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Experience matters at the WSOP

LAS VEGAS -- At the end of Day 7 of the World Series of Poker's Main Event, one thing was clear: experience matters.As the field narrowed from 78 to 27, players who had the most experience at the WSOP were the ones still standing, hoping to make it through one more day to become part of this year's November Nine...read more

Computer-linked game systems don't yet rule casinos

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Like many casino operators, Aria President Bill McBeath isn't sure how server-based gaming will ultimately be received. He knew five years ago, however, that Aria, the centerpiece hotel-casino of MGM Resorts International's $8.5 billion CityCenter, wasn't going to open without the new technology. In concept, server-based gaming links slot machines on a casino's floor to a central server, allowing operators easier functionality while enhancing the gambling experience for customers...read more

Deal Me In: Come one, come all

Dear Mark: I walked up to a craps table with a free play $80 coupon and told the dealer that I wanted to make a pass line bet. He informed me that I would have to wait until the point was made (which I did) but also said you can still make the same bet now...read more

Johnny Chan eliminated from WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Not even Johnny Chan can dodge bullets. The two-time Main Event champion and 10-time bracelet winner entered Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event in ninth place with 2.559 million in chips. But two hands in the span of an hour sent him packing from poker's biggest tournament in 156th place.About 30 minutes after play began, tournament officials broke up Chan's Orange 322 table in the Amazon Room at the Rio to move players to tables where seats had opened up thanks to a flurry of early bust outs.While tournament officials were determining who would be headed to which table, Chan posed for a picture with a fan and autographed another spectator's magazine...read more

WSOP brings together father and son

LAS VEGAS -- Part of what makes the World Series of Poker Main Event so special is its egalitarianism. The tournament does not discriminate based on sex, race, or physical ability; anyone with $10,000 to spare – or the skill and good fortune to win a tournament satellite for a lower price – can play in its seminal event and test his or her luck against the game's biggest stars.And that unique quality of the Main Event came to the forefront on the official "Day 6" of the tournament...read more

Chips tilt toward 'Amazon Triangle' at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- There were dozens of tables in play Wednesday during Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. But three tables -- ten feet apart -- controlled all the action. In a room filled with baseball hats, t-shirts, sunglasses and Full Tilt and PokerStars patches, two players who were among the biggest stacks in the tournament when play began stood out from the rest -- and formed the first point in the Amazon Triangle...read more

WSOP Main Event: Day 5 notebook

The World Series of Poker's Main Event has completed five of the eight days it will take to determine this year's November Nine, and 205 players will come back tomorrow to vie for a spot at the world's most prestigious final table. Casino City will be here until the final table is determined to provide all the latest news and notes from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino's Amazon Room.------------------------Hasan Habib, who started the day with 875,000 chips, won a pot early in the day and was up over 1 million...read more

Day 5 is 'Moving Day' for WSOP Main Event players

With the remaining players in the World Series of Poker's Main Event safely in the money, Day 5 of the eight-day march to the November Nine became moving day; many players either solidified their position as a contender for the final table or busted out trying to get there.Players with chips used them to pressure opponents to build larger and larger stacks, wore wide grins and chatted it up with the rest of the table...read more

Cash bubble bursts at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Boos are rarely heard at the World Series of Poker Main Event. But on Tuesday, a chorus of boos from players and fans alike echoed through the Amazon Room in the Rio when tournament officials decided to send players on their 90-minute dinner break instead of playing through the cash bubble with 751 players remaining. The Main Event pays the top 747 finishers, and 15 minutes were remaining in the level when play was suspended. When play resumed, hand-for-hand action began -- with every table having to complete a hand before the field could begin the next one...read more

The bubble bursts: WSOP Day 4 notebook

Day 4 of the World Series of Poker's Main Event started with 15 tables in the Pavilion, while the majority of the players were in the 120-table Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Fourteen of the tables had been broken in the first hour and 15 minutes of play, and just nine players remained in the cavernous space."We're at the final table … of the room," said Eric Morris."It's nice and peaceful," said gray-haired Darrell Ticehurst...read more