Planet Hollywood Poker Room Shuts After Brief Reopening

Another Las Vegas poker room is closing after a short return. Planet Hollywood will shut its poker room again at the end of January, reversing a reopening that lasted less than a year.

Good to Know

• Planet Hollywood poker room closes again on January 31
• The room reopened in May 2025 after a four-year absence
• Las Vegas Valley now counts 18 active poker rooms

Planet Hollywood is closing its poker room on January 31, according to a poker vlogger connected to the property. The news first surfaced through a weekend video posted by Vegas Poker Nomad, who works at the casino and tracks room activity across the Strip.

The closure ends a brief second chapter for a room that once played a steady role in Strip poker. Planet Hollywood operated a compact but reliable poker room from the poker boom through the pandemic years. Caesars shuttered the room in 2021 as part of broader casino floor changes.

After several years of silence, poker returned to the property in May 2025. The reopening did not place tables back on the main casino floor. Instead, the new room sat upstairs in the mezzanine area, overlooking the gaming space where the original room once operated.

Bigger room, thinner action

The second version of the room featured 23 tables, more than double the size of the original setup. Space was not the issue. Game selection and visibility proved harder to solve.

Most days, the room spread only a small number of $1-$3 no-limit holdem games. As traffic slowed, Planet Hollywood added $1-$1 no-limit holdem with a $200 max buy-in to keep tables running. Even with those adjustments, sustaining consistent action remained difficult.

Industry observers pointed to location as a major factor. While the main casino floor stayed busy, poker traffic rarely followed.

“When we surveyed Planet Hollywood last week, the casino floor was very busy,” said John Mehaffey. “The poker room has one shorthanded game running. The room is very nice, but I don’t think many tourists knew it was there.”

Mehaffey writes for and founded Vegas Advantage and regularly tracks poker traffic across Las Vegas. His comments echoed feedback shared quietly by players who struggled to find the room without prior knowledge.

Second closure in under a year

Planet Hollywood closes the poker room for a second time less than ten months after reopening. The decision follows a broader pattern across Las Vegas where smaller rooms face pressure despite a modest rebound elsewhere.

The closure leaves 18 poker rooms operating across the Las Vegas Valley. Of those, 11 sit on the Las Vegas Strip. Caesars now runs Strip poker rooms only at Horseshoe and Caesars Palace.

Recent activity elsewhere shows mixed signals. Green Valley Ranch reopened its Henderson poker room in December, adding one of the newest active rooms in the region while Strip locations continue to consolidate.

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