Calder starts work on poker room
Construction began this week on Calder Race Course's new "Studz Poker Club" on the first floor.
Studz Poker Club is scheduled to open in late October, featuring 29 tables and offering Texas Hold’em, Omaha, and 7-Card Stud. According to a release, they'll have tableside food, beverage service and massage service, which is now pretty much an industry standard.
Calder says: "For guests who frequented this area on the first floor that is now under construction, we invite them to join us on the second floor or the fourth floor, which is now open on all live racing days for their convenience. The first floor food court and the east side of the first floor remain available."
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
