Our *ARG* community, spawned by the old rec.gambling newsgroup, has events in Atlantic City, Connecticut, Maryland, and multiple in Las Vegas!
ATLARGE
ATLARGE (the ATLantic city Annual Rec.Gambling Excursion) is held annually in Atlantic City, NJ in the early spring.
ATLARGE 2026 will take place April 16-19, 2026, at the Borgata.
For more information about ATLARGE, including our email list registration link, please visit atlargepoker.com!
FARGO
FARGO (the Fall Annual Recreational Gambling Outing) takes place each fall in Connecticut. FARGO 2025 was October 16-19.
Visit www.fargopoker.org for additional information.
ARGEM
ARGEM (Annual Recreational Gambling Excursion Maryland) is usually held in the early SUmmer.
ARGEM VI was held June 20-22, 2025 at Maryland Live!
Please visit the ARGEM website for more information…hope to see you in the future!
TARGET
TARGET is The Annual Rec.Gambling Entry Tournament. It is a satellite into the World Series of Poker. Created by Ken Kubey in 1994, it is the second oldest Rec.Gambling live event (after BARGE, which began in 1991.) It is held in Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker.
BARGE
Our original and longest-running event, the original meet-up game, has been happening since 1991.
BARGE happens each summer in late July or early August. We’ll be back at the Orleans in summer 2026.
EMBARGO
EMBARGO is a winter mini-BARGE usually hosted early in the year and usually runs some unusual forms of poker.
Our most recent events have been at Resorts World in Las Vegas.