He came to the final table with the chip lead, and he finished the night with all the chips in the tournament. Fittingly, it took about twelve hours for Sami Bechahed to use his large chip stack to seize the championship of the first North American Poker Tour event in twelve years on Saturday night.… Read more »
We’re by the halfway pole with this Sunday’s 2023 NFL Week Ten schedule and, as such, we’ve got enough information to be able to make some designations. Who are the real contenders, the ones that we could easily see in the Super Bowl come 2024? Who are those that don’t quite reach that level? And… Read more »
Here’s a phrase we haven’t been able to use in about a dozen years. Saturday will mark the true return of the North American Poker Tour to the tournament scene as the final table of their stop at Resorts World Las Vegas takes place. The final seven men from the 1095-entry field have been determined… Read more »
One down, two to go The Culinary Local 226 union has come to a tentative agreement with the Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas, allowing them to avoid a potential strike later this week. The union announced early Wednesday morning that it negotiated with Caesars for 20 consecutive hours to get the deal done. It… Read more »
Not even close For the second time in two years, residents of Richmond, Virginia voted against casino gambling in their city. On Tuesday, voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed Richmond Grand Resort and Casino, 58% to 41%. In November 2021, the results were extremely close: 51-49. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, residents in precincts closest to… Read more »
Limited access for the moment In a surprise to sports fans in Florida, Hard Rock Bet has gone live with a limited, early access launch. Just last week, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns Hard Rock Bet, announced that retail sports betting was finally coming in December, but was mum about online betting. Tuesday… Read more »
That’s a big reefer business Shawn Sheikhan, whose poker claim to fame was being insufferable at the table in the mid-2000’s, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in operating a drug distribution business. Sheikhan pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in June 2022. He must surrender… Read more »
Two weeks of live streams The World Poker Tour has announced the live streaming schedule for the upcoming WPT World Championship. Starting December 7, viewers will get 14 days of streams, the first half of which are mostly cash games, with the back end leaning heavily on the headline WPT World Championship tournament. “We developed… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, and it has been notable in that new names have appeared on the medal stand. In the first four tournaments, players who aren’t household names have been taking the gold bracelets. This isn’t to say they aren’t successful… Read more »
We’ve reached the halfway point of the 2023 NFL season, and it has certainly been an entertaining one. Of course, we have some of the usual suspects that have risen to the top – Kansas City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco most notably – but there have been some surprises, also. Who would have conceived that… Read more »
If you have spent any time betting on sports, you have come to realize that it isn’t easy. You’re constantly trying to find the edge, that bit of information, that allows you to make a move that other bettors don’t. There’s a reason that it is called “grinding,” because you are literally trying to move… Read more »
Worth the wait After two years of legal battles, the state of Florida will finally get sports betting. On Wednesday, the Seminole Tribe of Florida announced that it will launch “A New Era in Florida Gaming” in December as it begins to offer craps, roulette, and sports betting at its six casinos. “The Seminole Tribe… Read more »
He really likes this casino The Nevada Gaming Control Board is a mulling a change to its policies in light of siding with a serial trespasser when a casino would not pay him a jackpot he won. The case was resolved in early October in a split vote by the Board. In it, the NGCB… Read more »
