Wynn bars Paris Hilton from casinos

Date: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 Professional Tournament

At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.

With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.

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Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Added to Marriott's Autograph Collection

Date: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 Professional Tournament

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announced they have forged an agreement with Marriott Hotels to promote the high-end Las Vegas resort. The $3.5 billion resort project located on the Las Vegas Strip between CityCenter and the Bellagio will join the exclusive Marriott Autograph Collection. The Las Vegas casino/hotel/resort will benefit from the more than 30 million strong customer data base operated by Marriott.

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ESPN 2010 WSOP Day 2 Tuesday 9 PM ET

Date: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 Professional Tournament

Tom Schneider, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year

The latest installment from ESPN of the 2010 WSOP Main Event tracks the march of eliminations on Day 2 that will finally become the November Nine for one of the nine seats at the most exclusive poker table ion the world, the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of poker.

Flipchip photos from the 2010 WSOP available with this link.

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Cy Waits reportedly fired from Wynn, Paris Hilton denies cocaine

Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 Professional Tournament

Could one mistake have cost one of Las Vegas's nightclub moguls his high-profile job?

After getting arrested with girlfriend Paris Hilton, several sources are reporting that Cy Waits has been let go of his duties as managing partner of Tryst (at Wynn Las Vegas) and XS (at Encore). No word yet on the status of his twin brother Jesse, who co-manages.

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Lost Vegas Book Review

Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 Professional Tournament

Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker by Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire [Buy Lost Vegas][Visit the Lost Vegas Home Page]

If you like Dr. Pauly's writing you'll love this book, if you like Vegas you'll love this book, in short, if you're reading this blog the odds are you'll love Lost Vegas.

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Las Vegas Metro Police Motor Officer Down

Date: Mon, Aug 30, 2010 Professional Tournament

Waiting for help

A Las Vegas Metro Police cycle cop was left in the middle of Flamingo Road just south of Eastern Avenue after an accident separated the officer from his ride.

Flipchip shot these photos Sunday evening of the unidentified Metro officer moments after the accident. Details of the crash were unavailble.

This has been a very unlucky year for Las Vegas Metro Police. Driving any vehicle in Las Vegas has always been akin to prop betting with the devil. Good thing we're a city of gamblers.

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Paris Hilton's mugshot

Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 Professional Tournament

This is probably the best-looking mugshot you'll ever see

A fume-filled Escalade near Wynn Las Vegas caused a motorcycle cop to pull it over, suspecting marijuana.

Hilton's boyfriend Cy Waits (who manages the Tryst nightclub at Wynn)was driving, with Hilton in the passenger seat.

Later, when Hilton pulled lip balm from her purse (possibly in preparation for the mugshot), a bag of cocaine allegedy fell out.

Both were booked and released from Clark County jail.

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Paris Hilton arrested in Las Vegas on cocaine charges

Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 Professional Tournament

Just before midnight last night,Metro conducted a traffic stop on a car near Wynn Las Vegas.

When pulled over, officers detected the scent of marijuana coming from the car.

On further investigation, they found Paris Hilton in the passenger seat with a controlled substance that later turned out to be cocaine.

She was arrested on possession and put in the Clark County Detention Center.

The undisclosed male driver was also booked for possession and DUI.

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Caesars Palace fined for patron dancing on baccarat table

Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 Professional Tournament

Caesars Palace Las Vegas

Apparently dancing on a casino table game costs $250,000.

Back in October, a high-limit baccarat player at Caesars Palace climbed on his table at least three times (and even danced at one point), and personnel didn't stop him. The game was still in progress.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint against the casino, citing safety and game protection concerns.

The ruling came down this week, and Caesars was fined a quarter of a million dollars.

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M Resort put up for auction

Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 Professional Tournament

Less than a year and a half old, and the M Resort is already in flux.

First there’s the bit of bad luck with the casino opening in a bad economy that has still yet to recover despite slow signs early this year. The $1 billion M Resort has $700 million in debt, which is controlled by Lloyds Banking Group.

And last month, Lloyds put their majority stake in the hotel-casino up for sale at an auction.

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Atomic Testing Museum free on Sept. 25

Date: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 Professional Tournament

Free Museum Day is back!

On Sept. 25, museums across the country affiliated with the Smithsonian are opening their doors with free admission for 2.

In Las Vegas, you can visit the Atomic Testing Museum (755 E. Flamingo) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Although admission is free, you must fill out information (email, address) and print out a ticket at the following link: http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html?2010

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Las Vegas = most stressed-out city in America

Date: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 Professional Tournament

You'd think a town such as our fine neon city would be the most stressless city in the U.S.

And it very well may be, just as long as you're a tourist.

But for locals, Forbes magazine has listed Las Vegas as being at the top of this year's survey of America's Most Stressful Cities.

Seems running a 24-hour city to make others' vacations is detrimental to stress levels. Not to mention the high 14.5 percent unemployment and bad housing market.

Second on the list: Los Angeles.

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2010 WSOP on ESPN at 9 PM ET Tuesday

Date: Mon, Aug 23, 2010 Professional Tournament

Joe Cada, 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion, $8.5 Million Winner

Tuesday night means another installment of the 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship. Tuesday night at 9 PM ET on ESPN TV. Two hours of top level poker featuring the greats, along with hoards of the not-so-greats, battling for some of the multi-millions in cash that will be passed out to the top 747 finishers.

For more of Flipchip's photos of the Main Event click here.

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Las Vegas Strip Trip Photos

Date: Sat, Aug 21, 2010 Professional Tournament

Walking along the Las Vegas Strip

Friday night on the famous Las Vegas Strip. Always an adventure, always something new, it's never boring doing time on the most awesome road in all of the neon desert.

A Friday night meander down the strip provided a brief look into life as defined on the Las Vegas Strip.

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