Grosvenor Casino Edgware Road Poker Tournament

The Poker Room is an exciting new venue located on Edgware Road, above the Grosvenor Victoria Casino. Opened in November 2013, The Poker Room boasts 35 poker tables, as well as 20 slot machines and electronic roulette. You can play classic casino table games, including dice and Blackjack. Take a virtual tour of the club here. The Victoria Casino is owned and operated by Grosvenor Casinos Limited (a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 00877080), whose registered office address is TOR, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8BN. 142 km accountbalance Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford. Aspers at Westfield Stratford City 312 The Loft Montfichet Road Olympic Park London E20 1ET.

Offers in the region of £70 million are being sought by Aprirose Investors for the iconic Grosvenor Victoria Casino on Edgware Road, London.

Known affectionately as “The Vic,” the casino has a loyal customer base and welcomes upwards of 1,200 customers per day through its doors. Its poker room has hosted major tournaments such as those on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, World Series of Poker Europe, European Poker Tour and the recent Unibet Open London festival.

The poker room can seat 250 players and has been a regular haunt for the likes of The Hendon Mob’s Barney and Ross Boatman, Joe Beevers and Victoria Coren-Mitchell, the latter having written about her experiences of The Vic in her superb book “For Richer For Poorer: Confessions of a Player.”

In 2014, Aprirose Investors secured the freehold sale of the casino for £55.5m but has now appointed Knight Frank and Savills to promote a sale with an asking price in the region of £70 million.

Chief Executive at Aprirose, Manish Gudka, said: “The Grosvenor Victoria Casino is a London West End institution that makes an attractive investment for potential buyers. We have appointed our advisers to dispose of the asset as we look to exit in line with our investment strategy at the time of purchase.”

Director of central London investment at Savills, Jonathan O’Regan, said: “The marketing of this asset presents an outstanding opportunity as London casinos are rarely offered to the open market. The casino sector is performing well in London and Grosvenor Casinos, the UK’s biggest brand, is an excellent covenant for this asset.”

There is an agreement in place that would see Rank Group, owners of the Grosvenor Casino brand, remain as the operator of the casino by leasing it back from its new owner until 2026.

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Poker players in London have plenty of options when it comes to live games, and many of the 23 london casinos offer some kind of poker action. As well as the casinos, there is also a growing trend of pubs and snooker halls running low stake social games.

But where is the best place to play poker in London? Our writers, who are no strangers to the felt, have come up with this handy guide:

'The Vic' - The Grosvenor Victoria

150-162 Edgware Road, London, W2 2DT

Located about a five minute walk from Edgeware Road tube station, The Grosvenor Victoria (affectionately referred to as 'The Vic') is the undisputed daddy of London poker. The card room is located upstairs and is by far the largest in the capital.

Part of the Grosvenor group of casinos, players must register before entering the casino. Registration is free and is done once for the entire group, not per casino. If you originally registered at a different Grosvenor, you will need to swap your current membership card at the desk for one that can be used in the card room.

Cash games run 24 hours a day and blinds start at just £1-£1. Whilst the rake at these levels may seem eye wateringly high compared to online games, they are actually the best low-stake rates in town - 10% capped at £5. At the £1-£2 level the rake drops to 5% with a £10 cap, and for games of £2-£5 and over the rake is taken as a half-hourly fee.

As well as cash games, The Vic run tournaments every evening with an additional afternoon game at the weekends. It is also the home to many large poker events such as the GUKPT, the EPT and the WHUP.

Regular players can try and make it into the monthly top 100 (based on number of active days) to win a seat in the loyalty freeroll and have a stab at the £40k+ pot.

See The Vic's UK Casino Guide Listing

'The Empire' - The Casino At The Empire

5-6 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7NA

The Empire is located slap bang on Leicester Square in the former ballroom of the Empire Cinema and for a short while held the title of largest casino in London. The poker room is among the nicest we've ever seen - primarily because of the incredibly comfortable reclining leather chairs, which makes a huge difference at the end of a long session.

Registration is not required at this casino as The Empire operate a walk-in policy, but there are advantages to becoming a member, mainly through the accumulation of loyalty points as you play.

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Cash games start at £1-£2 with a 5% rake (£10 cap) and go upwards from there. The Empire is also the only brick and mortar casino we know of in central London to offer a bad beat jackpot - which is paid out if a hand of four twos or greater loses. At time of writing this jackpot was over £55,000 and has previous reached nearly a quarter of a million pounds (£222,335).

Regular players can also participate in the cash race - where the top 45 players (based on playing time) compete to win a share of the Cash Race pot. In addition to this, all players earn points whilst playing cash games, which can be spent in the bar or restaurant.

The folks at the Empire certainly have asperations for tournaments, but their players seem more interested in the cash games than anything else. The 4pm scheduled start times for their daily tournaments probably aren't doing them any favours either, though this is most likely because they want the tables back to use in the evening cash games.

See The Empire's UK Casino Guide Listing

'The Fox' - The Fox Poker Club [Now Closed]

93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 5DY

Located on Shaftsbury Avenue, and a stones throw from Leicester Square, China Town and Soho, the Fox has an enviable location. It is, however, a members only club which means you have to pay a £10 joining fee and do a bit of paper work before you can hit the tables.

The Fox runs cash games 24 hours a day, although the volume and availability of games is far less than that of The Vic. The real reason people come to the fox are the tournaments, which are held three times a day. Whilst some poker rooms struggle to find players for their tournaments, The Fox struggle to find enough seats for the players who want to participate.