If you are looking for some fun summer reading, consider The Superuser: A Grisham Stark Poker Murder Mystery (Action Suspense Thriller).  It’s only 99 cents on Kindle.  Here’s a link to a recent review.

This weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Free food, drinks, free  on demand Sit & Go Poker tournaments starting at noon, boxing and a lot of great giveaways including restaurant gift certificates that are worth $25 each, Eric Rosenberger’s new book on poker. (Kindle Version), Starbucks Gift Cards, Personal Training sessions, T-shirts etc.  The Grand Prize for the Main Event poker tournament on Sunday (4pm) is a $200 value Sunbuggy Off-Road Adventure.

Everyone is invited.  For more information or to RSVP, phone/text Christina at 702-292-5112 or Twitter (@KwanInc).

Las Vegas Motor Speedway
7000 Las Vegas Blvd. N.
Las Vegas, NV 89115

Throughout the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker in 2011, the poker community is invited to participate in unique free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters.

The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series” featuring some of the greatest minds in the game sharing their personal insights, instruction and stories in hour-long sessions prior to the day’s WSOP play.

All speakers are donating their time for these events. The hope is attendees will either consider a $20 donation to the Bad Beat on Cancer, or agree to pledge 1% of their WSOP tournament winnings to benefit Bad Beat on Cancer, with 100% of their donations being tax-deductible.

The inaugural 2011 lineup features the two leading WSOP bracelet winners in history, a pair of prolific high stakes cash game players, two of the most successful women in the game and several other unique poker personalities. The remaining schedule can be found below:

• Thurs, July 7 – 10:30 am – Annie Duke  presents Making Better Decisions (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 8 – 10:30 am – Annette Obrestad  presents Playing the Turn & River (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 9 – 10:30 am – Sam Chauhan presents Main Event Mindset (Brasilia Stage)
• Sun, July 10 – 10:30 am – Phil Helmuth presents 11 Ways to Play Stronger NLH (Brasilia Stage)

Throughout the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker in 2011, the poker community is invited to participate in unique free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters.

The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series” featuring some of the greatest minds in the game sharing their personal insights, instruction and stories in hour-long sessions prior to the day’s WSOP play.

All speakers are donating their time for these events. The hope is attendees will either consider a $20 donation to the Bad Beat on Cancer, or agree to pledge 1% of their WSOP tournament winnings to benefit Bad Beat on Cancer, with 100% of their donations being tax-deductible.

The inaugural 2011 lineup features the two leading WSOP bracelet winners in history, a pair of prolific high stakes cash game players, two of the most successful women in the game and several other unique poker personalities. The remaining schedule can be found below:

• Fri, July 1 – 10:30 am – Vanessa Selbst  presents No Limit Hold’em (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 2 – 10:30 am – Phil Gordon presents Inquisitive Poker (Brasilia Stage)
• Thurs, July 7 – 10:30 am – Annie Duke  presents Making Better Decisions (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 8 – 10:30 am – Annette Obrestad  presents Playing the Turn & River (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 9 – 10:30 am – Sam Chauhan presents Main Event Mindset (Brasilia Stage)
• Sun, July 10 – 10:30 am – Phil Helmuth presents 11 Ways to Play Stronger NLH (Brasilia Stage)

Throughout the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker in 2011, the poker community is invited to participate in unique free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters.

The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series” featuring some of the greatest minds in the game sharing their personal insights, instruction and stories in hour-long sessions prior to the day’s WSOP play.

All speakers are donating their time for these events. The hope is attendees will either consider a $20 donation to the Bad Beat on Cancer, or agree to pledge 1% of their WSOP tournament winnings to benefit Bad Beat on Cancer, with 100% of their donations being tax-deductible.

The inaugural 2011 lineup features the two leading WSOP bracelet winners in history, a pair of prolific high stakes cash game players, two of the most successful women in the game and several other unique poker personalities. The remaining schedule can be found below:

• Sat, June 25 – 10:30 am – Daniel Cates presents Playing Post Flop (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 1 – 10:30 am – Vanessa Selbst  presents No Limit Hold’em (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 2 – 10:30 am – Phil Gordon presents Inquisitive Poker (Brasilia Stage)
• Thurs, July 7 – 10:30 am – Annie Duke  presents Making Better Decisions (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 8 – 10:30 am – Annette Obrestad  presents Playing the Turn & River (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 9 – 10:30 am – Sam Chauhan presents Main Event Mindset (Brasilia Stage)
• Sun, July 10 – 10:30 am – Phil Helmuth presents 11 Ways to Play Stronger NLH (Brasilia Stage)

Throughout the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker in 2011, the poker community is invited to participate in 11 unique free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters.

The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series” featuring some of the greatest minds in the game sharing their personal insights, instruction and stories in hour-long sessions prior to the day’s WSOP play.

All speakers are donating their time for these events. The hope is attendees will either consider a $20 donation to the Bad Beat on Cancer, or agree to pledge 1% of their WSOP tournament winnings to benefit Bad Beat on Cancer, with 100% of their donations being tax-deductible.

The inaugural 2011 lineup features the two leading WSOP bracelet winners in history, a pair of prolific high stakes cash game players, two of the most successful women in the game and several other unique poker personalities. The remaining schedule can be found below:

• Fri, June 17 – 10:30 am – Doyle Brunson  presents A Poker Life (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, June 18 – 10:30 am – Phil Galfond presents Pot Limit Omaha (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, June 25 – 10:30 am – Daniel Cates presents Playing Post Flop (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 1 – 10:30 am – Vanessa Selbst  presents No Limit Hold’em (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 2 – 10:30 am – Phil Gordon presents Inquisitive Poker (Brasilia Stage)
• Thurs, July 7 – 10:30 am – Annie Duke  presents Making Better Decisions (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 8 – 10:30 am – Annette Obrestad  presents Playing the Turn & River (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 9 – 10:30 am – Sam Chauhan presents Main Event Mindset (Brasilia Stage)
• Sun, July 10 – 10:30 am – Phil Helmuth presents 11 Ways to Play Stronger NLH (Brasilia Stage)

Throughout the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker in 2011, the poker community is invited to participate in 11 unique free admission seminars from respected pros relating to different poker subject matters.

The WSOP has teamed with its official charities, the Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series” featuring some of the greatest minds in the game sharing their personal insights, instruction and stories in hour-long sessions prior to the day’s WSOP play.

All speakers are donating their time for these events. The hope is attendees will either consider a $20 donation to the Bad Beat on Cancer, or agree to pledge 1% of their WSOP tournament winnings to benefit Bad Beat on Cancer, with 100% of their donations being tax-deductible.

The inaugural 2011 lineup features the two leading WSOP bracelet winners in history, a pair of prolific high stakes cash game players, two of the most successful women in the game and several other unique poker personalities. The remaining schedule can be found below:

• Sat, June 11 – 10:30 am – Andy Bloch presents No Limit Hold’em Pre-Flop Play (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, June 17 – 10:30 am – Doyle Brunson  presents A Poker Life (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, June 18 – 10:30 am – Phil Galfond presents Pot Limit Omaha (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, June 25 – 10:30 am – Daniel Cates presents Playing Post Flop (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 1 – 10:30 am – Vanessa Selbst  presents No Limit Hold’em (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 2 – 10:30 am – Phil Gordon presents Inquisitive Poker (Brasilia Stage)
• Thurs, July 7 – 10:30 am – Annie Duke  presents Making Better Decisions (Brasilia Stage)
• Fri, July 8 – 10:30 am – Annette Obrestad  presents Playing the Turn & River (Brasilia Stage)
• Sat, July 9 – 10:30 am – Sam Chauhan presents Main Event Mindset (Brasilia Stage)
• Sun, July 10 – 10:30 am – Phil Helmuth presents 11 Ways to Play Stronger NLH (Brasilia Stage)

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Tournament registration opens, cash games & satellites begin today at the 2011 World Series of Poker (click here for complete schedule of events) at the Rio’s Convention Center (map). The first bracelet event is May 31st.  Spectators are free and welcome to observe all the action. (21 years of age and older).

Notable Events:

• Tuesday May 31 at noon – Shuffle Up and Deal kick-off event
• Tuesday, May 31 at 5 p.m. New Event – $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship begins
• Saturday, June 4 at noon – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event
• Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. – $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championshi
• Friday, July 1 at noon – $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship
• Saturday, July 2 at 5 p.m. – $50,000 Poker Players Championship
• July 7-10 at 12 noon – $10,000 Main Event begins

The 58-event schedule runs May 31-July 19, 2011.

If you want to see the schedules of other major poker tournaments around Las Vegas this summer, click here.

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
3700 West Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89103
(702) 777-7777

With a larger tournament grand prize package than ever before, 64 of the world’s most elite poker players will go “all in” at the seventh annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com on March 3-6 at the Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room. Heads-Up brings a who’s who of the poker world to compete in its distinctive, bracket-style head-to-head format for $1.8 million in combined prize money. Among the players, Annie Duke returns to the tables to defend her 2010 tournament title and her chance at the $750,000 first-place grand prize. The tournament will be taped for broadcast on NBC over six consecutive Sundays in April and May.  The single-elimination competition begins Friday, March 4 at noon and continues through Sunday, March 6, when a two-out-of-three championship match will determine the winner. The viewing gallery is open to guests on a first-come, first-served basis.

Scheduled to appear in this year’s event are several of the world’s top poker pros, including: Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Darvin Moon, Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, along with 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel and 2010 Heads-Up finalist Paul Wasicka, who Duke staged a dramatic come-from-behind victory against in the third round at last year’s tournament.

“Year after year, I look forward to competing among the toughest competition out there that the Heads-Up tournament brings together for fans to see nationwide,” said last year’s Heads-Up champion Annie Duke. “I am excited to compete against the skill and mental toughness that my fellow poker players will showcase on the tables.”

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship features 64 top poker players competing in a series of heads-up, one-on-one matches of No Limit Texas Hold’em to determine the best heads-up poker player in the world.  This tournament has a unique, single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball’s championship tournament, except that the finals are the best of three.

The first round opponents for the brackets will be chosen at random during the tournament’s Draw Party held at PURE Nightclub at Caesars Palace on Thursday, March 3.

The M Resort invites you to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Friday, February 11, 2011. The Lohan School of Shaolin will perform a traditional Chinese lion and dragon dance through the lobby and casino at 6pm.   Enjoy the festive décor, Asian favorites at the Studio B Buffet and special poker room promotions.  Click here for more information.

Spectators are welcome to watch the final table of this year’s World Series of Poker in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio on Saturday, November 6 at 12 noon – play begins for the final 9 players and continues until there are 2 players remaining.  Seating is free an open to the public.  (I expect the line for tickets will be pretty long and people will start lining up hours earlier.   If the theater fills up, people still waiting in line will get to enter as others in attendance leave.)

The Final two will return to battle it out on Monday, November 8th at 8 pm.  Prior to the begin of play, the 2010 Hall of Fame Induction will take place at 7:30pm.

The $10,000 buy-in tournament began July 5, 2010 with 7,319 players.  The 9 remaining players are playing for nearly $9 million.  For even more information, Click Here.

How to Play Your Hand: Lessons from Poker for Negotiators is the topic of a free presentation this Friday, November 5, 2010 at 7 pm at Cox Pavilion (click here for map) at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.

Play to win … at everything.
In life, as in poker, how you play your hand is often more important than the cards you are dealt. Before entering any game or negotiation, are you prepared with a strategy for success? This special presentation is your sure bet to learn the expert tactics employed by master poker players, seasoned gaming executives, and scholars who know what it takes to command and maintain the winning edge at the tables, in business dealings, during legal proceedings, and in life in general.

Free and open to the public; no RSVP required. For more information, go to www.law.unlv.edu/Saltman_Events.html or call (702) 895-2486.

This weekend at the World Series of Poker you can learn from Annie Duke, Mark Seif and Sam Chauhan in FREE mini seminars at the Rio’s Convention Center Saturday & Sunday at 11 am and 4 pm.

While you are there, mention “Quad 8s” at any Harrah’s Total Rewards Center for your chance to win a WSOP Main Event seat & nightly tourney buy-ins!  Click here for the WSOP Game Changer Giveaway Official Rules.

This year’s World Series of Poker runs through July 17 at the Rio. There’s no charge for spectators and they are welcome .

Rio
3700 W Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas, NV 89103

Tournament registration opens, cash games & satellites begin today at the 2010 World Series of Poker (click here for complete schedule of events) at the Rio’s Convention Center (map). The first bracelet event is May 28th.  Spectators are free and welcome to observe all the action.

If you want to see the schedules of other major poker tournaments around Las Vegas this summer, click here.

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
3700 West Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89103
(702) 777-7777