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Top-10 questions and answers from the WSOP final table

By now you've likely heard all about the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. You know that Joe Cada became the youngest player to win the event. You know that it was the longest final table in WSOP history and – thanks to ESPN – you're well aware that there were a number of crazy hands and twists and turns during the final table that played out at the Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas last week. Casino City was at the Rio for all 20 hours of the final table and after returning home from Las Vegas we've had a chance to decompress, re-watch ESPN's broadcast and analyze some of the hand histories that were recorded during what was at times a breathtaking event...read more

Pai Gow poker is for friends

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...read more

ESPN gets plenty of dramatics for final table telecast

ESPN got its wish when the World Series of Poker Main Event final table unfolded in dramatic fashion. But in a bit of twisted irony, the excessive amount of extraordinary hands that played out during what was the longest final table in WSOP history made Jamie Horowitz and his crew's job that much more difficult. "We certainly had a lot to work with, that's for sure," said the ESPN Senior Producer who oversaw the network's "same-day coverage" of the final table for the second straight year...read more

License backed for CityCenter casino

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Gaming regulators on Friday granted preliminary licensing approval for the only casino component inside the $8.5 billion CityCenter project and suggested the revenue mix might be sharply different from the traditional gaming-driven environment. During a hearing that lasted more than two hours, the Gaming Control Board was told not to expect additional gaming inside the multiple hotel, high-rise residential and entertainment complex. Aria, CityCenter's 4,004-room centerpiece, was designed as the project's only casino...read more

Nevada not investigating Lee, Pinnacle

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander said there are no plans for the state to open an investigation into Pinnacle Entertainment following the sudden resignation of chairman and chief executive officer Dan Lee. Missouri gaming authorities said they were investigating Lee and the Las Vegas-based regional casino operator after an incident between Lee and a member of the St...read more

PLAYING IT SMART

You can learn something from prime-time television after all Deal or No Deal is mindless but fascinating television. The genius is that it's an archetype of Occam's razor: the idea could hardly be simpler. Yet, opportunity is afforded to see the laws of probability, the principle of utility, and the concepts of risk-aversion and tolerance played out together...read more

Pollack resigns as WSOP Commissioner

Saying he has accomplished "everything he had set out to do" and that he liked the idea of "going out on top," Jeffrey Pollack resigned as commissioner of the World Series of Poker on Friday. "The arc of my entire career has always been to move on to something different every four or five years, so the time seemed right for me to make this move." the 45-year-old Pollack told Casino City on Friday, a few hours after he made his resignation official by posting on his Twitter account, "Thank you for allowing me to be part of the WSOP these last few years...read more

Deal Me In: Where she drops, nobody should know

Dear Mark: Do casinos have policies regarding the minimum number of revolutions a roulette ball should make before dropping off the track? What would be considered too few? If the roulette wheel stops moving before the ball lands in the pocket or stops in less than a quarter of a revolution after the ball lands in the pocket would that be cause for concern? Consider the following scenario...read more

Boyd accused of trying to control Station case

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Station Casinos has accused Boyd Gaming Corp. of "attempting to improperly manipulate the bankruptcy process" in an effort to "pick off and dismantle its chief competitor's assets." In a filing Thursday with the U.S...read more

WSOP Commissioner Pollack resigns post

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack resigned his role with the tournament just three days after concluding its second-most lucrative competition in the event's 40-year history. Pollack, 45, said Thursday he plans to "explore new business challenges" after completing a four-year run as the World Series of Poker's driving force...read more