Aces Cracked promo at Harrah's poker room

Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010 Professional Tournament

Harrah's on the Las Vegas Strip

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Tuesday Night WSOP Poker on ESPN - Photos

Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2010 Professional Tournament

2010 WSOP Main Event Day 5 ESPN feature table

Day 5 of the 2010 Main Event at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas begins with 574 players remaining in the hunt for poker's most elusive treasure, the World Champion Poker Player's Bracelet. Of course, it's a fair assumption that the $8.9 million in cash awaiting the winner in November probably does provide a degree or two of motivation.

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Poker Community Saddened by Death of Child

Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010 Professional Tournament

Sadly we report the passing of Apollo Jett, the four-year-old son of professional poker playersChip and Karina Jett. The youngster died Tuesday morning from injuries sufferedina poolaccident days earlier.

The entire poker industry has come togetherin show of supportfor Chip and KarinaJett during this most difficult oftimes.

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Tuesday Night WSOP Poker on ESPN 9PM ET

Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 Professional Tournament

Day 4 of the 2010 WSOP Main Event began with 1203 players ready for the dance. Today will be the money day, when 775 players remain in the hunt, each guaranteed to leave with at least $19,263 in cash. Another possible record sees four brothers, of course, it's the Mizachi brothers, Michael, Robert, Eric and Donny hoping to cash this day.

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Tuesday Night is WSOP Poker on ESPN 9PM ET

Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 Professional Tournament

Norm Chad surveys late night fans surrounding the tournament area

Tuesday Night means poker. Invite your poker buddies over for a group lesson in high stakes tournament poker, the 2010 WSOP Main Event.

Tonight's installment of the march to the November Nine features the Prince of Poker, Scotty Nguyen, 1998 Main Event Champion and holder of five WSOP gold bracelets. Past WSOP Main Event Champions Johnny Chan, Dan Harrington and reigning champion, Joe Cada, continue to stack chips.

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Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon 2010 from Las Vegas

Date: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 Professional Tournament

South Point Resort Las Vegas

A Labor day tradition, The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, begins Sunday at 9PM ET on a TV channel in your city. The 2010 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is coming live for 21 continuous hours from the South Point Resort in Las Vegas.

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Lance Burton Does Final Show at Monte Carlo

Date: Sun, Sep 5, 2010 Professional Tournament

Monte Carlo Las Vegas

Saturday night marked the end of a fourteen year run for master magician, Lance Burton, at the Monte Carlo Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

A critically acclaimed showman, Burton is said to have decided to terminate his show contract after hotel management requested a cut in the production's budget. With Las Vegas rapidly running out of magic men we expect to see Lance Burton reappearing any day now at a new strip address.

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Las Vegas #1 Labor Day Party Spot

Date: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Professional Tournament

Veer Towers at CityCenter Las Vegas

On-line travel site, Orbitz.com, says the Number One Labor Day Destination is Las Vegas. A majority of the party-goers for the three day, official end-of-summer bash would rather be in Las Vegas. And why not? The Great Recession version of Las Vegas continues the long tradition of being the most fun place on the planet.

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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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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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