Rio Hotel & Casino News - Page 10

Set to run from 26 May to 15 July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with the first $10,000 buy-in event to be contested on Wednesday, 3 June and the last one scheduled one month later on 3 July.

An array of decadent culinary offerings, breathtaking décor and lively entertainment will be available to visitors throughout Vegas in January and February.

The events are set to run from 26 May to 15 July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Poker's richest tournament series is set for 26 May - 15 July in Las Vegas with more than $200 million up for grabs. The WSOP Main Event is scheduled for 1-14 July.

A Caesars subsidiary entered into a lease with the buyer under which Caesars will continue to operate the property for a minimum of two years and pay annualized rent of $45 million.

A 7-card straight flush in diamonds did the trick for the lucky player at the Las Vegas Strip casino and paid a whopping $2,330,133.44, the highest amount the progressive jackpot pool has ever seen.

Caesars Entertainment statewide Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive jackpot is at its highest ever, $2,157,455 million and growing.

Caesars has sold its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, and more properties could be on the market soon. Plus, MGM talks selling Bellagio and MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.

Along with mobile sports betting coming to Indiana, we have a record-breaking poker tournament, New Hampshire receiving sports betting proposals, a poker network closing and the sale of a Las Vegas casino.

Under the terms of the agreement, Caesars will continue to operate the Las Vegas property pursuant to a lease for a minimum of two years after it was purchased by Imperial Companies for $516.3 million.

Casino City's Gary Trask went on a mission of trying 10 new experiences in Las Vegas last week, and came home with reports of a meeting with Shaquille O'Neal, value-laden Happy Hours and cannibas-infused beer.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was home to the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker, which came to a record-breaking end earlier this week when Germany's Hossein Ensan was the last man standing over a massive field of 8,569.

Though Hossein Ensan started the tournament on 5 July with just 60,000 in chips, he ended up capturing all 514,140,000 of them, by outlasting the second-largest Main Event field in history.

Through all 90 events at this year's World Series of Poker, there were 187,298 entries, which is an all-time record and a 51% increase from last year.

Casino City's Gary Trask was live in Las Vegas on Sunday night for the World Series of Poker Main Event final table and details some of the buzz, including a rash of tanking, a dealer-error controversy and a look ahead to how things will play out over the next two nights.

For a pair of 20-something-year-olds who just won over a million dollars each in their first World Series of Poker, Timothy Su and Nick Marchington left zero doubt that they are wise beyond their years and good for the future of poker.

The favorite heading into the final table appears to be German-based EPT reg Hossein Ensan, who started the day second in chips and sports more than $2.6 million in cashes.

The 21-year-old Brit and WSOP rookie is heading to the Main Event final table following an eventful Day 7 that saw him fall from chip leader to short stack. Plus, a look ahead to the final table and some interesting trends regarding past history, age and experience.

The final nine players are from six different countries and will resume play on Sunday in Las Vegas, with the eventual winner taking home $10 million.

The World Series of Poker Main Event is all about recreational players taking their shot at glory, and that's exactly what the 38-year-old did this week with his 84th place finish.