I came across an interesting collection of trivia about playing cards and their history, covering such interesting topics as why the king of hearts does not have a moustache, and why the ace of spades is fancy. Actually pretty interesting stuff if you like this type of histrivia.
revell bet it all… and won
Previously mentioned here, Ashley Revell, the guy who sold everything he owned so he could bet it on one spin situs slot of the roulette wheel to double up, won.
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old Londoner, sold all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on “Red.”
low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on “Red.”
all his possessions in March, took $135,300 to the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, did some low stakes gambling and then placed everything he had left on “Red.”
the bellagio has no power
The power at the Bellagio has been almost completely out since 2:30am yesterday, and is not expected to be back up until tonight. Not all that unusual for a regular hotel, but this is huge news for one of the nicest casinos in the world!
The source of the outage, which caused brief power lapses at Paris Las Vegas and Monte Carlo, was a mystery Sunday, though a story was circulating among guests that it was caused by a semi-truck accident on Interstate 15.
Link (thanks, Joshua!)
Update: according to judi slot the outage was caused by a truck hitting a transformer, but according to Andy in the comments below, it was caused by a power surge. I’m sure we’ll hear more soon…
more low-limit no-limit in cardrooms
Thanks to the WPT and WSOP coverage, interest in no-limit hold’em is generating a huge influx of new players who want to play no-limit. Cardrooms across the US are starting to spread low-limit no-limit games that a year or two ago were virtually unheard of in most casinos. Alan Bostick writes about a 3-blind $1-2-4 no-limit game at Lucky Chances, a cardroom I had pleasant experiences in about a year ago (Update: see first comment below; Alan corrects that there are blinds of $1 and $2, and $1 on the button, with an opening bet of $4).
I am told that they began to spread the game last Wednesday (April 7). On Friday night, the game was lively and spirited, with a significant list of players waiting to get in. The quality of play was about what you might expect, i.e. terrible not quite as bad as you’d find in the dime-and-quarter-blind games on PokerStars, but still pretty easy to beat over time. Be prepared to weather some outrageous beats, but on the whole and overall solid play is going to win the money.
I have no clue whether or not the game is going to be sustainable. No-limit poker is notorious for the ease with which the better players can take the poorer players’ money. The game might burn out its player base really quickly. On the other hand, if no-limit hold’em on television continues to attract new players into cardrooms, this game might turn out to be sustainable over the long haul.
Alan has raised what is the ultimate question for these games — will they be sustainable? Based on the influx of out-of-towners I saw playing in the 2-4 NLH game at the Bellagio when I was out there, I think that game will be sustainable. Whether NLH is sustainable in regional cardrooms is a bigger question though.