The Bellagio is the only room in Las Vegas with six-handed games because it has installed plexiglass dividers between players.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
The intrigue for Saturday’s card at the UFC Apex facility will come in the co-main event between Shane Burgos and Josh Emmett, a handicapper said.
The Westgate sportsbook had odds posted overnight Wednesday on 29 leagues around the world, along with eight sets of futures odds.
The Westgate has odds posted on who the No. 1 pick will be in a year in which player evaluations have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Station Casinos is offering a $10,000 twin quinella promotion for the next three Saturdays.
The rooms will open at 10 a.m. The Bellagio plans to be open 24 hours a day. Caesars Palace will be open Thursday through Sunday.
The events Friday and Saturday will be played with a $250 buy-in in a shootout format, with 80 players spread out at 16 five-handed tables.
Deck Prism Sports co-founders Ed Miller and Matthew Davidow give advice on attack surface, angles vs. trends, live betting and parlays.
Deck Prism Sports sees a future in which bettors can enter in-game bets and not have to wait 10 seconds to see if they go through.
Tiz the Law’s odds continue to drop with Charlatan and Maxfield joining Nadal by being ruled out of the Run for the Roses because of injuries.
Bettors who think the Raiders will have a great first season in Las Vegas — or will flop — can find nice plus prices at Circa Sports.
The date and buy-in for 31 World Series of Poker bracelet events scheduled to be played on WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey in July.
Events for U.S. players will be held every day in July. GGPoker will host events for international players from July 19 to Sept. 6.
A fun — and profitable — journey through three Las Vegas poker rooms as games resumed after the casino shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The room will be the fourth to reopen in Las Vegas after The Orleans and South Point on Thursday and The Venetian on Friday.