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Placing bets on growing demand

A Tyneside casino has doubled the size of its poker room, making it one of the largest in the UK and a bigger draw for major card tournaments.

Since it opened in 2005, Aspers at The Gate complex in Newcastle has brought some of the UK’s most high-profile poker tournaments to the region including the Sky Poker Tour and the Virgin Festival.

Management at the site are now hoping to attract even more big events with the new poker room and also plan to host more tournaments for customers “We’ve extended the poker room into the former Club Aspinall, effectively doubling the number of tables,” said Alan Barnes, head of gaming at Aspers.

“The extra space means we can run larger tournaments and allows customers to access a table straight away during busy periods. “When Aspers first opened, I don’t think the designers quite appreciated the level of demand for a quality poker venue in the North East, so we had simply outgrown the old poker room.

“This investment means we can build on our existing programme, which includes tournaments every day of the week.”

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