Las Vegas News - Page 287

Outside of Mark Newhouse, no one took their exit from the World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Monday night and Tuesday morning harder than William Tonking.

William Pappaconstantinou (aka, Billy Pappas) was carrying the hopes and dreams of the foosball community, the amateur poker playing community and the greater Boston community on his back at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Monday night (and into Tuesday morning).

In the quarter that ended Sept. 30, Caesars said its debt was $22.88 billion, down from $24.2 billion at the end of June.

If you watched any of the World Series of Poker coverage leading up to the Main Event final table, you probably saw Andoni Larrabe making what most players would call unorthodox plays.

The buffet is somewhat challenged by its location, which is apart from the other restaurants, such as Umami Burger, Cleo and the Griddle Cafe.

Most of the time, when you've been in a profession for almost a decade, you've had enough experiences to be prepared for just about anything. That doesn't apply, however, to professional poker players who make it to the November Nine.

We're only 14 years into the 21st century, but saying Bruno Politano got Brazil excited about the World Series Main Event might be the understatement of the century.

Things may have gone differently in Mark Newhouse's second run at the World Series of Poker's Main Event on Monday night, but a river jack presented him with an opportunity to bluff, and William Tonking sniffed it out.

Daniel Negreanu and Jack McClelland were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Binion's Sunday night. Casino City's Aaron Todd recaps the top-10 moments from the event.

Unlike the Strip, the locals market has been slow to embrace the state’s economic recovery.

The Cosmopolitan, which opened in December 2010, has never reported an annual operating profit.

Company CFO Dan D’Arrigo said preliminary discussions had taken place with a group interested in housing an NHL team at the MGM-AEG arena, which will have 20,000 seats, along with luxury boxes and other amenities.

Wynn said its net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was $191.4 million, or $1.88 per share. A year ago, the company reported net income of $182 million, or $1.79 per share.

The nine players are from six different countries: Brazil, Norway, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United States, representing completely the immense diversity that the WSOP has come to be known for.

The company hosted its annual Smart Start breakfast this month and awarded $50,000 — $5,000 each — to 10 elementary schools designated by the Clark County School District as needing the greatest assistance for students.

The hotel-casino’s owners said Monday that Scott Kreeger would take over for Rob Oseland, who had been with the property since 2012, before the 18-month construction transition from the shuttered Sahara into SLS Las Vegas.

Donald Campbell, the company’s attorney, said he is challenging a court order barring the drivers from providing their ride-sharing service in the state until Nov. 7.

Frank Fertitta Jr., who died in 2009 at the age of 70, created a brand of casinos almost 40 years ago that Southern Nevadans now consider commonplace: the locals gaming property.

RealGaming.com launched in February and joins Ultimate­Poker.com and WSOP.com in offering regulated online gaming to gamblers within Nevada.

The 2014 Poker Hall of Fame Class will feature a first ballot inductee – Daniel Negreanu – and one who has spent four decades contributing to the game – Jack McClelland.