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Money makes the world go round and poker professionals can surely relate to this saying, because profit is what channels their energy and keeps them motivated. Those who are even remotely passionate about this game will feel at home in Las Vegas for one more week, as the World Series of Poker is in full swing. It is very difficult for poker professionals to be lured outside Sin City, but there are reasons for why they should take some time off and leave the premises of Rio casino. On July 6 at 5 PM local time, the Charity Series of Poker will begin and just as the name suggests, those who participate will be doing it for a worthy cause. The buy-in is an affordable $300 and players can also perform a rebuy of $100 or add on to their starting stack, which means that the prize pool can grow a lot. Matt Stout was the poker player behind this project and the reason for why he set up the tournament is that he wanted to give something back to the community. The response exceeded expectations and among those who decided to pay the three digit amount to participate were plenty of online poker professionals. Some of them travel to Planet Hollywood casino especially for this event and many have traded the online felt at Unibet Poker for the real thing. There will be plenty of poker professionals and several World Series of Poker main event winners, which means that amateurs will get to see their favorite players in flesh. Obviously, money is to be made because the tournament will result in a significant prize pool and only half of the amount will be donated to Three Square Food Bank. Matt Stout who is the one hosting the Charity Series of Poker has a tradition of helping those less fortunate and he is very happy with the direction in which the tournament is heading. The purpose of this competition is to amass as much money as possible and help the foundation feed those poor and hungry. The fact that the tournament will begin one day after the WSOP main event starts is not as bad as it seems, because there will be plenty of players around to participate. Some will choose to buy in on Day 1A or Day 1C, while others will simply skip the main event if they can't afford to pay $10,000 out-of-pocket.
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Poker players targeted by thieves at the WSOP

Those who travel all the way to Las Vegas this time of the year to participate in the World Series of Poker are generally poker professionals or those who have enough money to embark on this epic quest. The vast majority of them made their bankroll by competing online on major poker networks such as Winner Poker, but there are also plenty of businessmen who simply want to spend some quality time. As the tournament began with the opening events, players were fully aware of the risks that awaited them at the tables, but they didn't expect to be targeted by thieves. These wrongdoers were anxiously waiting for unsuspecting poker players to leave their belongings unattended or to forget the hotel rooms unlocked. They don't need too many opportunities to ruin an otherwise promising experience and apparently some poker professionals already succumbed to their twisted actions. To make matters worse, the test was not the result of their negligence but the craftiness of these criminals who stalked the prey. Lauri Pesonen and Joni Jouhkimainen were the first ones to get robbed and apparently they both chose to book a room in the same hotel. They vented their frustration over Twitter and are still hoping for the officials and hotel representatives to do something about it but the odds of recuperating the items stolen are remote. They reported that the laptops and some tiny things were missing from their hotel room and expressed their hope that the police will get to the bottom of this nasty business. Mengh Nguyen had it worse, because he lost a couple of precious items and also $35,000 that he was allegedly sharing with a fellow poker player. Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino officials declined to comment on these accusations, but it is only fair to assume that they are doing everything they can to solve the mystery. This is not the first time that poker players get targeted by thieves worldwide, but most of them didn't expect something like this to happen at the World Series of Poker. The police and hotel officials are trying to determine whether these incidents are real and the best case scenario is to also recuperate the items stolen. This is definitely not the kind of start that poker professionals were hoping for, but they will need to move on and focus at the task at hand.
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Running Aces Harness Park crowns its winner

Only two weeks separate us from the highly anticipated World Series of poker Main event conclusion, with the final table to resume at Rio casino in Las Vegas. Nine players are still in the race and they are going to do everything in their power to win the first prize, because the difference between the top payout and the amount collected by the one to be sent first to the rails is significant. The World Poker Tour runs in parallel, with some of the most important stops being scheduled for October and they will be hosted by casinos in the United States. On the other side of the Atlantic, the European Poker Tour is underway and following the tremendous success of the Barcelona event, the prospects are optimistic to say the least. Things are even better over the Internet, where Everest Poker has unveiled its brand-new lineup of promotions and bonuses for autumn. New members can boost their bankroll by taking advantage of the first deposit bonus and then gradually add funds, as they cash in on reload bonuses. The online poker room will also send a couple of players to live tournaments, with satellites and qualifiers running live on a daily basis. Speaking of live tournaments, the Mid-States Poker Tour's second Season 5 was underway at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus. A total of 338 players participated and the winner was expected to take home roughly $90,000, with the final table featuring no poker professional. On the other hand, there were more than a handful of experienced amateurs and the vast majority of them had participated at least once in the previous editions of this tournament. Ken Pates made the final table for the first time here, but he got that far in another Mid-States Poker Tour event in 2014. It comes as no surprise that he had no problems in withstanding the pressure and made short work of his competitors. The fact that he was riding a deep stack definitely helped, with Ken starting as he leader and he never allowed opponents to overtake him. In the end, he won $87,000, while Dennis Stevermer finished second to win almost $50,000. 1 Ken Pates $87,6982 Dennis Stevermer $48,7213 Ervin Bjerga $30,3054 Steve Vang $24,3615 Dan Shogren $19,1646 Ben Marsh $15,7537 William Vincent II $12,6608 Jason Seitz $9,5829 Jeremy Dresch $6,49610 Bill Perpich $4,223
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Poker Stars pros trade WSOP for online poker

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The World Series of poker is at least in theory the most important tournament of the year and it usually affects the very best players in this line of work. 2015 is not too different and with so much action taking place in Las Vegas, there is no shortage of skilled poker players traveling to Sin City. Many of them used to play at PokerStars throughout the year, but the most surprising part is that some of the famous names are missing altogether from live tables. To explain why so many poker professionals chose to stick to online poker instead of making the transition to live games for a short while, we need to look at the payouts. The tournaments taking place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino have payouts that are comparable to the amounts awarded in the previous years. At least in theory, this should be an argument in favor of joining the event, because the prizes have been constantly rising since 2011. A closer look will reveal the fact that over the Internet, the giant poker room has made giant leaps forward and greatly improved its collection of tournaments. While the number of players is growing, so does the size of the guaranteed prize pools, not to mention that these ones are frequently exceeded. Many of those who play over the Internet are Americans who are prevented from enjoying his experience from the comfort of their home and need to travel to Canada or somewhere else beyond borders. This resulted in a number of players choosing not to travel back home for the World Series of Poker and among the most prominent names are Phil Ivey, Victor Blom and Isaac Haxton. While they choose not to spend a day in Las Vegas during this time of the year, they are extremely active over the Internet and are part of all important competitions. They are well versed in the art of playing tournaments, but for some odd reason prefer to spend more time competing at cash game tables. Money is not of the essence for these highrollers, so it is only fair to say that they were not impressed by the fact that participating in the main event would set them back €10,000. They frequently buy in at cash game table at nosebleed limits for larger amounts, so they would've felt very comfortable in Las Vegas.
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[Table] IamA Former Butler in Las Vegas. I Served Prince For Almost A Year in 2006-2007 AMA!

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Thanks for doing this. I love Vegas and spend a lot of time there. So this is very interesting for me. Anyway, did anyone ever trash a room? If so how did they? Also is there any advice you would give if one of us ever got to the villas? Things that we should ask for?	We had the one guest with the crazy party I mentioned in another comment trash the place pretty good. There was a weird burlesque magic show he went to and he invited all the cast to this room for a crazy party. Around 6am in the morning I went into the room to pick up the dishes and there was crap everywhere and the damages was around 15k. I remember there were playing cards everywhere, the toilets were overflowing, we found a crack pipe and love stains everywhere.
	The villas are for what they consider the big time high rollers, you need a really good casino host and a big pocket. Toby Maguire wanted to stay in our villas and the going rate was $20,000 a night. The largest bedroom was 16 thousand square feet, six bedrooms and two stories with an elevator. If you do get a good host ask for what ever you want, you gamble up to $5,000 a hand and you get what ever you need.
What was your favorite memory with him?	I have a lot of great memories but the one that made me laugh was there was one night where I got a call at about 3 am in the morning and he wanted breakfast for 14 people. I was the only butler on duty during that graveyard shift. He asked for 14 omelets and 14 orders of pancakes. I called everyone in the casino and had all the cooks running to make this order while I made the table. I had to serve the whole breakfast at now 4am in the morning by myself. I came up with the two carts full of food trying to plate it as fast as I can when Prince stood up from his chair and walked over to my cart. He grabbed a plate of pancakes and started helping me serve. I couldn't help but to laugh from the Charlie Murphy story on the Dave Chappelle show. This was my favorite moment...ever.
But did he offer them grapes?	Chaka Khan was there and she wanted avocado with her omelet...I had to run my ass off down to the kitchen and slice one up.
Craziest things you've seen during your time as a butler? What're you doing now?	Long story short but if there was a guest staying with us who was famous for making a sex tape with a certain celebrity. He went to a magic show where a former hot babe was hosting the show. After the show he invited her and all the cast to his suite. This show was kind of like a freak show so there were midgets in make up, tattooed faced shirtless guys with crazy piercings and stuff like that. They had a massive party and I saw people having sex, doing drugs and just pure fucking insanity. In the aftermath the room was destroyed and the two would be celebrities went and got married, but they were divorced a few days later. Room damages was around 15k.
Any cool souvenirs? Besides the pick? Also, any weird naked moments?	I took home bottles of expensive wines and cognacs. Elton John signed an old record my dad had.
	Weird naked moments...yes. Weirdest was with Sir Elton. His massage therapist wanted an outlet extension so I ran to go get one. As I entered the room lobby Sir Elton walked out of treatment room naked; he didn't notice me but I saw his bare naked ass. Hope he never finds out about this...He isn't on Reddit, is he?
	Call girls would flash us all the time. There was a photo on my old flip phone of me licking whip cream off a girls boob and the guest took the photo.
Please tell me you had much more action than licking whip creams?!	It's Classified] ([Link to media.giphy.com)
How does one start out in the butler business ?	I got lucky but also I have a natural gift in customer service. I was hired as a butler apprentice, which is where most would begin. Some people would be an apprentice for 12 or more months before even getting a full time butler position. There was an opening for a full time position 3 months after my start date, I interviewed for it and they gave it to me. I was one the fastest and the youngest to get it that quick. The pay as an apprentice was around $11 an hour with half percentage tips and my final hourly before I left was close to $18 an hour with full cut of the tip pool.
What's the craziest story you have of Prince?	The breakfast story was the craziest for me but I remember after he won his Golden Globe for Happy Feet it was in his room but in an odd place. I was in the room with my manager and I looked at it and said wow, I am actually looking at a Golden Globe, my manager laughed and asked me if I could guess why it was in an odd place on an oak table in the room. I didn't know so he lifted it up and there was a burn mark from a candle which Prince caused one night. He was using the Golden Globe to cover up room damage, which is hilarious.
Would he be charged to replace the table at the end of his stay or was it within the range of wear and tear? Since he was there for an extended stay did you replace the table during his stay since it looked bad?	I am not sure what happened to the table, we probably charged him I would imagine.
What's the most unforgettable gossip you've heard from your guests?	I overheard about certain celebrities being either gay or bi-sexual from an other celebrity. No names that I am willing to share, sorry. Also I heard a story on a celebrity's first encounter with cocaine, it was actually mickeyed into his food when he went to a dinner party at a Mr. Wilson's house...may or may have not been on a beach ;)
	Heard a rap star talk smack about other performers after the MTV music awards at the Palms Casino. He had me cracking up as I was trying to serve him late night dinner.
Wow! Were those names surprised you? I mean, doesn't they have a bisexual tendency image?	Some were and some were not. I think celebrities go to crazy parties, get high and certain urges come out, doesn't mean they are gay, it was just the drugs filling out a possible fantasy.
Did you ever hear him playing guitar in his personal time?	Just the piano. One early evening he ordered pizza which he wanted to eat during a movie. I got him pizza from the casino and as I was clearing off the coffee table one of his guitar picks was there. I picked it up and asked him where I should place it, he responded in his deep voice "You can keep it". So I did and I gave it to my dad as a gift, the pick had his logo on it and it was white and purple.
Are you still here? What's the most Jeeves moment you've had as a butler?	I've never read any of those stories but Las Vegas butlers are a lot different than professional butlers, we get to do all the fun stuff. I would watch the clients get drunk all night and wake up at 2pm in the afternoon as they stumbled back to the casino floor. As long as we did what they asked they didn't care how we acted. Most of us Las Vegas butlers were no gentlemen.
Would it be better to be a casino butler or to be a personal butler?	Personal butler. I never liked Vegas, no culture to it just all the bad stuff. People acted differently in Vegas so I would prefer to be there when they were just themselves and not the playboy or hot shot. I never felt comfortable being in their room around their personal space, felt out of place. I think that is why I changed my job and moved away from LV.
Anything interesting stories with Toby Maguire?	Really nice guy. He was there to play poker at the WSOP, not the main tournament but the lower ones not televised. He had a backpack with him and no other luggage. I asked if I could take it from him to bring it to his room and he declined, I asked if it was because his spidey suit was in there and he gave a big smile and laugh. I liked him.
Do you know of any independent Butler service providers in the Vegas area? Some some stuff I'm considering it would be helpful to have one on schedule for a few days.	Some butlers build a great rapport with high rollers and they can be requested at other casinos. There was one of the butlers that worked at Caesar's Palace and Sir Elton really liked him so he would come work with us when Elton stayed. Nice guy, I can see why he was favored. I am sure if you had a service where you would be hired independently you could go where ever your employer goes.
For whom did you most enjoy buttling?	There was a guy who would come a lot and he would always invite me into his room or out to the casino. I would be his wing man and we would drink, talk to woman and he would order me food. He loved Marie Callender Pies so we would have to go get it for him which I ate with him while the other butlers were working.
Sounds like a great client! If that's the proper term... Maybe employer?	Client or guest is the term I would use. They were not paying us to wait on them. the casino was. I was employed by the Rio.
Hey, thanks very much for answering my questions! Please have yourself a wonderful day.	Thank you. You as well my friend.
My understanding is that the concierge/butlers serving the high end suites could get anything available in Vegas 24/7 for their VIP guest, including high-priced escorts, blow, speed, any food imaginable, etc. How true is this in your experience?	No really, I would never get asked for any of that. That is all the casino host or their direct dealer. Concierge would get escort services but they were mostly female concierge so they would hate having to do that. Food requests, yes, had a guy that wanted the prime rib at a Main Station Casino, I went with another butler in a limo to go get it really late at night, also In-and-Out burgers and Taco Bell.
What was the wildest thing Elton John requested?	His morning routine was odd. We would have all the London newspapers printed out for him and he would eat some dry crackebiscuits with his favorite jam (marmalade), Fuze juice, and a shot glass full of about 20 vitamins...every morning. I would make about 3-4 espressos for him as well in the morning.

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