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We're just into Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, and now you can bet on it!
Head over to Wynn Las Vegas, where you can make all sorts of bets on the WSOP.  The sports book isn't just for sports anymore.
At the Station Casinos, you could do fantasy sports bets.
Now, Wynn will allow you to bet on your favorite player, as well as prop bets such as whether a woman will rank higher than the last woman standing from prior years.

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Three Station Casinos -- Texas, Santa Fe, and Aliante -- are offering a mini version of their usual propertywide poker tournament.

This one just requires 25 hours of play at real money tables, and you'll get a seat into their $20,000 freeroll, with the top 45 players winning cash.  Play more, and you'll earn more chips in the freeroll.

Qualify by playing at any of the above three casinos between June 1-30.  The tournament begins July 10.

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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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As a result of yesterday's indictment of Full Tilt Poker's founder Raymond Bitar and CEO Nelson Burtnick (as well as founders of PokerStars and Absolute Poker), Full Tilt's Onyx Cup, its prestigious poker event, has been rumored to be cancelled.

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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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Over 50 million people play Zynga poker every day, with over 215 million playing every month.

That's a lot of poker players, and you know Zynga is just waiting for the day when online poker becomes legal in the U.S.

So far though, you can play for free via Facebook or other social networks.

And if you're in Las Vegas this weekend, you can attend Zynga's very first Poker Con.

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Aria Poker Room

The ARIA poker room has some of the best comps in town, with $2 per hour and $3 per hour from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.

But in addition to that, play 5 hours a day and you’ll be able to stay in the fancy rooms for only $99 from Sunday-Thursday and $139 for Friday-Saturday (plus taxes and resort fees).

Even better, it isn’t just cash games.  Just play in a $125 or greater tournament each day and show your receipt, and you’ll also get the discount -- even if you don't last 5 hours.

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Sadly, when we stopped by Gold Coast’s poker room over the weekend, we found the above sign.

We enjoyed the rollicking poker room at Gold Coast, full of action-oriented locals in limit games this side of the California card barns.

That was when the poker room was near the back of the casino near the steakhouse.

Then it renovated and was moved toward the front, to the south of TGI Fridays.

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Competing with the tail end of the Caesars Winter Poker Classic, the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza is running now through Feb. 24.

Four times a year, this tournament is one of the best in Las Vegas.  We think it's second to the World Series of Poker, in terms of the players it draws, the types of tournaments, the structure, and just how well run the whole thing is.

Events range from $220 super satellites to $340-$550 buy-ins to no-limit hold'em, to the $5,000 main event beginning Feb. 20.

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