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Van Hoof leads at WSOP Main Event final table

LAS VEGAS -- First the Ryder Cup. Now the World Series of Poker Main Event. It’s been a banner year for the Europeans.A European is guaranteed to win the Main Event after Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Jacobson and Felix Stephensen advanced to three-handed play early Tuesday morning.Van Hoof has 89.6 million in chips...read more

Lone amateur at WSOP final table exits fifth

William Pappaconstantinou (aka, Billy Pappas) was carrying the hopes and dreams of the foosball community, the amateur poker playing community and the greater Boston community on his back at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Monday night (and into Tuesday morning).He struggled early on, his chip count falling below 7 million chips, but he surged to over 30 million with some solid play and even better cards...read more

Caesars Entertainment posts $908.1 million loss in Q3

LAS VEGAS -- Caesars Entertainment Corporation lost $908.1 million in the third quarter despite a 6 percent increase in revenue, the casino company said Monday.The financial results were somewhat overshadowed as Las Vegas-based Caesars said it was continuing formal negotiations with lenders and creditors aimed at reducing the company’s gaming industry high debt.In the quarter that ended Sept...read more

Larrabe's unorthodox style leads to sixth place at WSOP Main Event

If you watched any of the World Series of Poker coverage leading up to the Main Event final table, you probably saw Andoni Larrabe making what most players would call unorthodox plays.The 22-year-old professional poker player from Spain didn't disappoint on Monday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino's Penn and Teller Theater, checking a set of fives on the river on a board of 6-7-J-5-K...read more

SLS Las Vegas buffet to close, reopen in 2015

LAS VEGAS -- SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino will close its buffet restaurant on Sunday, but officials said it would to reopen the space after the first of the year.New SLS President Scott Kreeger said the second-floor location “is doing OK, but not hitting out of the park” as compared to the other hotel-casinos restaurants.Kreeger, who took over two weeks ago, said the buffet would reopen as part of a renewed effort to attract locals to the Strip resort, which opened in August...read more

Sindelar never gets comfortable, finishes seventh at WSOP Main Event

Most of the time, when you've been in a profession for almost a decade, you've had enough experiences to be prepared for just about anything.That doesn't apply, however, to professional poker players who play under the lights of the ESPN stage as a member of the November Nine.Dan Sindelar never got comfortable at the 2014 World Series of Poker final table and exited in seventh place, winning more than $1.2 million."All the delays and commercial (breaks) that we were going through, it was really tough for me to get focused and get in the zone," said Sindelar...read more

Politano finishes eighth at WSOP Main Event, Brazil rejoices

LAS VEGAS -- We're only 14 years into the 21st century, but saying Bruno Politano got Brazil excited about the World Series of Poker Main Event might be the understatement of the century.The November Nine has seen rowdy supporters in the past...read more

Newhouse finishes ninth for second year in a row at WSOP final table

LAS VEGAS -- Mark Newhouse knew that William Tonking's hand was ahead of his pocket 10s when Tonking called his 4.5-million-chip bet with the board reading J-4-2-4 in the 56th hand of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Since he knew he was behind, he planned to check it down on the river and surrender the pot.But when another jack appeared on the river, Newhouse changed that plan."That looks like an opportunity for me," said Newhouse...read more

Top-10 quotes from the 2014 Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony

On Sunday night at Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel, two men who have had an enormous impact on the poker world were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland are at very different points in their poker careers...read more

Recovery of Las Vegas locals gaming depends on a Strip development

LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas locals market is playing a game of “Waiting for Godot.”But unlike Vladimir and Estragon from the Samuel Beckett play, Boyd Gaming Corporation and Station Casinos, Inc. aren’t waiting for some imaginary person.Genting Malaysia Berhad will soon arrive in Las Vegas from Malaysia...read more