South Point Resort Las Vegas
A Labor day tradition, The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, begins Sunday at 9PM ET on a TV channel in your city. The 2010 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon is coming live for 21 continuous hours from the South Point Resort in Las Vegas.
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Monte Carlo Las Vegas
Saturday night marked the end of a fourteen year run for master magician, Lance Burton, at the Monte Carlo Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
A critically acclaimed showman, Burton is said to have decided to terminate his show contract after hotel management requested a cut in the production's budget. With Las Vegas rapidly running out of magic men we expect to see Lance Burton reappearing any day now at a new strip address.
Veer Towers at CityCenter Las Vegas
On-line travel site, Orbitz.com, says the Number One Labor Day Destination is Las Vegas. A majority of the party-goers for the three day, official end-of-summer bash would rather be in Las Vegas. And why not? The Great Recession version of Las Vegas continues the long tradition of being the most fun place on the planet.
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Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announced they have forged an agreement with Marriott Hotels to promote the high-end Las Vegas resort. The $3.5 billion resort project located on the Las Vegas Strip between CityCenter and the Bellagio will join the exclusive Marriott Autograph Collection. The Las Vegas casino/hotel/resort will benefit from the more than 30 million strong customer data base operated by Marriott.
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Tom Schneider, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year
The latest installment from ESPN of the 2010 WSOP Main Event tracks the march of eliminations on Day 2 that will finally become the November Nine for one of the nine seats at the most exclusive poker table ion the world, the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of poker.
Flipchip photos from the 2010 WSOP available with this link.
Waiting for help
A Las Vegas Metro Police cycle cop was left in the middle of Flamingo Road just south of Eastern Avenue after an accident separated the officer from his ride.
Flipchip shot these photos Sunday evening of the unidentified Metro officer moments after the accident. Details of the crash were unavailble.
This has been a very unlucky year for Las Vegas Metro Police. Driving any vehicle in Las Vegas has always been akin to prop betting with the devil. Good thing we're a city of gamblers.
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Joe Cada, 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion, $8.5 Million Winner
Tuesday night means another installment of the 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship. Tuesday night at 9 PM ET on ESPN TV. Two hours of top level poker featuring the greats, along with hoards of the not-so-greats, battling for some of the multi-millions in cash that will be passed out to the top 747 finishers.
For more of Flipchip's photos of the Main Event click here.
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Walking along the Las Vegas Strip
Friday night on the famous Las Vegas Strip. Always an adventure, always something new, it's never boring doing time on the most awesome road in all of the neon desert.
A Friday night meander down the strip provided a brief look into life as defined on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Phil Hellmuth always draws a crowd
First day action from the 2010 WSOP Main Event continues tomorrow on ESPN at 8 PM ET. See former main event champions fall aside on the long trek to the November Nine.
Tuesday's poker adventure delivers another installment featuring the 7319 players with a $10,000 ticket in their pocket for a day 1 seat. A giant poker arena of mostly young, male gladiators.
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Welcome to the 2010 WSOP Main Event
2010 WSOP Main Event begins Tuesday evening at 8 PM ET on ESPN. Day 1A, the first of four Day 1s, features the antics of Mike Matusow as he makes his opening bid to go deep in the $10,000 buy-in poker championship. Watch as the ESPN cameras check in on the progress of former Main Event champions.
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