Casino City Times - Weekly Newsletter 18 July 2011

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter

July 18, 2011

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Robison: Take slot credits or cash?

Robison says a woman who had a choice of taking either $1 million in slot credits or one of three envelopes containing an amount from $200,000 to $275,000 in cash should have chosen the slot credits. read more

John Grochowski:
The Sahara's swan song
Bill Burton:
G is for game selection
Alan Krigman:
If 17 isn't much better than 16, why treat them differently?

John Grochowski:
The Sahara's swan song
Bill Burton:
G is for game selection
Alan Krigman:
If 17 isn’t much better than 16, why treat them differently?

Featured Story

Ryan Lenaghan grabs Main Event lead; Ben Lamb lurking

By Vin Narayanan

Ryan Lenaghan became the first player to crack the 12-million chip mark at the World Series of Poker Main Event on Sunday and ended the day as the chip leader with 12.865 million. But as we learned today, and as everyone else has learned this summer, no lead is safe when Ben Lamb (right) is nipping at your heels. read more

POKER News

	Casino City Gang: Full Main Event coverage Casino City's Dan Igo is joined by Vin Narayanan to discuss the WSOP Main Event, including Ben Lamb's remarkable run, what and who to watch for in the next few days and ESPN's live coverage of the tournament. read more
Enormous chip stacks have the WSOP Main Event buzzing Five players cracked the 4-million chip mark at the World Series of Poker Main Event Saturday, with David Bach grabbing the chip lead. read more
WSOP Main Event field hits the money Different players took different approaches to surviving the money bubble Friday. Some folded their way into the money. Some put everything on the line to double up. And some saw their Main Event dreams end. read more
WSOP chip leader Manoj Viswanathan breaking some trends Manoj Viswanathan isn't your typical 20-something poker player. And it isn't his MIT or NYU law school education that sets him apart. It's the fact that he didn't learn to play the game online. read more
Sense of urgency picks up at WSOP Main Event More than 1,000 players were eliminated from the World Series of Poker Main Event Thursday as the money bubble neared. read more
Lamb grabs the lead on Day 2B of the WSOP Main Event Day 2B proved this is Ben Lamb's world, and we're all just living in it as he gobbled up chips like Pac Man and holds the chip lead. read more
The Gang: WSOP on ESPN edition Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Dan Igo join host Aaron Todd live from Las Vegas, where they discuss Phil Hellmuth's amazing Day 2 recovery, ESPN's plans to broadcast "live" tables, PokerPRO's decision to not tape Day 2B footage and plenty of other WSOP news. read more
Featured tables stay empty on Day 2B Both the ESPN featured table and the secondary featured table were not in use for the first time in this year's Main Event on Day 2B as production crews prepared for Thursday's live stream. read more
Christian Harder adjusts to life after Black Friday Christian Harder earned more than $3 million playing online poker before Black Friday. But unlike other American online grinders, Harder's live tournament success has helped him transition into a world without Internet poker. read more

CASINO News

	Gaming veteran Terry Lanni dies at 68 Former MGM executive Terry Lanni died Thursday at his home in Southern California after a two-year fight with cancer. read more
Atlantic City seeing signs of progress While gaming revenues continue to decline in Atlantic City, they only dropped four percent last month. read more

SLOTS News

	Casinos catering to customers with retro slots Old-fashioned coin slot machines still can be found in Las Vegas among the beeping and whooping video games that dominate casino floors. read more
The Reel Life The Reel Life enjoys getting a break from the kids every once in a while to play the online slots. But we do our best to take care of them, so we'd never leave them locked in a car with the windows rolled up on a hot day. read more

Did You Know?
Ben Lamb passed Phil Hellmuth for first place in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year standings on Sunday.

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Top-10 things to look for in ESPN's live WSOP coverage

Swings
Subdued celebrations
Very little comedy
Stages affecting play
Confusion
Speculation
Terminology-heavy commentary
Complaining
Less hole cards
Slow play

> Find out what to look for in ESPN's coverage

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter July 18, 2011

Latest From Our Strategy Experts

John Robison: Take slot credits or cash?

John Grochowski:

Bill Burton:

Alan Krigman:

John Grochowski:

Bill Burton:

Alan Krigman:

Featured Story

Casino City Times Weekly Newsletter
July 18, 2011