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Crazy week at ECG.  The big news was the plan for major changing in horse racing and Atlantic City.  The plans seem major, but they’re just plans and this is coming from the government, so I’m taking a wait and see while watching how things unfold.

This week will be the beginning of significant changes to ECG.  I’ve been wanting to change the layout for a while, and that will happen in the next two weeks which mean that content will be slowing down and things will likely get (more) funny looking.

In this time I’ll explain why I’m welcoming the New BetRevolution.com to be my new sportsbook sponsor.  It’s almost football season!  Here’s the fun from the past week.

• Greetings From Hollywood Casino In Charles Town West Virginia
• More Perspective On Atlantic City
• New Slot – Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers
• Wold Series of Poker TV Schedule
• Atlantic City Is Dying
• Horse Racing in New Jersey Going Private
• World Series of Poker Final Table Set
• Atlantic City Slots Taking More of Your Money Every Year
• New Jersey State Government Taking Over Atlantic City
• “Bookies” – Movie Review
• Wynn Red Card Info Now Available Online
• Updated Podcast Section

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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) just narrowed the field to 9 as we prepare for the final table in November.  Until then ESPN‘s weekly coverage will tide us over until the live final table.  Here’s the schedule.

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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) narrowed the field from over 7,000 to the final table of 9.  The final table takes place and the 9 remaining players are called the “November Nine.”  Witty, huh?

Following 13 days of intense competition at the 2010 World Series of Poker(1), two North American PokerStars players have advanced to join the elite ‘November Nine’ and will compete for the $8,944,138 first prize and the title of 2010 World Series of Poker champion.  Canadian Jonathan Duhamel and American Jason Senti skillfully outplayed their competition to earn the coveted seats at the final table, and now await the November 6 final date for their next shot at the grand prize.

That’s quite a prize for the winner.  It’s amazing how far the WSOP has come from it’s small beginnings.  Here’s a look at the November Nine from the Atlantic City Weekly blog.

Seat 1: Jason Sentl

Hometown:  St. Louis Park, MN (USA)
Age:  25
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  This is Sentl’s first time to ever cash in a WSOP event

Chip Count:  7,625,000

Seat 2: Joseph Cheong
Hometown:  La Mirada, CA (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Cheong won a WSOP Circuit gold ring and earned a degree in psychology from UC-San Diego.

Chip Count:  23,525,000

Seat 3: John Dolan

Hometown:  Bonita Springs, FL (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Dolan has six WSOP cashes, including three at this year’s series.

Chip Count:  46,250,000

Seat4: Jonathan Duhamel

Hometown:  Boucherville, Quebec (Canada)
Age:  22
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  This is Duhamel’s third time to cash at this year’s WSOP.
Chip Count:  65,975,000

Seat 5: Michael Mizrachi
Hometown:  Miami, FL (USA)
Age:  29
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note: He won his first WSOP gold bracelet and $1,559,046 in this year’s Poker Players Championship.
Chip Count:  14,450,000

Seat 6: Matthew Jarvis
Hometown:  Surrey, BC (Canada)
Age:  25
Profession:  Poker Pro/Student
Note:  Jarvis is primarily an online player.  This marks his first time to cash in a WSOP tournament.

Chip Count:  16,700,000

Seat 7: John Racener
Hometown:  Port Richey, FL (USA)
Age:  24
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Racener is one of the stars of the national WSOP Circuit, with more than $500,000 in earnings, including the 2007 Main Event championship victory at Harrah’s Atlantic City.
Chip Count:  19,050,000

Seat 8: Filippo Candio
Hometown:  Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy)
Age:  26
Profession:  Poker Pro
Note:  Candio is the first Italian player ever to make it to the Main Event final table.  He has a number of cashes at major tournaments held in Europe.
Chip Count:  16,400,000

Seat 9: Cuong “Soi” Nguyen
Hometown:  Santa Ana, CA (USA)
Age:  37
Profession:  Sales (Medical Supplies)
Note:  Nguyen is the senior player at this final table, at the advanced age of 36.  He is also the only amateur sitting among the final nine

Chip Count:  9,650,000

I don’t know any of these names, but I’ll probably take a look when ESPN TV coverage starts.

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Lots of good stuff this week on ECG.  I’m going to slowly start ECG 4.0 in the next few weeks.  I’m going to try to do this behind the scenes, but my lack of programming skills may not allow that.  So if the site looks as if it’s under construction then it probably is.  This won’t effect the blog updates, but some features may go away.

Feel free to email me if there’s something you’d like to see on the next version of ECG or if you have an idea for a logo.  You can reach me than [eastcoastgambler] at [gmail] dot [com].

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Registration isn’t over for all events at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) yet, but the total number of entries is already 20% more than last year.

Official statistics from the 41st World Series of Poker currently running at the Rio in Las Vegas indicate that through the first 56 events, there have been 65,647 entries, surpassing last year’s total entries including the main event of 60,875. And this year’s main event registration numbers have yet to be recorded!

I thought interest in casino poker might be slowing last year with the 8% drop in TV ratings.  Maybe, I was wrong.  It can happen.  Maybe people still have dreams of a dollar and a chip.

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There have been a bunch of good articles in the past couple of weeks about Las Vegas, but I haven’t had the brain to do more than just read them.  Instead of just letting them sit in the ether, I figure I’d share them and add a little commentary where needed.

• Royally Flushed has details on MGM Grand upgrade deals.
• About 10% more people attending this years World Series of Poker (WSOP).
• Are free drinks going away? Probably not in Atlantic City or Las Vegas.  Maybe in some of these new casino markets.
• Vegas Chatter stays at Hooters so you don’t have to…in case you were curious.
• Vegas Mavens reviews Ping Pang Pong at the Gold Coast.  I’ve been here and all I remember is that the hot mustard was hot.
• MGM Mirage officially changes their corporate name to MGM Resorts International.  Sale of Mirage can’t be too far behind, no matter what MGM says.
• New Vegas Gang podcast went up on Friday.  It’s a goody.
• Some nice pictures from Vegas Rex.
• Penn National get final approval for Las Vegas.  Does this speed up their purchase of Rio?  Maybe Mirage?  Maybe Station?
• Dr. Dave Schwartz has a couple of good articles on twitter use in Las Vegas.  UNLV Center For Gaming Research has a study of how casinos use twitter.  Vegas Seven looks at the Harrah’s social media team.

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