The first is the Legendary Bad Beat, which requires Quad Jacks to be beaten, and is $100,000. For these events, 80-100 additional tournament tables are added to 'The Venue' (Horseshoe's event center), while cash games stay on the lower level. Horseshoe also runs two large tournament events every year, the WSOP Circuit (generally in October), and the Chicago Poker Classic (CPC) (generally in March). Higher limit games don't run often except on evenings and weekends.ĭaily tounaments, with buy-ins ranging from $60 to $220. Low limit and low-stakes no-limit are always running and their lists tend to be shortish, since the room makes some effort to open new tables when the lists get long, and they often have tables to spare).

Shuffling: Standard Shufflemaster shuffling machines on all standard tables. Posting: New players must post to enter the game. Rake: Rake is fairly high: 10% to a max of $5, plus $1 jackpot drop if the pot hits $20.

Omaha/8 (All limit Omaha/8 is played full kill): Limit hold 'em (All limit hold 'em games are played full kill): The Hammond Horseshoe, seen from the marina next door