I know how into poker everyone has gotten lately, and I'm not sure if you already knew this, but I recently found out that Binion's Horseshoe, the site of every World Series of Poker since it's inception, has recently closed it's doors. Seems Becky Behnen, the heir to the throne (so to speak) was lousy with the finances and ran the property into the ground. The casino owed creditors, employees, and gamblers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thankfully for those of us who are trying to get a WSOP berth, Harrah's Corp. has acquired the property and the rights to the World Series in a very hush-hush deal [Read about it
here]. Though it is somewhat sad to see the seminal poker event pass into the hands of a soulless corporation, poker has no soul, so that shouldn't be much of a problem. Harrah's runs great casinos and they will do an excellent job running the World Series. Plus, maybe they'll destroy the old Horseshoe and build a casino that actually makes some reasonable sense to walk through.
-Matt 14:28 EST |
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