The Hard Rock Poker Lounge is now rockin'. I've stopped by a couple times now but have yet to sit in a game. I'll try one out soon enough.

As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, it looks like they'll have some innovative features such as text messaging you when your seat becomes open and some rules differentiations such as allowing you to straddle on the button. They also have a private room with a slightly elongated table for bachelor or divorce parties. I hear they will also allow poker leagues similar to a bowling league where you and several people from your office can have a poker team and compete against other teams

Don't hold me to this, but I believe the comp rate is $1.50 an hour on the raked games and $2 an hour on the time collection games. This would be equal to or greater than any other place in town that I know. Supposedly you can even use your comps for concert tickets or cabanas at the pool, but it'd seem to me that it would take a LONG time to earn those. Maybe they plan on giving those types of things out in drawings or some other random selection-type promotion.

Here are a few pics so you have an idea what the room and the tables look like.