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Top-10 players primed to win their first WSOP bracelet in 2009

You can win millions of dollars playing the game of poker, but you can't buy a World Series of Poker bracelet. And, simply put, being able to slip a bracelet on your wrist sets you apart from the rest. It legitimizes your career because you have proven you can "win the big one." Don't believe us? Ask Dan Marino...read more

WSOP giving the average Joe a chance

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With the economy suffering, event planners for the World Series of Poker devised the tournament's own version of a stimulus package. Sunday was the second opening day of a $1,000 buy-in, no-limit hold'em event...read more

Sands Bethlehem impresses on opening weekend

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania –- A week after the $743 million Sands Bethlehem Casino opened, Wall Street decided to scope out the property. After all, the casino is only a 90-minute drive from New York City. Two gaming analysts came away impressed by the casino's initial performance. Based on data provided by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the 3,000 slot machines at Sands Bethlehem collected somewhere between $460 and $571 in win per machine per day during Memorial Day weekend. In other words, the Sands Bethlehem had gaming revenues of between $1.38 million and $1.71 million each day over its three opening days...read more

Heavyweights duke it out at $40,000 WSOP event

One of the World Series of Poker's most anticipated events kicked off yesterday, as poker heavyweights battled it out in a $40,000 no-limit Hold'em tournament. At the end of the day only 89 players remained out of a field of 201. The tournament is the largest no-limit Hold'em event ever held in the U.S., and the winner will earn $1,891,012. The $40,000 tournament is in honor of the WSOP 40th anniversary...read more

Vegas casino companies look to Massachusetts

LAS VEGAS, Nevada –- A few Las Vegas-based casino companies are poking around Massachusetts as the commonwealth's government prepares to take another look at legalized gambling, the Boston Globe reported this morning. Steve Wynn and Boyd Gaming Corp., have hired lobbyists and sent representative...read more

Palms Place condo buyers offered financing

LAS VEGAS, Nevada –- In an effort to jump-start sales in the otherwise nonexistent high-rise condominium market, the Palms has begun offering seller-backed financing to some 150 potential purchasers in the 599-unit Palms Place development. Palms President George Maloof said Thursday the offer targets buyers who have already made at least a 20 percent down payment on their units, but have been unable to get financing through traditional avenues. Maloof said the West Flamingo Road project might be the only high-rise within the Strip corridor to offer this type of financing. "The problem is nobody seems to be lending," Maloof said...read more

Bodog.com is back...and Alwyn Morris is ready for the ride. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group style.

Everyone has heard of Bodog.com. The online gambling community certainly remembers the Bodog parties, the red and black Bodog swag, the TV commercials on ESPN, Bodog Fight and Bodog Music, the Forbes billionaire issue, the Bodog booth with a bar and pillow-fighting babes, and of course, Bodog.com's original face and personality, Calvin Ayre...read more

Problem gambling books -- they can help before it's too late

Too often, families with a problem gambler or individuals who lose control have nowhere to turn until it's too late. There's denial or avoidance, and when individuals hit rock bottom many wonder if something could have been done sooner. Sadly, there are few books out there to help individuals or families but some do exist...read more

Odds against a repeat WSOP Main Event champ

LAS VEGAS, Nevada –- Peter Eastgate did the math. The odds aren't in his favor. In November, the Danish-born Eastgate became the World Series of Poker's youngest-ever champion, besting a field of 6,844 players to win $9.15 million in the tournament's No-limit Hold'em Main Event. World Series of Poker officials expect at least the same number of entries to ante up $10,000 when this year's Main Event begins July 3. Even at 22, with his poker career in its infancy, Eastgate knows winning the game's ultimate prize for a second time is a long shot. "Say I play (in the event) every year for the next 50 years, the chances of me winning it one more time is a 100-to-1 shot," Eastgate said in an e-mail interview from his home in Odense, Denmark. ESPN poker commentator Norman Chad said a repeat World Series of Poker Main Event champion might be an extinct species. "I think the odds are better of landing a Kia on Mars," Chad said...read more

Microgaming and Intertops end longtime partnership

Following a partnership that lasted nearly 11 years, Intertops and Microgaming have parted ways. Microgaming – which made the decision to begin denying U.S. players last November as a result of the Kentucky domain seizure case – made the announcement last week after Intertops decided to reenter the U.S...read more