Caesars Palace, Flamingo poker rooms go 8-handed

The Caesars Palace and Flamingo poker rooms have installed plexiglass dividers to allow eight-handed games.

The rooms had been hosting five-handed games without dividers.

Caesars Palace has also resumed hosting games 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with $6,000 in guaranteed daily tournament prize pools.

The Flamingo poker room is open from 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thursdays through Sundays.

Most of the poker rooms open in Las Vegas are hosting eight-handed games. Aria, the Bellagio and the MGM Grand are hosting six-handed games with dividers. The Golden Nugget has five-handed games without dividers.

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