Mount Airy Casino Resort to debut new poker room

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES

Mount Airy Casino Resort will debut a new poker room Saturday.

The room maintains the same number of poker tables — 11 — but offers players more space, their own bar and views of the Monroe County resort’s lake.

“Our customers asked and we listened when it came to expanding the poker room and we anticipate they will be very pleased with the results,” Mount Airy Executive Vice President and General Manager John Culetsu said.

2004 World Series of Poker winner Cyndy Violette will be on hand for the poker room’s grand opening. Following a 1:45 p.m. dedication ceremony, a tournament will run from 2 to 4 p.m. from which finalists, plus winners from the casino’s January and February poker tournaments, will have the chance to play against Violette.

All 10 Pennsylvania casinos have poker rooms except for SugarHouse in Philadelphia, the state’s newest, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Doug Harbach said. Presque Isle Downs & Casino, in Erie, was without one until October when it debuted a nine-table room including an appearance by 2003 World Series of Poker winner Chris Moneymaker.

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in December 2010 added 11 new poker tables to its original offering of 12.

Mount Airy has the third fewest number of poker tables in the state and the casino’s poker revenues match that amount — third lowest. In the last six months of the year, Mount Airy averaged $249,443 in monthly poker revenues compared to $848,547 for Sands

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