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Posted by on Apr 25, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Rants and Raves, Talking Points | 0 comments

Is Las Vegas Still a Great Place to Visit?

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A travel writer named Caroline Morse recently posted a story on a popular website called SmarterTravel.com.  The feature story was titled:

“The Ten Most Disappointing Travel Destinations in the World.”

To say this list of ten places was controversial would be a gross understatement.

Think about all the places you’ve been and where you’ve traveled.  Which were the most disappointing?

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Posted by on Apr 22, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Personal, World Series of Poker | 2 comments

Digging through the Dust: How the 2004 World Series of Poker Almost Didn’t Happen

 

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The winter of WSOP discontent, in 2004 just before the re-opening.

 

The 2004 World Series of Poker almost didn’t happen. 

In fact, it was a miracle the event took place at all.  A few months after Chris Moneymaker’s victory ignited the poker boom, the casino was boarded up, padlocked by federal marshals, and later sold to Harrah’s Entertainment.  The shuttered building sat dark and vacant during the entire winter of 2004.  Yet somehow, by April 23rd the casino was re-opened for business again was ready to host the 35th annual WSOP.  This is the story of how that remarkable poker series came to be, against the odds.

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Posted by on Apr 18, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Talking Points, Video 1 | 4 comments

My Latest “Talking Points” Video — Unusual Las Vegas News Stories

 

Hillary Clinton Addresses Recycling Industries Trade Conference In Las Vegas

Hillary Clinton dodges a shoe thrown by a deranged protester at Mandalay Bay

 

Las Vegas is a city unlike any other.

That’s because there are more than a few unusual people here who sometimes do some crazy things.

Take this week’s local news stories.  All of the following stories were reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

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