Dunno what we’re talking about? Check out this classic Cincinnati Kid poker scene. Almost 50 years since the debut of the classic Steve McQueen poker movie, now you can truly be the next Cincinnati Kid.

In the city that was once famous for WKRP, perhaps now it’ll become better know for WPKR (okay, that was a bit weak, but we had to throw in a reference… :-)) Instantly becoming a premier attraction in the city, the casino’s poker room will be open 24/7 and management expects around 6 million visitors to file in annually. Those who drew up plans for the casino sure got it right, constructing a two-story 400,000 square-foot building right in the heart of the city’s downtown area. The greater Cincinnati metropolitan area is home to over 2 million people and it would stand to reason that many of them play poker. A Tried and True Recipe for Live Poker Room Success?Ĭommon sense dictates that for a live poker room to succeed it needs a good amount of “liquidity”, i.e., a large pool of players. It would be logical to expect the Horseshoe Cincinnati to become a future WSOP Circuit Event destination, most likely appearing on the tour calendar as soon as next year. As it happens, Cleveland will be hosting it’s first ever WSOP Circuit Event Series in just a few days, from March 14–25. Like it’s counterpart in Cleveland, the Horseshoe Cincinnati’s 31-table poker room will also be sporting the WSOP brand name. Cincinnati Poker Gets WSOP Branding, Possibly a Circuit Event Now it’s Cincinnati’s turn to shine, with a brand new casino and poker room that’s just become open to the public. Its debut was followed by new gambling halls in Toledo and Columbus, with the latter’s poker room quickly finding a new ambassador in none other than Chris Moneymaker. Cleveland’s Horseshoe was the first of 4 scheduled casinos to open in the Buckeye State, as approved by voters back in 2009. Last year, the first poker room in Ohio opened in Cleveland to great fanfare.

There’s another new poker room in Ohio, and it’s a biggie. Horseshoe Cincinnati Poker Room – credit to Yuna Lee of

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