Tragedy struck the Las Vegas Strip over the weekend as a construction worker who was on the crew erecting the grandstand for the Las Vegas Grand Prix died in a workplace accident. The man has been identified as 37-year-old Tizonic Antonio. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police responded to an emergency call on Saturday at the Fountains… Read more »
Shockingly easy Many of MGM Resorts’ systems were crippled because of cyberattack this past Monday and now the group responsible for it has been unmasked. According to vx-underground, a group that curates what it calls the “largest collection of malware source code, samples, and papers on the internet,” it was the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group that… Read more »
If you are listing the important moments in the history of poker, the development of the World Poker Tour would have to be a part of that list. Founded back in 2002 by Steve Lipscomb and backed by billionaire entrepreneur Lyle Berman, the WPT has gone on over the last twenty years to become one… Read more »
It is something that many consider, especially when things are going well on the poker tables. “Hey, I could quit my job tomorrow and start playing poker for a living!” It might seem like a great idea – give up all the responsibilities of a 9-to-5, 40-hour week, the drudgery of going to an office… Read more »
It’s missing something For decades, the very best high rollers in the world of live poker have played in the famed “Bobby’s Room” at the Bellagio. It’s the type of place where a single big blind would destroy me, where the gravity of the star power is enough to pull moons into its orbit. But… Read more »
We’ve all had some version of that Back to the Future II fantasy. We have knowledge of the results of sporting events – with or without a sports almanac – and take advantage of that information by racking up sports betting winnings. An imperfect but quite profitable variation of the fantasy happened in Las Vegas… Read more »
Gambling, but with smaller crowds As many Las Vegas casinos ready themselves to reopen on Thursday, June 4, final preparations are underway to make sure the return of guests goes as smoothly as possible. On Monday, local news station KSNV got a tour of the Bellagio as one of the center pieces of the Strip… Read more »
As usual, the World Poker Tour’s final event for the 2019 calendar year has once again drawn out the players looking for a Christmas present. The WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic is in full swing, having built a 1035 entry field with one of the few $10,000 buy-in events left on their schedule. There… Read more »
The final World Poker Tour Main Event of 2019 got underway Monday with Day 1 of the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. That’s right, Day 1. Not Day 1A. One of the longest standing events of the poker calendar does not have multiple flights, as we see in… Read more »
MGM Resorts International announced on Tuesday that it has sold two of its Las Vegas Strip casinos: Circus Circus and Bellagio. The combined sales price of the two properties is $5.075 billion. Circus Circus The agreement to sell Circus Circus, one of the mainstays of the north end of the Strip, was rumored to have… Read more »
Bloomberg is reporting that Blackstone Group, Inc. is pursuing the acquisition of both the Bellagio and MGM Grand Las Vegas from MGM Resorts International. The financial media outlet’s sources say the two companies are talking, but no details are known yet and things could always fall apart. Bloomberg analysts estimate that the Bellagio could sell… Read more »
There are two recognized Player of the Year races in the tournament poker world, the CardPlayer Magazine rankings and the Global Poker Index standings. In these two leaderboards, the effect of “High Roller” tournaments – events with a buy in north of $10,000 – have been thoroughly felt. Now, those style of tournaments will get… Read more »
Twelve months…literally hundreds if not thousands of tournaments annotated, counted and compiled…so what do we find as we reach the end of 2018 regarding the Poker Player of the Year? It’s a split decision with plenty of players who can claim to be one of the Top Ten in the world and two who can… Read more »
When my wife took her job at her current employer a bit over a year ago, she was required to sign a Non-Compete Agreement (NCA). It said something to the effect of disallowing her from accepting employment elsewhere in a similar role within a certain geographical area for a year after (and if) she departs… Read more »
Dylan Linde was a one-man wrecking crew on Saturday night at the Bellagio, storming through the final table of the 2018 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic en route to taking down the prestigious title. There Can Be Only One… Linde had been cruising leading up to the final table of the event,… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is down to the penultimate day after taking the final 45 players down to the final six in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. It will be a stacked – and deeply stacked – final table led by Milos Skrbic and Dylan Linde, who have to fight off several… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s final stop for the 2018 calendar year is inching closer to its conclusion. After setting a record for the largest ever $10,000 tournament in its history, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic popped the money bubble on Thursday and brought the field closer to crowning a champion on Saturday night.… Read more »
Wrapping up the calendar year for their Season XVII schedule, the World Poker Tour has ventured to its December home, the Bellagio in Las Vegas, for the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. And, as usual, the players have responded. After two days of play and late registration going up until after the dinner break, a… Read more »
If you enjoy partaking of the festivities in Las Vegas, it is the one book that you don’t want to find your name in. According to reports from journalist Richard Velotta of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, two new names have been added to the notorious “Black Book.” The new entrants will be forever banned from… Read more »
As the Grateful Dead once said, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” Then again, you could say that about pretty much every season of the World Poker Tour! Over the next week, the WPT will wrap up its Season XVI schedule with two tournament stops at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas,… Read more »
Not content with the outstanding season that they have put forth to this point, the powers at the World Poker Tour have decided to expand the schedule once again this year. It is but another event on the calendar, but it is what used to be their traditional Las Vegas home and where some of… Read more »
The penultimate day of the 2017 World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic is set for play on Sunday afternoon at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. After almost a week of play Sean Perry, the son of poker professional Ralph Perry, sits in the first slot on the leaderboard, but Ryan Tosoc (making his… Read more »
Continuing to hold court over the throng of players still in the tournament, poker professional Brandon Meyers continued to hold the lead as Day 2 of the 2017 World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic concluded. At the same time, those that are left in the event found out what they were playing for… Read more »
In one of the final preliminary events (if you can call a tournament with a six-figure buy in a “preliminary”) before the start of the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event next week, Dan Smith vanquished fellow poker pro Daniel Negreanu to win the $100,000 Super High Roller on Friday night.… Read more »
