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McManus's 'Cowboys Full' is packed with poker history, characters

Jim McManus, whose blockbuster Positively Fifth Street was an instant hit some years ago, has penned a super poker history book titled Cowboys Full (516 pages, hardbound, $30) designed to answer a jillion questions about the origins of the game, the characters, showdowns, big money days and stuff you never knew before.With 70 pages of research sources, footnotes, index and photos, this book is destined to be a classic reference work...read more

LV Sands to restart Macau projects

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Las Vegas Sands Corp., plans to restart the company's stalled hotel-casino projects on Macau's Cotai Strip, according to published reports. The company, which operates The Venetian and Palazzo, halted its Cotai Strip developments a year ago when financing dried up and the company was forced into a $2.1 billion recapitalization effort to avoid bankruptcy because it couldn't cover its long-term debt payments. The move reduced company founder and Chairman Sheldon Adelson's controlling stake in Las Vegas Sands by about 20 percent...read more

WSOP notebook: Cada's father knew his son was special

LAS VEGAS – Jerry Cada has always been good with math. It's the main reason he worked as an engineer for the last 25-plus years and it's also something he thinks he was able to pass onto Joe, the youngest of his four children. "I can remember Joe being as young as 5 or 6 years old and I could already tell he was great with numbers," the elder Cada told Casino City on Monday afternoon...read more

Top-10 first impressions of the WSOP Main Event final table

LAS VEGAS – Your faithful Casino City correspondents -- myself and Managing Editor Vin Narayanan -- spent more than 20 hours of our lives over the last three days watching and covering the historic 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event final table unfold, live and in person, at the Rio in Las Vegas...read more

Youth is served: Joe Cada wins the World Series of Poker Main Event

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...read more

Pinnacle CEO Dan Lee resigns from company

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Pinnacle Entertainment Chairman and Chief Executive Officer resigned his positions with the Las Vegas-based casino operator, the company announced this morning. The moves comes a week after Missouri gaming officials said they were investigating Lee's actions at a zoning meeting by the St...read more

How pretty are blackjack players sitting with totals of 20 or 21?

Most blackjack buffs believe they're in the catbird seat with totals of 20 or 21. Yes, these hands can lose to blackjacks. But solid citizens learn this particular bad news before the round starts to be played out. So, if the dealer shows a 10 or ace and the hole card check proves benign, or the upcard is anything from two through nine, the payoff is practically headed to the bank. Right? Maybe...read more

Galaxy Gaming raises $600,000 through private placement

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Las Vegas-based table game vendor Galaxy Gaming, which is traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board, hoped to raise $400,000 through a private placement. The company told Wall Street this week it raised $600,000. "As evidenced by the over-subscription of our recent offering, our investors seemed to be pleased with the progress our company is making," Galaxy Gaming Chief Executive Officer Robert Saucier said in a statement...read more

Ivey falls short in quest for WSOP Main Event title

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...read more

Instant final table analysis: Cada, Moon somehow outlast the rest

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 didn't end until 5:55 Vegas time -- had an odd ebb and flow...read more