MGM Mirage Faces Potential Bankruptcy
pokernewsdaily.com 3/6/2009 — With the economic situation still worsening around the world, one of the largest corporations involved in the Las Vegas economy is facing potential bankruptcy with its current loan balances. MGM Mirage Inc. , which has not filed an earnings statement since last September, said on Tuesday that it is in the position of possibly defaulting on loans that were made for its latest project, the $8.6 billion CityCenter in Las Vegas. The company, owned by 91-year-old billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian,  ...

Vegas - Summer 2009: To the FELT! Part II
fridayinvegas.blogspot.com 8/24/2009 — Where were we? Oh yes... Part I ended with me crawling out of bed Saturday morning, still drunk, laughing at a text from the Big Show inquiring simply: "How did we get home?" After showering up, Rico, Leeroux and I hit the Mirage buffet for some ...

Acceptance Isn't the Same as Approval
ftrain.blogspot.com 9/14/2009 — I've written before how I believe that the most dangerous attitude a poker player can have is the attitude that the player should and will win every time out. Why? Because losing is part of the game for *every* poker player -- long-term winners and ...

Aaron Gustavson takes the EPT London title
pokerlistings.com 10/8/2009 — "I don't think it's going to hit me for a little bit," the 23-year-old Las Vegas resident said moments after beating reigning WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate heads-up to take the title. "I'm overwhelmed right now. The money is obviously ...

Tom Dwan Takes Center Stage on High Stakes Poker Debut
pokernewsdaily.com 3/2/2009 — Season 5 of GSN’s “ High Stakes Poker ” kicked off on Sunday night. The $200,000 buy-in cash game was filmed at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas last December. A total of 13 episodes will air on Sundays, which is dubbed “Poker Night” by GSN. This season’s premiere featured up and comers Tom “ durrrr ” Dwan , Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, and Peter Eastgate squaring off against poker’s established guard: Doyle Brunson , Daniel ...

Peter Eastgate – Me lo he pasado genial
pokergenio.com 23 days ago — Desde que Peter Eastgate ganara el Main Event de las WSOP 2008, ha sido, según él, un año lleno de acontecimientos, en el que sobre todo se lo ha pasado genial. Las horas para que se corone a un nuevo campeón del mundo de poker, están contadas. Mañana por la mañana, Eastgate, pasará el relevo al ...

Bob Stupak is gone
table-tango.pokerworks.com 10/4/2009 — I have more than one memory of Bob, some of them through one of his female friends that played poker at Bellagio in the lower limit games for awhile and eventually moved to NLH. She was a kick…probably still is and she’s probably ...

Eastgate pasará el relevo en noviembre
pokergenio.com 9/24/2009 — Dentro de unos 50 días se sabrá quien es el nuevo campeón de poker desde Las Vegas. Eso significa al mismo tiempo, que Peter Eastgate tendrá que pasar el testigo de campeón del mundo, a otro jugador, aunque no es algo que le preocupe demasiado al danés. Desde el martes 11 de noviembre de 2008 ...

World Poker Tour
bellagio.com 3/30/2009 — Exhilarate with hand after hand of classic poker action. Our Las Vegas poker room is one of the stops on the famed World Poker Tour. Within its 7,000 square feet are 40 tables and two high-limit areas, the most prominent of which is Bobby's Room – ...