PokerListings set to do Live Reporting from The Festival Series in Nottingham (13-19 February 2023) 

Melvin Schroen – Live Reporter

For the first time in the history of The Festival Series, an event series is being held at the Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub in Nottingham. PokerListings, represented by Melvin Schroen, will handle the live blog, and will provide all of you with all the inside information of this epic week of events. There will be a total of 35 unique tournaments being held, divided over the next seven days. The Series, who is mainly focused on mixed games and all the events around poker itself, will provide a guaranteed prize pool of £200,000 for the Main Event. Additionally, another great event will take place in the name of PokerListings Championships and it has a whopping £25,000 guaranteed. Both big events we will cover from A to Z for you, with the last-mentioned event currently already started with more than 80 entries in just two hours! 

Games for Everyone  

The Festival Series is known for its diversity in game selection, specialized in mixed games. With 35 unique events, there is of course enough to play for Hold’em fans, but the mixed games are right up there in the likes of Omaha, Mixed PLO/NLHE, PLO 4/5/6, PLO HiLo, Open Face Chinese, Short-Deck, and Sviten Special. So, if you like games with more than two hole-cards, the place to be this week will be the Dusk Till Dawn Pokerclub in Nottingham! Don’t forget about the following, for every event there is an amazing trophy to be won, which will be an unique portrait drawing of the winners photo. If that’s not enough yet, you will also get a signed comic book!

About the Main Event 

The Main Event of The Festival Series is a deep-stacked and nicely structured event with four opening flights. With 200,000 chips in starting stack, it is going to be promised to be a fun ride of action for everyone. With the first three days to be 30-minutes levels, the last turbo flight will be with 15-minute blind levels. A guaranteed prize pool cannot be missed and this time there has been set a whopping £200,000 as a guarantee, which promises to give the top spots a heavy prize.  

Players are allowed to re-enter once per starting day and can re-enter until the end of the first two levels of the second day, unique in its kind. Last edition in Bratislava was won by Dutchman Michel Molenaar, who collected a nice €126,650 score at the cash desk, in which another Dutch player in the name of Gerianne Dijkstra became second for €77,450.  

It is certain to be fireworks in Nottingham. And if you still have the chance to hop on a flight or train, you won’t be disappointed! 

Winner Bratislava Main Event : Michel Molenaar

Secure your package for the next stop in Malta!

There are several packages to be won for the next stop in Malta (15-21 May). Regardless of what you will play this week, in any discipline you can scoop a package worth 1,600! We have listed them for you:

Player of the Series

During the previous stop in Bratislava a true players ranking was introduced. Swede Totti Linde walked away with the package for The Festival Nottingham. To get hold of this all-round trophy, you will have the score the most points based on the ranking system. Meaning that you will either need to run very deep in the Main Event and make a couple of other notable finishes in other side events, or you simply play every single side event and cash in most of them. For more information check this link.

Cash Game Challenge

Are you a cash game player? Twice per day there is a cash game challenge, which mostly will be streamed live on the twitch channel of The Festival Series. It does not matter if you have deep pockets or not, regardless the buy-in level or blind level, it is all about the net profit in big blinds collected. All this needs to happen within the designated time frame which stands in line for this challenge. For more information check this link.

Franke’s Flip ‘n Go’s

The famous flip games are also part of the assortment in Nottingham during The Festival Series. Whoever wins the most flips throughout the whole week, takes home a package for the next event. Do you want to become the next flip master? Check out following link for more information.

PokerListings Championships

The PokerListings Championships is in full swing currently with Day 1A being played but hold your horses. Tomorrow there is another starting day as well. With a well-structured event and a 200K starting stack, there is enough space for some stunts. The winner does not only walk away with a heavy first prize, but also takes home the trophy + a package for the next stop. 

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February Was A Big Month For Las Vegas Visitation, Casino Gaming And Hotels

There was little doubt that February would be a big month for Las Vegas casinos. Thanks to the leap year, there was an extra day for casinos to generate revenue from the casinos and hotel rooms.

As usual, international visitors visited Las Vegas to celebrate the Lunar New Year at their favorite casino.

In addition to the extra day, expectations were higher than usual as Las Vegas hosted the Super Bowl for the first time. This brought fans, media, players, and more visitors to Las Vegas – and specifically to the Vegas Strip.

Visitation to Las Vegas was up and that translated into higher gaming revenue and record-breaking hotel room prices.

This is similar to Nov. 2023 when the Las Vegas Grand Prix resulted in a big month for Las Vegas casinos.

Vegas Strip helps Nevada set gaming revenue record for February

It’s no surprise that Nevada casinos set a record for February gaming revenue, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB).

While the gaming revenue for the state was up 8.5%, the Vegas Strip was up 12.4% as it was the epicenter of non-game Super Bowl activities. Casinos on the Vegas Strip won just over $800 million. Last year these casinos collected $712 million.

The extra day, Super Bowl, and Lunar New Year may have been the main catalysts for the increase in gaming revenue but Fontainebleau contributed gaming revenue in February for the first time.

Vegas Strip casinos led the way for gaming revenue in Clark County. Gaming revenue in the county was up a lucky 8.88% to $1.17 billion of the $1.3 billion collected by casinos throughout the state.

The Vegas Strip is the straw that stirred the February drink in gaming revenue in Nevada. Downtown Las Vegas saw a small increase of 2.7% in gaming revenue.

The “Balance of County” in Clark consists of casinos away from the main tourist corridor. Gaming revenue in this area was up 7.37% thanks, in part, to the Durango Casino. Business has been so good at the off-strip casino that its parent company is already considering expanding.

Breaking down Las Vegas gaming revenue in February

The increase in Vegas Strip gaming revenue in February came from traditional table games. While visitors were hitting the tables they were staying away from the machines.

Table game revenue on the Vegas Strip was up more than 30%. Meanwhile, slot machine revenue was down 2.39%.

February was a rare month where slot machine revenue was lower than the same period in the previous year. Revenue for every slot machine denomination was lower than Feb. 2023.

The only machines that saw greater revenue were multi-denomination games. This includes all bartop games. It’s not a stretch to imagine football fans sidling up to a bar having a brew while playing slots, keno, or video poker.

Revenue from baccarat saw the largest increase for Vegas Strip casinos for the month. These casinos also won more money from baccarat than any other table game.

Vegas Strip baccarat revenue was up 81.85% to $180 million. Blackjack generated the second-most revenue at these casinos with $107.8 million.

The increase in blackjack revenue was almost 21% higher than last February. However, the increase in craps revenue was just behind the baccarat with a 33.42% boost compared to a year ago.

It’s no surprise that sports betting revenue was up for Vegas Strip casinos with the Super Bowl being played at nearby Allegiant Stadium. Vegas Strip sports betting revenue was up almost 10% to $24 million.

Altogether, Nevada casinos throughout the state won $47.9 million from sports betting in February. That was an increase of 16% from last year. The Super Bowl set a record for Nevada casinos.

Hotel occupancy and prices were through the roof

The Super Bowl and Lunar New Year get most of the attention when it comes to the busy February in Las Vegas but there was another reason. There were also numerous conventions throughout the month.

Las Vegas saw 3.37 million visitors in February. This was a 9.5% increase from last year.

Between all of the events, hotel room occupancy was up 1.7% to 83.9%. The February increase is notable since there were more hotel rooms available with the addition of Fontainebleau.

Demand for hotel rooms sent prices soaring in February. The average daily room rate (ADR) for the month was up a whopping 40.6% to $248.35.

Like gaming revenue, the Vegas Strip was responsible for the hotel room price increase. The ADR for Vegas Strip hotels was up 43.1% to $269.37.

For comparison, the ADR for downtown Las Vegas hotels was up only 9.2% to $104.01. That’s a healthy increase but not nearly as large as the Vegas Strip hotel rates.

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