2011 NACAR Sprint Car Champion Tony Stewart leads the Las Vegas Strip Victory Lap
Cold, windy weather and under a canopy of threatening clouds did not deter the thousands of NASCAR fans from lining both sides of the Las Vegas Strip for a close-up look at their racing heros and noble steads. A NASCAR sprint car is as much of a star attraction as the drivers and crews. These colorful power monsters can smoke the huge racing slicks at will while producing enough noise (high-tech music to race fan ears) to get a fleet of 747's airborne.
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Welcome to Magical Forest
What has more than three million lights, covers three acres, offers a food court, a train ride, a carousel, minature golf course and is celebrating its 20th anniversary? Opportunity Village's Magical Forest in Las Vegas. Opportunity Village is the favorite charity of Las Vegas and provides intellectually challenged individuals with the opportunity to lead normal, productive lives.
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Polar Bears roam freely through Sam's Town indoor Mystic Falls
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2011 WSOP November Nine with Jack Effel, Tournament Director
Today begins the long awaited conclusion of the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table that went on break in July after reaching the final nine players.
Eight of the nine players will leave millionaires while the first out will pocket just over three quarters of a million dollars. The winner takes home the World Poker Championship title, almost nine million in cash plus poker's most elusive treasure, the gold and diamond championship bracelet.
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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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November Nine chasing the bracelet
The stage is set and the final nine players from a WSOP Main Event starting field of 6,865 players are now on break until the final able reconvenes November 5-7 to determine the 2011 WSOP Championship winner. The November Nine was determined in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 20th, when John Hewitt pushed all-in and was eliminated in 10th place, $607,882.
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Welcome to the 2011 World Series of Poker click for gallery image
Only two days remain before the famous "Shuffle Up and Deal" command will announce to the thousands of poker players at the hundreds of poker tables in the gargantuan poker room of the 2011 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas the start of the 2011 WSOP.
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Ten handed final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event click for gallery image
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The famous Moroccan marquee will soon go dark click for gallery image
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Erik Seidel, 2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion click for gallery image
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