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Poker is one of the most popular games among Aussie punters. You can play poker at local or online casinos, which offer fantastic poker rooms with great games and tournaments.

National Pub Poker League (NPPL)

One place that offers a range of buy-in poker games for everyone, from professionals to first-time players, is the Adelaide satellite of the National Pub Poker League (NPPL) tournament, held weekly at the Aberfoyle Hub Tavern.

Poker at Adelaide Casino

If you are looking for poker action on a professional level, then the games offered at the Adelaide Casino may suit you better. The casino provides high-standard weekly poker tournaments with buy-ins of either $200 or $125. The casino also includes cash games at its Poker Zone, which you can exit at any time. Alongside games of Texas Hold'em, you can also try Omaha poker at the Adelaide Casino.

If Texas Hold'em is your speciality, the weekly Tuesday game at the Hendon Hotel begins at 7 pm, with registration starting an hour earlier.

Poker Zone at Adelaide Casino

Adelaide Casino features an exciting Poker Zone, regarded as one of Australia’s premier poker room venues. The Poker Zone attracts local, interstate, and overseas players to cash games and a range of Australia’s most captivating tournaments. When you enter the casino, you will find the Poker Zone located on the northwestern corner of level 1.

Poker Zone Games

You may join in on the action from as little as $50, Tuesday - Saturday nights.

The games held most often are:

  • $2/$2 Blinds No Limit Hold'em, buy-in range $50-$300
  • $1/$2 Blinds, Pot Limit Omaha, buy-in range $100-$300
  • $2/$5 Blinds, No-Limit Hold'em, buy-in range $150-$500
  • $5/10 Blinds, No Limit Hold'em, buy-in range $400-$2000 (first Saturday night of each month)

The Poker Zone offers two ways of playing poker – tournaments and ‘cash’ or ‘ring’ games. The basic difference between the two is that players can leave a cash game at any time, but they must play a tournament out to a conclusion to win a prize. Tournaments take place in the Poker Zone every week, with buy-ins starting at $200. Registration for all poker tournaments is available through the Poker Zone Cashier, located next to the Poker Zone on Level 1. Adelaide Casino’s Poker Zone offers players a weekly tournament each Tuesday night (excluding public holidays).

Buy-in is $200, including a $35 Adelaide Casino Fee. The starting stack is 30,000 tournament chips with 20-minute levels and a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000. An early entry bonus of 5,000 tournament chips was added to the starting stack. Early entry is available up until 6:30 pm on the night. The Poker Zone cashier opens for registration on Tuesday nights at 5:45 pm. Registration is in person via the Poker Zone.

Patrons wishing to participate in a tournament must be Premier Rewards members and present their Premier Rewards card when registering. Joining the Premier Rewards program is free and takes only a couple of minutes. A passport or a current Government-issued photographic ID is required when signing up. Entering tournaments is conditional upon players agreeing to Tournament Terms and Conditions, which can be found in the Poker Zone.

Cash games are played with chips that are redeemable for cash. You may put your name down for a cash game at the Poker Zone from thirty minutes before opening. You may join in straight away or be sent an SMS if they are on a waiting list.

Note that Adelaide has 9 poker tables spread across one poker room.

Opening Hours are Tuesday through Thursday, 7 pm – 2:45 am, and Friday through Saturday, 7 pm – 3:45 am.

Visit the Adelaide Casino at North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, or call +61 8 8212 2811 for more details.

Other Poker Rooms in Adelaide

There are various other poker rooms in Adelaide.

APL Poker

APL is the world's largest free-to-play poker league, with nearly 750,000 members across Australia. The APL Poker experience is unique, delivering casino-standard poker to local pubs and clubs. Launched in 2005, it offers often free-to-play, and APL players have won more than AUD$25 million in CASH AND PRIZES.

As an entertainment provider, APL is paid by pubs, clubs, or hotels that host APL poker in their venues. They have 2,200 fantastic venues supporting them and offer free Poker.

APL offer a wide range of Pro Series events for those players ready to Step Up their game. These games, which are permitted by State legislation, adopt a registration fee that is applied to assist in generating the daily prize pool, allowing events to give away even MORE CASH to MORE PLAYERS.

They host regular Special Events, held monthly and quarterly, allowing all players to experience the BIG GAME poker at little to no cost to themselves. Like the TWO MILLION DOLLAR TOURNAMENT, we now offer a twice-yearly MAIN EVENT where APL award more than $500,000 in CASH AND PRIZES at each event!

Visit www.playapl.com and see if any pubs near you host them. Mostly free buy-in, but lots of places will have $30-70 buy-in tournaments, and some have cash tables as well.

There is also Matchroom Poker, which has quite an expensive buy-in. Click here to know about it.

Another poker room you can find is at Royal Poker Club, located at 102-104 Wright St, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.