Caesar’s Palace WSOP Circuit Event Results
The first March WSOP Circuit tournament has just been completed at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and some aggressive play by New Yorker Brian Ali enabled him to finish the day on top, winning $139,284 in the process.
The main event took three days to complete and moving into the final day the chip leader was Patrick Houchins but Ali pressed almost constantly, gradually knocking the other players out almost single handedly until only he and John Andress remained. The final hand gave Andress two pairs and Ali a straight and suddenly it was all over. This was how the final nine looked:
The next circuit event is already underway at Harrah’s in San Diego. Results when they’re available.
Las Vegas Sands Subpoenaed By SEC
Las Vegas Sands, and especially Sheldon Adelson, has been all over the news recently following their quest for world domination via the plans to build casino resorts in Spain, Florida, Japan and who knows where else but the latest news is less welcome.
Las Vegas Sands has been subpoenaed and in fact has already appeared before the Securities
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and Exchange Commission to answer questions arising from its Macau enterprise. It will also have to answer questions from the Department of Justice. Last year, Sands China CEO Steven Jacobs was fired. He claims he was dismissed because he refused to partake in bribery and other dubious business practices. Las Vegas Sands claim it was the other way around and that he was fired because he was involved in these practices.
Jacobs subsequently filed a claim for wrongful dismissal and it was this claim which brought to light the bribery engaged in by one or other of the parties. As a publicly listed company, all this information was included in Sands recently released annual report and as a result share in Sands China Ltd took a southward plunge, dropping more than 6%.
operators has introduced its Pokercam technology which will allow players at home to play at tables where they can see and hear each other via the use of their own webcams.
The 10th Annual European Poker Awards were held at the Queenie Club in Paris recently and a glamorous occasion it was too. While a couple of the big winners could not be in attendance because of the Pokerstars UK and Ireland Poker Tour happening in Nottingham at the same time there was enough European poker royalty there to make a great occasion.
quarters with New Jersey especially at the forefront of efforts to legalise gambling to raise tax revenue for ailing state economies. An attack from another direction was launched in recent weeks and this one seeks to be reinforced by the governments initiative to act against laws that stifle economic growth. Clearly the UIGEA does this and The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative has already approached the UIGEA regarding this matter.