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Mere minutes ago I was walking home after a short but successful session at Binion's (I have a big task at home that I've been procrastinating for too long, and simply must tackle it tonight, so I had to settle for a hit-and-run), when I noticed a video camera and spotlight trained on somebody, ...
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To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Treasure Island
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Treasure Island
The Vdara part of the ginormous City Center complex had its official opening today. As usual with such things, I think the best photos and commentary are to be found at Vegas Rex's blog--see here . The Aria hotel/casino is slated to open December 16. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but I ...
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I played for a while at the Rio last night. I have mostly been avoiding the place since early August, when I showed up to play and was turned away because they shut down their cash games for a daily freeroll tournament. I was curious to see how the character of the room had changed since ...
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If you pay any attention at all to Vegas news, you've already heard the announcement that Binion's will be closing the hotel part of its operations two weeks from today, December 14th. See, e.g., here . This causes me a bit of a dilemma. You see, I spend a decent amount of time at the ...
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Antonio Esfandiari, in Card Player magazine interview, December 2, 2009 (vol. 22, #24), p. 41. If your bankroll can take a hit, you just keep going [after a big loss]. I don't let losing affect me. It's the same as winning, pretty much, because you can't win every session. I think of losing ...
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Antonio Esfandiari
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Riviera
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Driving around town the other day I happened to catch most of a very nice interview with Richard Carpenter on "Fresh Air ." The occasion was the release of a 40th-anniversary Carpenters album. It reminded me of how much I used to love Karen Carpenter's voice, which may be the most beautiful ...
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To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Rio
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Vegas Rex spots the Blue Screen of Death in one of the giant signs outside of Planet Hollywood. Hilarity ensues. Read here .
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Every once in a while you come across advice along these lines: "Go to bed early. Get up really early and head to one of the big poker rooms where there is always a game going. Get there at maybe 6:00 in the morning. The players left there will have been playing all night. They're exhausted, ...
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The Venetian
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Palms
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I forgot to post about a funny incident that occurred November 19 at Caesars Palace. I tweeted it, but those not following me on Twitter won't have heard this. Guy sits down, gives chip runner $200. He gets involved in the first hand, and by the river he's all-in by verbal commitment. He loses. ...
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Caesars Palace
Chip Reese
Yesterday it seemed that everybody who pays attention to the politics of poker was atwitter about the announcement of a six-month delay in the implementation of the regulations that financial institutions will have to follow under the UIGEA. See, for example, this bit of barely contained ...
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I just learned a new term: "Circle of confusion." It's a technical term from the field of optics. You can read all about it here , if you wish. Had I come across this phrase out of context, I would have assumed that it was referring to a typical $2/$4 limit hold'em table.
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To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Mirage
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The Mirage
While playing at the Venetian yesterday and today, I noticed that they have started using an "all-in button." When a player declares himself to be all in, the dealer tosses that button in front of him. Some other places (e.g., MGM Grand) also have "call" buttons used when there is a call of ...
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The Venetian
I played at the Venetian again today. In an extraordinarily rare occurrence, I picked up two old chips that were not previously in my collection, and that I didn't even know existed. The Venetian hasn't issued any new styles of chips since opening the Palazzo a year or two ago, so this was ...
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Chip Reese
The Venetian
To reveal the hidden answer, use your mouse to highlight the space immediately after the word "Answer" below. Answer: Mandalay Bay
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Mandalay Bay
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Tuesday I got a free vaccination for H1N1 ("swine")...
flu from the Southern Nevada Health District . I don't meet their criteria, but I got it anyway. How? Easy. I lied. They are not yet offering the vaccine to ...
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I cheated
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