After a late night out, I only managed to get a few hours sleep but for some weird reason, felt really refreshed. Around 10:00, I met up with John, Tristan and Barry for breakfast and after finishing a very good meal, Barry headed to the Spa for a massage (lucky sod) whilst Tristan & I headed to Studio 3 as the last 18 of the Main Event were soon to start playing.
Many Las Vegas Sportsbooks, like the one at the M Resort , have recently adopted a new technology which allows bettors to place wagers from inside the casino on a handheld device similar to an iPhone. Both the Las Vegas casinos and the bettors are benefiting from the new devices, which allow wagering while the game is in progress.
Wasn’t able to participate in that PokerStars record-breaking tournament yesterday, as I was busy during the mid-afternoon and couldn’t be there for the start. Looks like I was one of the few online poker players who didn’t, as the $1 no-limit hold’em tourney attracted 149,196 runners
The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the largest consumers electronic trade show and exhibition in the world, will be back in Las Vegas from January 7-10th to present the latest video, audio, digital imaging, computers, entertainment, video games and mobile communications technology in the industry. The annual event held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton and the The Venetian Resort and Casino , will bring more than 2,500 CES exhibitors involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. The 2010 International CES will host 20 market-specific TechZones throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center.
It was about two weeks ago that the Rembrandt painting “Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, With His Arms Akimbo” from 1658 sold for a record $33.2 million at Christie’s in London and now the identity of the once-anonymous bidder is reported to be Las Vegas Hotel and Casino mogul Steve Wynn. The Rembrandt portrait received a single bid the day of the auction, an anonymous telephone bidder for the amount of $33.2 million including fees to Christie’s. It turns out that the Las Vegas real estate developer made the call from his bathroom at 2:00 a.m