Poker aces close in
With the field slashed to 569 players, it was money day at the World Series of Poker. Almost all of those at the tables as play resumed Monday will end up taking home at least $12,500 each. Of the 5,61
Related Poker News:
- Aces.com Launches Dream Car Giveaway Contest
- Aces in the hole can bury you
- PokerRoom.com launches tournament leader boards
- PokerRoom.com Launches Tournament Leaderboards
- Stars of Aces.com’s Poker Movie Launch Blog & Podcast
- Mystery Celebrity Wins $32K Casino Jackpot
- Aces Poker and Medium21 to Sponsor 2005 Radio Music Awards
- Southwest Casino Corporation Announces Opening of Running Aces Harness Park
- Raids close eight-liner gambling venues in four cities
- Canuck poker champs gather next month
- Poker After Dark - What Can Kill Aces
- Poker party in nudist country
Gambling casinos info:
- The brand new resort, Wynn Las Vegas recently opened on the Las Vegas Strip. At a cost of approximately $2.7 billion, the Wynn Las Vegas features 2,700 guestrooms and suites, casino (table games, over 1900 slots/video poker machines, poker room with race and sports book), several restaurants, a night club, golf, a shopping esplanade and a show called Le Reve.
- 1973: The MGM Grand opens on the Strip, becoming the world's largest hotel.
1989: One of Vegas's most extravag-ant hotels opens. Steve Wynn's Mirage resort features a man-made volcano and over 3,000 rooms. Siegfried and Roy sign a $57 million, five-year contract to provide entertainment at the hotel. - The first World Series of Poker was held in downtown Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Casino back in 1970. Then owner of the Horseshoe Jack Binion, hosted the very first one and has agreed to host upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit. Jack Binion said that is purely honorary and plans on doing other types deals and events in the future.
- French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
RSS feed
