Unvarnished Truth About Vegas: Seven Reasons Why It's Easier Than You Might Think to Lose It All What is it about Las Vegas that prompts otherwise rational people to make rash decisions they wouldn't dream of at home? Jay Rankin, author of Under the Neon Sky, explores the seductive culture of a city that makes people lose their minds-and their fortunes.

Joe Sebok addresses the UB scandal in his latest blog, the World Series of Poker has released its latest set of rules, and the World Cup is over and we have the results all here in the Nightly Turbo. If we didn't continuously update you on things going on outside the poker world, who would? Inside Gaming has the scoop on Delaware denying casinos and casino stocks on the rebound.

Experts will always tell you that you should expect to lose - not win - when you gamble, and that a trip to a casino is for entertainment only. Of course, what makes gambling so entertaining is the possibility of winning. And what keeps gamblers flocking to Indiana casinos is seeing other gamblers winning.

So one loyal Action reader went out and tried the virtual blackjack and sent me what I thought was a pretty good report. So, I'll share it. The player went to the Isle, put in $50 and flat-bet $5, using (his words) "so-called perfect basic strategy" for an hour. He ended up with $67.50, and his friend doubled his $50, leaving with $100.

The poker chip experts at ChipTalk, have come up with a unique marketing strategy for the latest release of their Pharaoh's Club clay poker chips range. They are releasing a free poker chip pack to help potential buyers compare different chips by feeling and hearing a variety of poker chips before buying.

We would give first preference to the current employees ... then go out in the local labor pool and offer the rest to those folks and not import a single solitary dealer." Frank Quigley arrived at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in August to take over as general manager of the slot-only casino and thoroughbred race track.

I've written many times before that I think online poker is superior to live. After spending the last six months experiencing a high volume of both, I feel like I've finally accumulated enough information in order to present a thorough list on why online poker is greater than live poker. Let's break it down issue by issue.

This week sees the release of DJ Hero, Activision's attempt to move beyond the confines of guitar-based rock music in the competitive plastic peripheral genre. It's perhaps not the biggest release this week, but it's the one I'll be watching the closest. With music games under-performing this year, DJ Hero will either prove an expensive failure for Activision or a much-needed rejuvenation for the genre as a whole.

"All-in." "Call." The audience took a collective gasp and rose to their feet. This could be it. The all-in player, Jordan Smith, got a look at his opponent's hand -- pocket eights, a set of eights on the flop. He glanced back at his pocket aces with consternation written on his face.

WSOP Gold -- Matt Graham Becomes PLO World ChampNew Orleans Native Wins His Second Bracelet by Stephen A. Murphy If he hadn't discovered poker, he very well could've become Dr. Graham. If he hadn't dislocated his shoulder, he likely would've continued his hockey career well into college.

NBC Launches New Poker Show -- Face the Ace - Poker News - CardPlayer.comContestants Can Face Three Poker Pros for $1 Million NBC is ready to go prime-time with its newest poker series. The network announced this week that it would debut a brand-new poker-themed game show this August entitled, Face the Ace .

Arizona resident and self-styled video poker maverick Rob Singer is out to prove that video poker machines do not play as randomly as the manufacturers of the games claim they do. His independent research is being ridiculed by the mainstream of video poker authorities who base their playing strategy on mathematical probability and the random operation of the games.

Sourcing new office products in China may not be as easy as getting your main supply from just around the corner. However, it seems that for companies looking to have the lead on the competition in this day and age, they would need to plan on a strategy involving sourcing some product in China. Cost pressure is a reason that many American distributors are turning to the international suppliers who offer the lowest cost in labor, a major cost in any manufacturing or distribution project.

Well, it's that time of year again! Yes, the tournament many poker players have honed their skills for during the year, the World Series of Poker. Today, I'm going to offer a few tips from MCU that I hope will guide you down the right path to achieving the goals you have set for the WSOP. 1.

Well for those looking for something a little more aesthetically pleasing in their poker game, might I suggest you take a look at Pkr.com. Pkr.com offers players the opportunity to play poker in a 3-d environment. PKR's software helps to acclimate players to the live poker world in an online virtual setting.

Outlasting a 151 player field, Phillips was both the overnight chip leader, as well as the final table chip leader, and he needed little encouragement to keep accumulating chips, ending up stoking the action in the fastest ever GUKPT final table. To put in perspective how big a chip lead he had when the final table started, over a quarter of the chips in play were in his stack as the nine man final table began.

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Phil Hellmuth, Jr. - Hellmuth is the greatest poker player to ever play the game. His 2007 World Series of Poker win was his 11th career WSOP title. In addition to having amassed an unsurpassed record 11 World Series of Poker championships, Hellmuth has set astonishing records for both most World Series cashes (68) and most final tables (41).

In a Thursday blog post, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington asserted, "Google may have just come out of nowhere and checkmated Facebook in the social networking power struggle." Huh? Google released three APIs and signed up some partners for them. That's supposed to be checkmate, game over? Google just moved the pawn out in front of its queen.

CCA couple of years ago, I was asked by the Los Angeles Times to review Anthony Holden's second poker book, Bigger Deal. At the time, my dealings-ahem-with poker were minimal. I had a weekly game with a rotating cast of high school friends; I lost most of the time, and on rare occasions, when I got really lucky, I left with enough money to pay my cab fare home.

PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for May 6, 2009. Since late October market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the offer and for like amounts of stock. This "fair market making" requirement is designed to prevent market makers from manipulating stock prices.

Incredible Technologies, maker of Golden Tee Golf and other popular arcade games, is expanding into the electronic gaming device sector with some very innovative products. Here's a look at what the Arlington Heights-based company will be bringing to casinos by the end of the year: Magic Touch Keno: The video keno games that are out there now pale in comparison to what IT has developed.

At 23, Jordan Morgan has compiled a list of accolades that most poker players would be proud of over a lifetime. Jordan has been playing for five years, two of them professionally, and while he's certainly experienced his fair share of success, one thing has eluded him all this time: a first-place finish in a major live event.

Virtual Families (new) Virtual Families is a must-play family sim game that runs in true real-time. Adopt and nurture a person, then take him/her on the adventure of a lifetime. Have him meet his soulmate and start a family. With him, live the life you've always wanted to live. Your Virtual family's lives will go on, no matter what, even when you've turned off your Mac.

Sunday Night's show covered a task and a half. In the first task we had to create a display and take away package for Lifelock, an identity theft protection service. After that, we are asked to put on an Ivanka Trump Jewelry auction to raise money for our charities. I am going to talk about the second task in another blog that I will post right after this.

The Nokia N-Gage has become an increasingly popular platform lately with a large number of Nokia mobile phones receiving support for the software, and with a wide range of games becoming available for them. The platform does not work only on the Nseries devices, but on other handsets as well, and more to support it are expected to surface in the near future, while the list of games available seems to grow continuously too.

AM The latest report on the Las Vegas office market shows, again, there's a dramatic imbalance between supply and demand. Consulting firm Restrepo Consulting Group LLC said the Las Vegas Valley's speculative office market -- that is, space built without a tenant lease in hand -- closed the first quarter with a record 20 percent vacancy rate.

I'm sitting here, ready to ask questions and answer them as we continue this series of self-interviews. Today's word is 'Sandbag,' which means check and then raise, if an opponent bets. Since each interview is independent of all previous ones, I've decided to discontinue the consecutive numbering. From now on, I'm going to begin each interview column with question one Question 1: What's the best time to sandbag weak opponents?

A majority of gambling authorities agree that video poker play is as the manufacturers tell us: a completely random occurrence of a virtual deck being "shuffled" within a computer program. Every card has an equal chance of being dealt to us on the screen, one by one, off the top of the virtual deck.

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