Page 12 - November 2008 • Southern California Gaming Guide

November 2008 Gaming News (Continued)
NAew Sports Pit Sports Bar at Harrah’s Rincon
re you looking for a Las Vegas-style sports bar where you can enjoy hot snacks, cold drinks, all kinds of gaming action and the week’s biggest games? Look no farther than Harrah’s Rincon Casino San Diego North, home of the Sports Pit Sports Bar and Grill. With 50 plasma televisions, there isn’t a bad seat to catch the
big games. If you want to play traditional casino games, Harrah’s Rincon has slots, blackjack, video poker, and its state-of-the-art World Series of Poker Room. If you’re more into games that don’t involve gambling, there is Golden Tee, a 19th hole golf simulator, a Nintendo Wii, and Playstation 3.
December 29th. Prizes for the nale drawing include cash ranging from $250 to $5,000. And there’s more. Everyone who participates in all 17 weeks of Pro Football Picks will be entered into the Fan-atic Drawing for a chance to win two tickets to a college bowl game on January 1, 2009, and limo transportation to and from the game. For more information about Pro Football Picks, visit the Promotions Center at Harrah’s Rincon.
And on Mondays through December 22nd you join the Football Madness Football Pool where guests can win a share of $500 cash. It’s easy to play—just swipe your Total Rewards Card and make predications about that night’s game. If you guess correctly, you can win up to $125, plus great Harrah’s merchandise! Visit the Total Rewards center for complete rules on Football Madness.
Every week, the Sports Pit hosts a major Monday night viewing party complete with remote radio broadcasts, food and drink specials including $1.75 Miller Lite Draft specials, nearly 40 di erent kinds of beer and a menu that includes several kinds of wings, nachos, pizzas, burgers, and other fantastic fare. And you can play two great football-themed promotions at the new Sports Pit: Pro Football Picks and Football Madness.
Play Pro Football Picks through December 28th. Eachweekyoupickthewinnersofthenextweek’sgame
(Sunday and Monday games only). en each week, your predictions are ranked based on the total number of correct picks. e ve guests with the most correct picks will win a prize ranging from $100 to $1,000 cash. Winners’ names will be posted at 10 a.m. every Tuesday in the Sports Pit, the Oasis Lounge, at the Total RewardsCenter,andonplasmascreensthroughoutthe casino. All prizes must be claimed by 11:59 p.m. of the following Monday or they will be forfeited.
But that’s not all. Every winner will be entered into the Season Finale drawing, which will be held on
WA
orld Series of Poker Update: Going All In with the November Nine
fter 12 days of grueling Main Event competition at the record-setting 39th annual World Series of Poker, the stage is set for the most prestigious night in poker history. For the rst time ever, play at a World Series of Poker tournament was suspended prior to a champion being crowned. e unique event structure calls for the nal nine—The November Nine—competitors in the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em
World Championship to return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on November 9th to begin the battle for the Main Event title and the top prize of $9.1 million.
e November Nine outlasted a massive eld of 6,844 who entered the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship. is year’s total Main Event prize pool is $64,333,600. A total of 666 players will cash in the event; payout for 666th place was $21,230.
“ e winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event has always become an instant celebrity,” said World Series of Poker Commissioner Je rey Pollack. “ is year, all nine players who made the nal table will become household names—and are guaranteed life-changing prize money to go with their fame and place in
pokerhistory.”
e 39th annual World
Series of Poker was the largest
In descending order of chip count, e November Nine are Dennis Phillips, 53, from St. Louis, Missouri, with 26,295,000 chips; Ivan Demidov, 27, from Moscow, Russia, with 24,400,000 chips; Scott Montgomery, 26, from Perth, Ontario, Canada, with 19,690,000 chips; Peter Eastgate, 22, from Odense, Denmark, with 18,375,000 chips; Ylon Schwartz, 38, from Brooklyn, New York, with 12,525,000 chips; Darus Suharto, 39, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with 12,520,000 chips; David Rheem, 28, from Los Angeles, California, with 10,230,000 chips; Craig Marquis, 23, from Arlington, Texas, with 10,210,000 chips; and Kelly Kim, 31, from Whittier, California, with 2,620,000 chips.
The nine will play down to two on November 9th and the final two competitors will then
go heads up beginning at
10 p.m. pdt on November 10th, with the winner expected to be crowned in the early morning hours of November 11th. In a World
Series of Poker first, ESPN will carry same-day coverage of the victory beginning at 9 p.m. est on November 11th.
Pick Like a Pro & Win at Viejas Casino
At Viejas Casino, don’t miss the thrilling Grid Iron Picks with 17 weeks of Grid Iron Glory from now to December 28th. Pick
like a pro, and you could win a 52-inch TV
and cash. Earn 25 Base V Club points from
12 a.m. Sunday through 11:59 p.m. Saturday
by playing your favorite games, and you’ll qualify each week for a Grid Iron Picks ticket available at the DreamCatcher or West V Club booths. Select the winners of the following week’s games and turn in your Grid Iron Picks ticket before
11:59 p.m. on Saturday. Each week the top ve winners will
YTouchdown Mondays at Casino Pauma
receive prizes from $100 to $500 Free Play Cash. Plus play at least 10 out of 17 weeks to be eligible for the top three prizes of $1,000, $2,000 and a 52-inch TV plus cash. And you can watch the games in the comfort of the beautiful V Lounge. Viejas is teaming up with XTRA Sports 1360 AM for fan-friendly parties during every Chargers game that include $5 food specials, $1 o Corona and Coors Light beers, the exciting Corona girls, plus, a chance to win free tickets to upcoming Chargers games
and other great prizes.
ou can win $10,000 instantly on “ Touchdown” Mondays at Casino Pauma. an Instant Bonus for you to win—either a free bu et, $5 or $10 in Pauma Play Now from 3 p.m. to midnight and running every Monday through the or a free souvenir gift. en use the back of your scratcher to enter the drawings regular football season swipe your Palm Club card at the kiosk for your every quarter of the Monday Night game. After each quarter, you could win $500!
“Touchdown” scratcher ticket. You may be a $10,000 instant winner! Plus there’s
Page 12
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE November 2008
Gaming News (Continued)