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Gary Trask Gaming Guru - Page 15  Top 10 Las Vegas trip experiences I tried last week24 July 2017
LAS VEGAS -- The city of Las Vegas is ever evolving. That's one of the reasons I love visiting so much: There’s never a lack of new and exciting things to do. Before every visit, I always try to map out a plan that allows me to experience something I haven’t before, whether it’s a bar or lounge, a casino, a restaurant, an event or some other activity I’ve read or heard about. ... (read more)
Around the WSOP: Meet the Uber driver John Hesp hired as his new agent21 July 2017
Editor's note: Two days after this article was published, John Hesp decided not to use the services of David Perry as his agent. The original agreement between the two men was "purely verbal," according to Hesp's son, James, and they have parted ways. Click here to read more. LAS VEGAS – Over the last ... (read more)
WSOP Main Event Final Table questions and answers20 July 2017
LAS VEGAS – On Thursday afternoon, more than 40 hours after the final table bubble burst dramatically at the World Series of Poker Main Event early Tuesday morning, the nine players who scratched and clawed their way through the third-largest field in tournament history will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. ... (read more)
WSOP Main Event final table predictions20 July 2017
Kara Scott (photo by WSOP)LAS VEGAS – John Hesp and his now-infamous multicolored jacket and Panama-style hat are the surefire sentimental favorites heading into today's World Series of Poker Main Event final table at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. That is the resounding reoccurring theme we saw when we ... (read more)
Top 10 random observations from the WSOP Main Event18 July 2017
LAS VEGAS -- Spend more than 50 hours over six consecutive days watching the spectacle that is the World Series of Poker Main Event, and you're bound to come away with a notebook bursting with random thoughts and observations. Here are just 10 of the many items that drifted through this poker-overloaded brain over the last week while I was roaming around the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. ... (read more)
WSOP Director Jack Effel talks Main Event mayhem17 July 2017
LAS VEGAS – As Jack Effel instinctively recites the numbers off the top of his head, even he is impressed by the magnitude of it all. 516 poker tables. 2,000 temporary employees. 300,000 transactions at the cage, worth $250 million. Participants from 111 different countries. Nearly 121,000 overall entries and 7,221 Main Event players, the third-largest field in history. ... (read more)
Around the WSOP: Hallaert trying to buck astronomical odds; plus, tequila shots and Superman16 July 2017
LAS VEGAS -- As the number of tables in play and participants in contention continued to plummet rapidly on Saturday night at the World Series of Poker Main Event, Kenny Hallaert sat in the middle of it all, smiling and collecting chips. Just like he has the last three years. In a profession where ... (read more)
Around the WSOP Main Event: Money bubble drama; Matusow 'retires'14 July 2017
LAS VEGAS – The tension created by the World Series of Poker Main Event money bubble is unlike anything else in the world of gaming. It was clearly evident early this morning inside the walls of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Amazon Room, when the countdown to making the money for the 48th annual playing ... (read more)
Life coach and poker author Phil Hellmuth aiming to 'change humanity'14 July 2017
LAS VEGAS -- Love him or hate him, Phil Hellmuth never disappoints. Whether it's sitting at the ESPN featured table under the hot lights or bumping into a reporter in the hallways of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and taking part in an impromptu interview, Hellmuth's bravado gauge is always on full. ... (read more)
Scotty Nguyen still a fan favorite, despite WSOP Main Event bustout14 July 2017
LAS VEGAS – It was early on during Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino when Scotty Nguyen got his hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar. A bluff gone bad at the ESPN featured table cost him a 500,000 pot, and suddenly his once-healthy chip stack had dwindled from 600,000 all the way down to less than 60,000. ... (read more)
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