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Casino City’s Friday Five: 50th WSOP edition

The most prestigious poker tournament of the year has come and gone yet again. The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was home to the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker, which came to a record-breaking end earlier this week when Germany's Hossein Ensan was the last man standing over a massive field of 8,569...read more

Top 10 news items and nuggets from the World Series of Poker Main Event final table

LAS VEGAS -- A World Series of Poker Main Event that started with 8,569 players – the second-most in its 50-year history – has dwindled down to just five.When play resumes tonight at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Hossein Ensan (173 big blinds) and Garry Gates (143) will be the clear chip holders, with Kevin Maahs (55), Alex Livingston (38) and Dario Sammartino (19) in hot pursuit.Here, we break down some picked-up pieces from being front and center at the ESPN featured table last night and take a look ahead at how things may play out over the next two nights, when a new champion will be crowned and take home a nifty $10 million.10...read more

Young millionaires Su and Marchington show class and dignity in defeat at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- For a couple of newly minted 20-something millionaires, Timothy Su and Nick Marchington don’t exactly have any grand celebration plans. After both players were among the first three to be eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event’s final table on Sunday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, they were asked what their immediate plans were...read more

Around the WSOP: Online grinder Marchington still has a shot to become youngest Main Event winner

LAS VEGAS -- As soon as Nick Marchington heard the question, you could sense the near embarrassment as he slowly lowered his chin into his chest and sighed. “Well . . .” he said slowly with a sheepish grin after being asked how many World Series of Poker cashes he has to his name...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Casino acquisition edition

The Main Event of the 2019 World Series of Poker is well underway, and we are heading into Day 7 with just 35 players remaining in the field. A new Main Event champion will emerge out of the players still alive in the tournament. On top of the Main Event this week, we have a jackpot in Florida, two additions at two separate resorts, a sports betting agreement involving The Stars Group and Twin River Worldwide acquiring two casinos from Eldorado Resorts.Let’s take a look at the jackpot winner first.5...read more

Around the WSOP: Quiet Su is making noise in his first Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- You would never know that Timothy Su is nearing closer and closer to poker immortality.In fact, while the soft-spoken, unassuming 25-year-old amateur born and raised near Allentown, PA may not have the flair and panache of a Daniel Negreanu at the poker table, his skills and demeanor have served him quite well.The @WSOP Main Event chipleader heading into today was Tim Su, who resides in Boston where he attended @Northeastern & works as a software engineer at start-up @ourcanopy...read more

Rand's run as semi-celebrity at WSOP Main Event comes to an end

Kevin Rand, a copy editor from Texas, bowed out in 84th place at the WSOP Main Event on Thursday. (photo by Gary Trask)LAS VEGAS – Kevin Rand’s day started with a hero’s welcome at breakfast on Thursday morning.As the 38-year-old copy editor from Austin, Texas approached the bar at Hash House A Go Go at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, he incited a huge rise from the waiters who have been serving him his two eggs over easy and crispy bacon every day for the last week.“There he is!” shouted Bobby the waiter with a huge smile...read more

Around the WSOP: Moneymaker falls short in Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Winning the Main Event of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker after gaining entry via an $80 online satellite tournament was too much even for Chris Moneymaker to pull off.The man with the made-for-TV last name whose unlikely victory in the 2003 Main Event ignited the poker boom of the mid-2000s fell short in his bid for another fairy tale ending at the WSOP when he was bounced on Day 4 in 687th place, good enough for $20,200.It’s over for @CMONEYMAKER, who was just bounced from @WSOP Main Event...read more

Around the WSOP: Main Event eliminations come fast and furious on Day 4

LAS VEGAS – A sense of normalcy — if there is a such a thing at a poker tournament — eventually returned to the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event on Tuesday as Day 4 began with 1,286 happy, if sleepy-eyed, players. Cards went in the air just after 12 p.m...read more

Top 10 openings and expansions

Two weeks ago, Casino City’s Gary Trask was onsite for the grand opening of Encore Boston Harbor, the $2.6 billion property in Everett, Massachusetts. Along with that major event, we have seen several other resorts announce expansions and openings since our last edition back in April.10...read more