Dan Fleyshman Wins First Annual CEO Poker Tourney

The results are in for the first annual CEO Poker Tournament held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and Who’s Your Daddy CEO Dan Fleyshman from SanDiego, CA, took home the trophy and $43,350 in prize …
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Tue, October 31st, 2006

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  • The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
  • 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
    1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel.
  • If you have even seen a Baccarat player bend the cards and make a fold in them, don't be surprised. This is common because once the decks in the card shoe are finished in Baccarat, they are usually thrown away. In Baccarat, do not bet on a tie hand.