World Series of Poker will move<\/a> to Paris and Bally’s in 2022.<\/p>\nBy then, it’s expected Bally’s will be rebranded Horseshoe. (Bally’s Corp. recently purchased Tropicana, and a rebrand could be in the offing.)<\/p>\n
Poker is still very much a thing in Las Vegas. This year’s WSOP Main Event drew 6,650 players. That’s off from the tournament’s peak in 2006 (8,773), but still a respectable turnout.<\/p>\n
Poker enthusiasts continue to have a number of rooms to get their flop fix in Las Vegas, of course.<\/p>\n
Resorts World is the newest poker room on The Strip, and poker rooms can also be found at Westgate, Wynn, Aria and Bellagio.<\/p>\nWe never skip an opportunity to share this photo we took of dogs playing poker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPoker is unlike other games in a casino, as players compete against each other, not the house. (The casino takes “rake,” or percentage of each pot, to help keep the lights on.)<\/p>\n
Poker has its own lingo, customs and superstitions.<\/p>\n
Poker players are also some of the most colorful characters you’ll see in any casino. Related: The vast majority of poker players are male—fewer than 5% of WSOP Main Event competitors are female.<\/p>\n
We can’t think of a way to elegantly end this story, so we’ll just keep cranking out poker trivia until our carpal tunnel kicks in.<\/p>\n
A pair of aces in poker is called “pocket rockets.”<\/p>\n
The first poker tournament ever televised was in 1973 on CBS.<\/p>\n
A pair of 9s in poker is called a “German virgin.” (It sounds like “Nein, nein.” We told you poker is mostly men.)<\/p>\n
You have a 0.00015% chance of being dealt a royal flush, or roughly the same as your odds of hooking up with Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n
A legendary poker player, Doyle Brunson, once said, “Poker is war. People pretend it is a game.”<\/p>\n
Wow, we had no idea how quickly we would fatigue sharing poker trivia.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the Flamingo poker room is closed. Bummer.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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