http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com Casino City Times is The Source for the latest gaming news, gaming strategy and gambling tips from the industry's leading experts. en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/53658.html For as long as groups of friends have been making trips to Las Vegas and other gambling destinations, finding the game that everyone wants to play has been the Holy Grail. Among buddies, bankrolls and interests will vary. Some friends prefer to play blackjack. Others would rather play craps. And no one wants to play poker against each other.... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/53658.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50043.html LAS VEGAS -- Joe Cada beat Darvin Moon heads-up to win the World Series of Poker Main Event title early Tuesday morning. Cada won $8,547,042 for finishing first and became the youngest Main Event champ at 21 years old. 2008 Main Event champion Peter Eastgate was the previous youngest champion at 22 years old. Moon took home $5,182,92 for his... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50043.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50018.html LAS VEGAS -- The best way to look at Saturday's action at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table is that Darvin Moon finished with 58.8 million chips, essentially the same amount that he started with. And Joe Cada took everyone else's chips and now has 135.9 million chips. Saturday's action – which spilled into Sunday morning and... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50018.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50019.html LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event final table is down to its final two, and it does not include Phil Ivey. Instead 21-year-old Joe Cada and the logger from Maryland, Darvin Moon, survived the nearly 17-hour day and will face off late Monday night for poker's most coveted title. Saturday's marathon final table began at 1 p.m.... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/50019.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49956.html I have to admit, I was looking forward to seeing poker players Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho fall on their face in the Amazing Race. The two pros entered the competition on CBS full of arrogance, thinking the skills they had developed as poker players would help them easily win the race, and they weren't afraid to say so. But the show... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49956.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49880.html 10. Darvin Moon's early play Last year, Dennis Phillips was the chip leader entering final table action. But he fell behind early after losing some big pots. Phillips scrambled back into contention and managed to finish third, but his early stumbles proved too much to overcome. Darvin Moon faces a similar situation. He's the chip leader by a... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49880.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49846.html The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on whether the Commonwealth of Kentucky has the right to seize online gambling domains because domains are "gambling devices" that violate gambling law. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that online gambling domains were not "gambling devices" under Kentucky law, and therefore... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49846.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49807.html 10. Darvin Moon is a Luddite Main Event chip leader Darvin Moon, who holds nearly a third of chips in play, isn't part of the online poker generation. In fact, he's not really party of the technology generation. He doesn't email or text message. And he hasn't bothered to set up the voice-mail on his cell phone. In a tournament that saw players... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/49807.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48170.html I have a confession to make. I like some reality shows. I get a kick out of "The Apprentice." I watch "Shark Tank" to see ruthless executives steamroll entrepreneurs. I'll even watch "America's Got Talent" occasionally to see what kind freaks -- err, talented people -- have decided to display their wares. I don't really care for "American Idol" or... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/48170.html http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/47933.html A U.S. appeals court upheld the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in a unanimous 3-0 ruling Tuesday. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected both iMEGA's argument that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was too vague and that it violated privacy rights. The ruling didn't come as a surprise to legal experts... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://vinnarayanan.casinocitytimes.com/articles/47933.html