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Matt Savage Returns to Vegas Poker Scene Hosting 10-day series at the Hard Rock
Matt Savage, host of the new Las Vegas Poker Series at the Hard Rock, served as tournament director in the 2007 movie Lucky You. Don’t hold that against him. Storied tournament director Matt Savage is...
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The Pokerati Game Rules @HardRockPoker
Looks to be yet another fun night of 1/2 NLH/PLO round of each at the Hard Rock this evening. The Maven has been showing up on Thursdays with a few students lately. Apparently they think the Pokerati...
View ArticleMore Special Action at the Hard Rock
Nice! Used to be people thought of Pokerati only as a place for news, analysis, and mistakes … but now they’re thinking about us, well, maybe for the exact same reasons (lol?) when it comes to quality...
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Hard Rock Aggro-Courting High-Stakes Cash Action
Holy fugk, I can already tell … this summer in Las Vegas is going to be an absolute mosh pit of poker … where are my steel-tipped boots I never had? I knew the Hard Rock’s High Stakes Cash Game was in...
View ArticleHard Rock Ready to Be Detoxified Kegs, vodka en route for Savage throw-down...
The Detox Poker Series is right around the corner, starting Friday Aug. 13 with a $100k Guarantee for a $350 buy-in with two day ones, re-entry allowed. The spankin’-new small-stakes/big-action...
View ArticleHard Rock Shuttering Poker Lounge after Detox Series [Video] Sneak peak at...
Part of the buzz underlying this week’s Detox Poker activity has been the fate of the Hard Rock Poker Lounge. To be sure, the luxed-out $12 million 18+table poker room that opened in 2008 — nearly two...
View ArticleLion Tilt
Speaking of Jungleman … this has little to do with poker other than that the Lion habitat at MGM happens to be right outside the poker room … so it’s the kinda thing plainly visible from the 1/2 tables...
View ArticleRuss Hamilton Playing 1/2 at MGM?
Unconfirmed … so you make the call: Is that everybody’s favorite online poker supervillain Russ Hamilton in the 3 seat? (Of course it is, but surely that can’t be a silver main event bracelet he’s...
View ArticleRE: Russ Hamilton Playing 1/2 at MGM More from-the-felt footage
More confirmation of what we suspected all along upon seeing this video … here’s additional video of the OJ Simpson of Poker playing 2/5 at MGM a couple weeks earlier. And here’s an amusing video of...
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Mel Judah Cashing out, Gavin Smith Paying ForwardVegas Poker Beat
Check it out … caught my eye the other night … Cashout tourneys. Though I’m not sure if they’ll be a regular thing, they made their debut this past weekend @AriaPoker. Interesting concept — essentially...
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Where to find … ? Low-stakes PLO in Las Vegas
Talk of PLO on Poker After Dark comes as I personally have been jonesin’ for mo-bigger low-stakes PLO … and based on emails, tweets, and Facebook, a stream of Vegas visitors and locals seem to be,...
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Gold Coast Closes Poker Room Sends players to the Orleans
Maybe this is old news, but new to me … while scouting out the pre-2011 WSOP bowling-alley bar scene late Saturday night — things were bumpin’ — I popped by the Gold Coast poker room and saw this:...
View ArticleManhunt for Wannabe Stratosphere Poker Robber - Las Vegas police seeking...
Las Vegas police seeking white male in gray hoodie You can LOL all you want because nobody got shot … but as things usually go with poker robberies, attempted or otherwise, someone in the Stratosphere...
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New $100 HORSE Tourney @PalmsPokerRm - Tuesday nights, 7:30pm
Tuesday nights, 7:30pm The redevelopment of the the Palms Poker Room continues. While some of us can’t wait for the state-of-the-art-in-2003 room to step into 2005ish with the coming addition of an...
View ArticleBouncing ’round the Rooms - Las Vegas poker action and buzz
Las Vegas poker action and buzz This is Pokerati’s new Las Vegas poker room column, and I’m the hired hack on the beat. As a journalist who recently emigrated from the other side of the Mississippi...
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Jamie Gold Poker Coaching Rate - LOL, but does it come with a happy ending?
LOL, but does it come with a happy ending? I’m sure Jamie Gold and Las Vegas will eventually become friends. I for one have a whole new respect for the WSOP-champ in Residence @TropLVPoker after...
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Venetian Deep Stack Moves to Palazzo - Replaces April DSE with new "Bounty...
Replaces April DSE with new "Bounty Festival" amid talks of expansion Venetian has moved its Deep Stacks Extravaganza tournament series to the Palazzo and replaced one of the quarterly events with a...
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Jamie Gold Residency Shuttered at the Trop? - Vegas Poker Roomers
Vegas Poker Roomers The unceremonious close of Jamie Gold’s short-lived affiliation with the Tropicana poker room. Less than one month after the “Official Grand Opening of the Jamie Gold Poker Room,”...
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Ellis Island Poker Room Opens for Business - @RandomPoker honoring...
@RandomPoker honoring immigrants, donating to donkeys The newest poker room in Las Vegas opened Friday night at Ellis Island, which sits just off the strip behind Bally’s, between a 7-Eleven and Super...
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New Podcast, from the Felts of Las Vegas - Episode 1 of @VegasGrinders: Be My...
Episode 1 of @VegasGrinders: Be My Poker Valentine Just what poker needs … another podcast! Yep, I know … but this one is different, it’s special … Vegas Grinders we’re calling it — featuring yours...
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