlier this month, because of an unfavorable metropolis vote, Doug Polk was unsuccessful in his bid to open an enormous poker site in a city close to Dallas. However his workforce of traders, together with poker vloggers Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen, are again and able to take over what’s going to quickly develop into the biggest card room in Texas.
Polk, who’s enjoying within the Hustler On line casino Reside Million Greenback Recreation this week, introduced throughout Wednesday’s HCL stream that his workforce has bought Rounders Card Membership in San Antonio. The group already owns The Lodge Card Membership in Spherical Rock, a suburb of Austin, and that room is at the moment the most important within the Lone Star State with over 70 poker tables.
Plans for New Texas Poker Room
Previous to the Hustler On line casino Reside stream, Polk shared particulars of his plans with PokerNews, and he defined why he selected the San Antonio market.
“Market could be very fragmented (in San Antonio,” Polk mentioned. “Once you take a look at very fragmented markets, there is a chance for somebody to come back in and put collectively probably the most cohesive package deal and consolidate the market.”
“The (Interstate 35) hall between San Antonio and Austin is fast-growing,” Polk continued.
San Antonio, with 2.5 million residents, has the third largest metropolitan space in Texas, trailing Dallas-Forth Price and Houston. The drive to Rounders from The Lodge Card Membership is barely about two hours, however Polk would not anticipate the brand new room taking away gamers from The Lodge.
Rounders Card Membership, a longtime room, at the moment has 30 poker tables, making it the biggest in San Antonio. However that is quickly going to vary. The Upswing Poker founder mentioned a lease has been signed to function out of a unit subsequent door that’s twice the dimensions as the present enterprise. As such, the newly owned Rounders can have 70-80 card tables, and develop into the biggest place to play poker in Texas.
Polk, Neeme, Owen, and the remainder of the funding group will take over management of Rounders Card Membership July 3.
Polk’s Future Plans
Getting into the San Antonio market is not the top of Polk’s poker enterprise plans. The truth is, he says, he expects to finally open a room in each main metropolis in Texas, together with Dallas. However do not count on him to present it one other strive in Farmers Department, the city that lately shot down his plans to open the most important room within the state at a contentious metropolis council assembly.
As a substitute, he’ll proceed in search of one other spot elsewhere within the Dallas-Forth Price metro. Polk, a three-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, has additionally researched venturing outdoors Texas to open a poker site, however has but to discover a state that will be possible.
Polk, Neeme, and Owen have been a part of the group that made an analogous funding in January 2022, buying a longtime The Lodge Card Membership, which they helped develop to not solely develop into the biggest poker site in Texas, but additionally the most effective locations to play poker within the US. They’re going to attempt to do the identical factor with Rounders Card Membership in San Antonio.
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