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2009 WSOP Coverage and Blogs from Full Tilt Poker

Filed under: las vegas events, poker, poker news — admin June 8, 2009 @ 3:06 pm

The most popular online poker website FullTilt.com is upping the ante on the news from 2009 World Series of Poker with their 2009 World Series of Poker Coverage Page, a new site dedicated to provide customers on everything related to the WSOP 2009, including players views, players’ insights, players’ coverage, round the clock news, poker players’ blogs and more.

FullTiltPoker.com’s new WSOP Coverage Page is not the usual news website like most of the other sites. The website is broken down into three parts, and includes a daily highlights piece in where fans can get access to the World Series of Poker 2009 events info, results, players and more in a series of articles written by the FullTiltPoker.com staff members Roy Winston and AlCantHang. Besides the run of the mill daily updates and results on every poker event, FullTilt.com’s 2009 WSOP News Page also features two blogs, Poker from the Rail Blog, which highlights comments, wsop news, insider info from FullTiltPoker.com Professionals, opinions from FullTilt.com’s fans and authors and guest posts from special guest bloggers, and the Pro Blog, which highlights posts from members of Team Full Tilt participating in the WSOP 2009, including Andy Bloch, Jon “Pearljammed” Turner and Roy Winston.

Additionally, FullTiltPoker.com’s new WSOP Coverage Page has a Twitter area that supplies live updates and notes from different poker pros. Included in the Twitter section include, Beth Shak, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow and Rafe Furst. The Twitter portion permits these players to transmit short messages permitting people from around the world to listen to them. These updates known as “tweets”, can be transmitted from all over through a mobile phone or other hand-held device.

To see more information on  FullTiltPoker.com’s new 2009 WSOP Coverage Page please visit http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/series-coverage.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Guaranteed to be a Fight to Remember

Filed under: las vegas events, sin city, vegas boxing — admin December 2, 2008 @ 2:20 am

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The Las Vegas event the majority of boxing fans have been waiting forever to see is just around the corner. Oscar De La Hoya will box one of boxing’s present top fighters, Manny Pacquiao. This fight is listed to take place on Saturday, December 6th in the MGM Arena in Las Vegas.

Surely there has been many rumors in Las Vegas regarding this match. The Golden Boy has dropped down to 147 lbs. to compete as a welterweight, and some agree that Oscar “Golden Boy” De La Hoya might not be as sturdy since the weight loss. ”Pac-Man” Pacquiao has already competed on one occasion as a lightweight and wants to compete from now on in the welterweight group. Manny Pacquiao is also the current lightweight champion , and is thought of by many experts to be one of the best boxers of the moment.

This is The Golden Boy’s first trip back to Las Vegas for a boxing match since he took on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May of 2007. This match is scheduled to be a sold out event for the MGM Arena Las Vegas. Sightseers to Las Vegas have dwindled in recent times, but Sin City events like this match really have a way of bringing fans to Las Vegas.

This match will unquestionably be one to remember as it puts together the two top boxers of our time in a twelve round welterweight bout. Oscar De La Hoya versus Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao tickets are being sold right now. If you check out only one LV event during this year, this is without a doubt the LV Event to attend.

Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas Followers Astounded by Unbelievable Room Rates

Filed under: las vegas, las vegas events, sin city deals — admin November 21, 2008 @ 10:25 pm

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Fans of next January’s C.E.S. Sin City could be in for a pleasant surprise. Regularly, about this time it is close to unheard of to discover a vacant LV hotel resort anywhere near Vegas, but the next Consumer Electronics Show Vegas is shaping up to be a standout Las Vegas event. The majority of the most popular hotel resorts on the Las Vegas Strip have astonishingly slashed their hotel rates at a maximum of 20%.

Just about 100,000 travelers occupy LV every year to take a look at the revolutionary technology displayed by the C.E.A.. The Sin City event is on display from Jan. 8-11 with the majority of the events on display in the Venetian Hotel and Resort and the Sands Las Vegas. This proves to be a time when locating a decent hotel rate becomes practically an impossible job.

The C.E.A. revealed some time back that many of the Las Vegas, Nevada Strip hotel resorts have cut their room rates, the majority of them by quite a large percentage. If you already have your reservation ready, it might be a good idea to recheck prices on Las Vegas hotel rooms. For example: the Tropicana Las Vegas has reduced their per night room by about 17%. Most of the Las Vegas, Nevada hotel resorts in use near the C.E.S., have begun offering individual C.E.S. rates to the visitors of the Las Vegas event.

Some analysts state that this decrease in Sin City hotel prices is due to the fact that a lot of the electronics businesses have had to reduce the number of staff they are sending to the convention. This obliges the LV hotel resorts to decrease their prices to invite more vacationers to their hotels during this convention. Others imply that it has more to do with the present absence of tourists to Vegas in contrast to the past few years.

“BeLIEve” premiers at Luxor Casino Hotel in Vegas

Filed under: las vegas, las vegas events, vegas vacation — admin November 6, 2008 @ 7:37 pm

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Many folks may imagine that a dramatic blend of Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil might be a union created in heaven, or in Criss Angel’s case, hell.

If you had the chance to be one of the numerous followers who have experienced this brand new Las Vegas, Nevada performance, titled Criss Angel BeLIEve featured at the Luxor Hotel, then you may have a distinct attitude about this newest performance. This innovative LV event is essentially Cirque du Soleil’s sixth event to operate on the LV Strip.

The show commences very alike Angel’s standard magic events, with a trace of “Cirque”. Then all of a sudden a botched magic feat carries Criss Angel to a Wizard of Oz-like fantasyland. You can even see weird rabbits scurrying on all sides of the theater, alongside Criss Angel’s standard stunts and illusions combined with Cirque’s powerful fascination. The presentation peaks with the illusionist basically ripping himself in half, in all probability the high point of this performance.

One of the concerns, that nearly all of the showgoers have come across with the production, is the fact that Criss Angel has several spoken pieces in the performance. Criss Angel’s drama skills aren’t actually his area, and this is not customary in any of Cirque’s other trendy LV shows.

All is not lost, though, in this mix of Angel with Cirque. There are lots of spectacular magic tricks featured in the show, and integrated with Cirque du Soleil’s flair, the production does have its unforgettable and out of this world moments. The sales of tickets do not lie, as this presentation is looking to be one of largest performances that Cirque has had in Las Vegas.

Cirque du Soleil which was created in Montreal, Canada combines this latest initiative to their calendar of Las Vegas presentations. Cirque’s other shows are: “O” in the Bellagio Hotel Casino Las Vegas, Zumanity in the Zumanity Theater at the New York-New York hotel and casino, LOVE at The Mirage Casino, Ka in the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel, and Mystere in the Treasure Island Casino Hotel.

The 2009 Adult Awards Show will have many improvements

Filed under: avn awards, las vegas events, vegas adult — admin October 7, 2008 @ 2:44 pm

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2009 Vegas Adult Show will be presented in the Mandalay Bay Resort on Saturday, January 10. Tickets to assist the event are on sale at the moment. Next year’s event organizers will have tables available for the guests. For those interested in purchasing a ticket the price is $2625, and these tables are for groups of 12.

The plan behind of the group seating is the idea that the audience really love the time spent sitting together and eating a meal as a group. That’s not the only new aspect of the The 2009 Adult Awards. Next year’s show will have many more categories that have to do with the internet. A well received addition from the 2008 Vegas AVN Adult Show is the addition of an AVN Awards After Party. This is guaranteed to be a fabulous party for all the nominees to congratulate each other.

The 2009 AVN Adult show will be a night to remember for everyone watching. 2008 hasn’t proven to be the most profitable year for the adult movie business, taking into account the nation’s economy, but with some big movies coming onto the scene and fascinating new categories it will without a doubt become an awards show for the history books. The AVN Awards show is intended to honor the very best of adult entertainment.