To lull away players from Station Casinos, South Point is holding a $125,000 freeroll poker tournament on Dec. 13 and 14.
To qualify, play 100 hours of cash games now through Nov. 30. Then you'll be entered and get T2000 chips (pay $10 for T1000 more).
You can also gain extra chips by playing more:
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Benny Binion purchased the Eldorado Club and the Apache Hotel in 1951, remodeled both joints into one casino that he opened as the Horseshoe and went on to make the property the most profitable per square foot in the state. Binion was the first to offer free drinks to all gamblers, add carpet to the casino floor, provide air conditioning and an elavator to the second floor guest rooms.
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The famous Moroccan marquee will soon go dark click for gallery image
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Yep, the M Resort is the only casino in town that will reward poker play with not just bottles of wine but other gifts as well.
These are the same gifts that you'll see M slot players walking around the casino with, only you won't be expected to lose as much, as you'll just need to put in a couple hours of poker. What's more, you'll still earn your $1/hour poker comps.
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Legends of Poker - Phil Hellmuth, Dan Harrington, Doyle Brunson, Jack Binion, Eric Seidel
Professional poker players Dan Harrington and Eric Seidel were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Monday evening before the start of the WSOP Main Event heads-up play. Frank Kassela was presented with $30K of 2011-2013 WSOP buy-ins for his 2010 Player of the Year award. On hand for the ceremony were many of poker's superstars and VIPs including Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson and Jack Binion.
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Carrot Top
It may have been less than the past two years, but Jerry Lewis still brings in the donations even in a tough economy.
His annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon from South Point Hotel & Casino pulled in $58.9 million, concluding today after a marathon 21.5 hours.
It's his 5th year at South Point, and the MDA has been running annually for 45 years. Las Vegas performers Barry Manilow and Carrot Top also joined.
At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.
With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.
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Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Apparently dancing on a casino table game costs $250,000.
Back in October, a high-limit baccarat player at Caesars Palace climbed on his table at least three times (and even danced at one point), and personnel didn't stop him. The game was still in progress.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint against the casino, citing safety and game protection concerns.
The ruling came down this week, and Caesars was fined a quarter of a million dollars.
Less than a year and a half old, and the M Resort is already in flux.
First there’s the bit of bad luck with the casino opening in a bad economy that has still yet to recover despite slow signs early this year. The $1 billion M Resort has $700 million in debt, which is controlled by Lloyds Banking Group.
And last month, Lloyds put their majority stake in the hotel-casino up for sale at an auction.
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Free Museum Day is back!
On Sept. 25, museums across the country affiliated with the Smithsonian are opening their doors with free admission for 2.
In Las Vegas, you can visit the Atomic Testing Museum (755 E. Flamingo) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Although admission is free, you must fill out information (email, address) and print out a ticket at the following link: http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html?2010
