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Poker room · Dortmund

MERKUR Spielbank Hohensyburg (Dortmund)

Hohensyburgstraße 200, 44265 Dortmund · Dortmund · Germany

Texas Hold'em · Heads-Up Hold'em (house-banked)Games
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+49 231 7740-0Phone

Hohensyburg is the Ruhr's big casino and its poker is the real thing — players against each other, not against the house. What it does not publish is a tournament calendar.

The house-banked question, answered by MERKUR itself

German casinos often list "Poker" and mean a dealer-banked table game, so it is worth checking before travelling. MERKUR's own rules page for this house settles it: all of the casino's poker variants are played with 52-card decks, guests play exclusively against one another, the game is run by a croupier, and stakes are bounded by table limits top and bottom. The object is to win the pot, either with the best five-card hand at the end or because everyone else has folded. That is player-versus-player poker.

The same wording covers the group's NRW houses, so the answer is the same in Aachen, Bad Oeynhausen, Duisburg and Monheim.

What is not published

There is no poker tournament schedule on this casino's site, and no buy-in, start time or weekday grid for the cash game. The poker offer appears only as one of the three Klassisches Spiel games alongside American Roulette and Black Jack. Anyone planning a session should ring the house to confirm which nights poker is dealt and at what limits, rather than assuming the game runs daily.

Nearest published alternatives

For NRW poker with a printed schedule you have to look outside this group. Casino Schenefeld near Hamburg and Spielbank Berlin both publish daily tournament grids, and Spielbank Wiesbaden publishes a poker programme.

This page is general information, not advice.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the poker at Hohensyburg played against the house?

No. MERKUR's own rules page says guests play exclusively against each other, with a croupier running the game and table limits bounding the stakes.

Does Hohensyburg run poker tournaments?

None are published. The casino's site lists poker only as part of its Klassisches Spiel offer, with no schedule, buy-in or start time, so call ahead.

Do the same rules apply at the other MERKUR NRW casinos?

Yes — the group publishes one set of poker rules across its NRW houses, which covers Aachen, Bad Oeynhausen, Duisburg, Monheim and Dortmund.

Sources: MERKUR Spielbank Hohensyburg — unser Haus (cash game days and hours, 5/10 limit, 500 euro minimum buy-in, Heads-Up Hold'em daily from 18:00 and its description as play against the bank, reservation policy, address, phone, opening hours for bui), retrieved 2026-10-16; Merkur Spielbanken — NRW (operator group, the six NRW casinos), retrieved 2026-09-15. Last checked 2026-10-16. Figures are as published by the sources and may be incomplete.