As December kicks off, the Texas poker landscape continues to sizzle. With noteworthy poker tournaments taking center stage in Houston, Austin and Dallas, The Lone Star State is the premier spot for poker players this month.
Nothing is small in Texas. That includes the guaranteed tournament prize pools throughout December.
Texas online poker remains illegal, so if you want dealt in, you’ll have to pull up a chair at a table in a card room across the state.
Main Event wraps up at The Lodge
The Winter Main Event may be wrapping up, but The Lodge has plenty to offer in December. The poker room in Round Rock will host “The Art of Poker” at 12:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec 16. The buy-in is $250 and comes with a $40,000 guaranteed prize pool. Players will start with 25,000 in chips. The winner gets an exclusive trophy and set of headphones.
The Lodge will be home to 50 for 50 tournaments on Dec. 3 and Dec. 30. The $50,000 guaranteed prize pool tournaments cost $500 to enter. Each player starts with a deep stack of 50,000 in chips.
The Lodge features daily and weekly poker tournaments all month.
- $250 NLH Deep Stack: 12:15 p.m. Sundays ($15,000 guaranteed)
- $100 NLH Bounty: 12:15 p.m. Mondays ($2,000)
- $30 NLH Freeroll: 7:15 p.m. Tuesdays ($15,000 guaranteed)
- $30 PLO Freeroll: 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays ($5,000 guaranteed)
- $30 NLH: 7:15 p.m. Thursdays ($7,500 guaranteed)
- $120 NLH Freezeout: 7:15 p.m. Fridays ($4,000 guaranteed)
- $100 NLH Freezeout: 7:15 p.m. Saturdays ($3,000 guaranteed)
For December, The Lodge is featuring a $100,000 giveaway. Each hour, one player will receive a lucky seat ticket. Here’s how it works:
- The lucky seat in the room will be chosen at random.
- The exact time of the drawing each hour will be decided by a random number generator (not just at the top of every hour).
- The member in that seat (whether it be cash or a tournament) will get a special ticket.
- On Jan. 1, one ticket-holder will be randomly chosen to win the $100,000 grand prize.
- Twenty additional winners will be randomly chosen to win $500 or a free annual membership (10 of each)
Belly up to $40K Holiday Monster Tournament at Spring Texas Card House
Spring Texas Card House is scaring up some action this holiday. On Friday, Dec 29, the club will host a $135 buy-in poker tournament that comes with a $40,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players can also help get in the holiday spirit by donating to the card room’s annual toy drive. Anyone can drop off a new, unopened toy between now and Dec. 15. It benefits Bear Houston.
Besides in Spring, Texas Card House has multiple locations in the state. Each poker room runs different games each month.
- Dallas
- Austin
- Rio Grande Valley
- Las Colinas
You can’t beat Houston Prime’s bad beat jackpot
Houston Prime Social has the largest tournament bad beat jackpot in the state. Tournament players are eligible to score the $35,000 if they catch a bad beat.
The 23-table poker room also has daily cash games and weekly tournaments.
Shuffle 512 in Austin hosts $3,000 weekly tournaments
Starting in December, Shuffle 512 Poker Room in South Austin has a new freeroll every Friday. Players can get a chance to win $3,000 each week for the flat cost of $30. The tournament does allow rebuy and add-ons.
Every week poker players have the following tournament options at the club:
- $30 NLH Tournament: 7 p.m. Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays ($1,500 guaranteed)
- $30 NLH DBL Tournament: 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays ($1,500 guaranteed)
- $30 NLH Freeroll Tournament: 7 p.m. Fridays ($3,000 guaranteed)
$12,000 Maverick Stack now at Dallas Shuffle 214
Shuffle 214 in Dallas is hosting a Maverick Stack tournament every Saturday at 4 p.m. in December. For $260, players will receive a 77,000 start-stack. The tournament will include 30-minute blinds.
The following tournaments will also be available weekly:
- $130 NLH 60,000 Cowboy Stack: 2 p.m. Sundays ($10,000 guaranteed)
- $130 NLH 50,000 Mega Stack: 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays ($10,000 guaranteed)
- $150 Pot Limit Omaha: 6 p.m. Thursdays ($5,000 guaranteed)
- Freeroll: Noon Saturdays ($2,500 guaranteed)
The Royal Card House features $3,000 DeepStack
For weekend warriors, The Royal Card House in San Antonio has you covered. The 10-table poker room offers two events each weekend:
- $160 NLH 60,000 NLH Start Stack Freezeout: 6 p.m. Fridays ($3,000 guaranteed)
- $70 NLH 25,000 NLH Start Stack: 6 p.m. Saturdays ($2,000 guaranteed)
Check out these other places to play poker in Texas
- Amarillo Social Club: Amarillo
- Rounders: San Antonio
- The Office Card House: San Antonio
- The Fort Card Room: Aledo
- Texline card House: Texarkana
- Spades Poker House: Webster
- Elite SoCial Club: Houston
The Dealers Corner
For Texas residents on the lookout for employment opportunities in the Spring area, Texas Card House is hiring. They are actively filling various positions, including dealers, hosts, brush and cage staff.
Contact information can be found in the image below.
