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August 27th

Five Top Poker Blogs List

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Five Top Poker Blogs
Flashback of the first Blogger's Las Vegas Holiday Poker Tournament held at Sam's Town in December 2004

August 26th

Hoyt Corkins' Las Vegas Home Robbed

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Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins playing in the 2008 WSOP Main Event

August 25th

August 22nd

Hard Rock poker room opens in Vegas

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Hard Rock Las Vegas
Hard Rock Las Vegas

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's long-awaited poker room is now open.

Dubbed a "poker lounge," the room has 18 tables and will be a hybrid of 7,000-square-foot poker room and nightclub with bottle service

Nevada sports books temporarily remove cell phone ban

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Las Vegas Hilton Superbook
Can you hear me now?

For one year as of yesterday, cell phones will now be allowed in Nevada race and sports books.

August 21st

Mike Sexton has baby boy

Congratulations are in order to World Poker Tour host Mike Sexton, a.k.a. "the ambassador of poker."

This morning, he and his wife Karen gave birth to new baby boy Ty Michael, coming in healthy at 8 lbs., 6 oz.

We're already putting over-unders on Ty's first word being "raise."

August 20th

Good News and Bad News for Poker Players

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2008 WSOP poker faces
Wendeen H. Eolis playing in the 2007 WSOP ME

August 19th

2008 WSOP Poker Faces Part II

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2008 WSOP poker faces
Day 1 moments before the cards are in the air

August 19th

Poker After Dark returns at Golden Nugget

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2008 WSOP poker faces
Golden Nugget Downtown Las Vegas

The late-night NBC show "Poker After Dark" returns for a 5th season at the Golden Nugget.