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Top 10 steps to winning more at poker

There are plenty of things you can do to improve your poker game and even gain an additional edge over your opponents that are not related to strategy. This article is dedicated to these things, and hopefully will give you a few ideas on how to improve your game and win more.10...read more

Top 10 casino openings, expansions and renovations

Renovation season is upon us, and casinos around the globe are shelling out some serious bucks in the name of improvement — just another industry requirement. You can't expect to pull in the customers without the hottest new amenities, after all...read more

Top 10 Las Vegas trip experiences I tried last week

LAS VEGAS -- The city of Las Vegas is ever evolving. That's one of the reasons I love visiting so much: There’s never a lack of new and exciting things to do. Before every visit, I always try to map out a plan that allows me to experience something I haven’t before, whether it’s a bar or lounge, a casino, a restaurant, an event or some other activity I’ve read or heard about...read more

John Hesp and family clear the air regarding business relationship with Uber driver

John Hesp The feel-good relationship between sudden World Series of Poker sensation John Hesp and his Uber driver came to an abrupt end on Saturday before the start of the Main Event.As reported on Thursday night, Hesp, the colorful 64-year-old amateur player from England, who became an instant superstar in the poker world and beyond by making the WSOP Main Event final table, befriended Las Vegas resident David Perry, his Uber driver, during the early stages of the tournament.On Thursday night, just before the final table action began at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Perry told Casino City that Hesp agreed to hire him as his “managing agent.” Hesp’s wife, Mandy, and oldest son, James, confirmed the arrangement as John sat at the final table and play got underway, but over the weekend Hesp and his family decided it did not want to use the services of Perry.“David Perry is no longer an acting agent for my father,” James Hesp told Casino City on Sunday...read more

Around the WSOP: Meet the Uber driver John Hesp hired as his new agent

Editor's note: Two days after this article was published, John Hesp decided not to use the services of David Perry as his agent. The original agreement between the two men was "purely verbal," according to Hesp's son, James, and they have parted ways...read more

WSOP Main Event final table predictions

Kara Scott (photo by WSOP)LAS VEGAS – John Hesp and his now-infamous multicolored jacket and Panama-style hat are the surefire sentimental favorites heading into today's World Series of Poker Main Event final table at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.That is the resounding reoccurring theme we saw when we asked a panel of poker pros and media to make their picks for how this year's final table will play out.Below, is a sampling of those picks and analysis from this esteemed group...read more

WSOP Main Event Final Table questions and answers

LAS VEGAS – On Thursday afternoon, more than 40 hours after the final table bubble burst dramatically at the World Series of Poker Main Event early Tuesday morning, the nine players who scratched and clawed their way through the third-largest field in tournament history will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.Cards go in the air for the final table at 5:30 p.m...read more

Top 10 random observations from the WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Spend more than 50 hours over six consecutive days watching the spectacle that is the World Series of Poker Main Event, and you're bound to come away with a notebook bursting with random thoughts and observations. Here are just 10 of the many items that drifted through this poker-overloaded brain over the last week while I was roaming around the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.10...read more

WSOP Director Jack Effel talks Main Event mayhem

LAS VEGAS – As Jack Effel instinctively recites the numbers off the top of his head, even he is impressed by the magnitude of it all.516 poker tables. 2,000 temporary employees. 300,000 transactions at the cage, worth $250 million. Participants from 111 different countries...read more

Around the WSOP: Hallaert trying to buck astronomical odds; plus, tequila shots and Superman

LAS VEGAS -- As the number of tables in play and participants in contention continued to plummet rapidly on Saturday night at the World Series of Poker Main Event, Kenny Hallaert sat in the middle of it all, smiling and collecting chips.Just like he has the last three years.In a profession where surliness and antagonism are prevalent, the 35-year-old Belgian thoroughly enjoys himself at the table...read more