Photos of what the new room would look like were shared on social media, but I still had my doubts until the room finally opened a few months ago. So when I saw plans for a poker room at the new Resorts World, I didn’t get my hopes up. And, over that time, a good number of rooms have closed, some of them permanently. It’s been years since a brand new poker room opened in Las Vegas. How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?.