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The M Resort, which often mimics promotions of its direct competitor Station Casinos, is offering an 11/11/11 deal of their own that trumps Station.
 
At all the Station and Fiesta casinos, play cash games of hold’em on Nov. 11 and flop quad Jacks (while holding pocket Jacks) and you’ll get $11,111.  Get quads on the turn or river and you’ll get $1,111.
 

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ARIA Poker Room

The next time you're playing poker in Las Vegas, check to make sure your opponent wasn't on "America's Most Wanted."

That's what happened with 31-year-old Jason L. Brown, who was playing poker at ARIA early Thursday morning.  Only, he was the fugitive.

On a February 26, 2011 episode of the show, he was shown as being a compulsive gambler in Atlantic City and was wanted for sexually assaulting two teenage runaways and forcing them into prostitution.

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Okay, so no more online poker.  Where are the most +EV places to play?  Yes, we're talking to YOU, Las Vegas locals.

Your best bet of course is anywhere on the Strip on a holiday weekend (hello Earth Day that we forgot about, hello Easter, hello National Prime Rib Day, hello Memorial Day).

But man, the Strip is so crowded and what an effort to get there.

How about cheaper rake (yay!), a shorter commute (double yay!), and a decent game where you can run over the tight crusty locals?

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Chris Moneymaker playing in the 2010 WSOP Main Event

This year's 42nd annual World Series of Poker will feature a few heads-up freerolls that have never been done in WSOP history: rematches from previous WSOPs.

On Thursday, June 2 beginning at noon, three rematches will take place: Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha (from 2003), Johnny Chan vs. Phil Hellmuth (from 1989), and two mystery champions (voted on by fans).

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Las Vegas Hilton SuperBook  Click for gallery image

Calling the Super Bowl just another football game is like calling a 255 mph Bergatti Veyron just another family sedan.  This is the big one, the best of the best slugging it out in the climate controlled confines of the huge Cowboy Stadium in Dallas.  Even the commercials are special and guaranteed to keep attention rivited to the TV screen.

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November final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event

Now's the time to start training and getting your body used to Red Bulls, because...

The new World Series of Poker schedule is here!  (And you only have 126 days to prepare.)

Beginning May 31 and running through July 19 (with the Main Event on July 7), there will be 58 events (one more than last year) which will make it the largest WSOP in its 42 years.

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JJ Liu plays in the Deep Stack Extravaganza IV Saturday evening

Poker players have a week remaining to play in an event of the last Deep Stack Extravaganza IV poker tournament of the 2010 season at The Venetian in Las Vegas.  Buy-ins for the daily events range from $340 to $550 with registration opening at 9 AM the day before the event.  All tournaments begin at Noon.

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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.

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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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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