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December 2014 Gaming News
TIGI Thursdays Cadillac EditionWinners
n October, Barona Resort & Casino made its guests very happy with its TGI Thursdays Cadillac EditionGiveaway, where Club Barona members could win a brand new Cadillac car every
nd th th rd th ursday!Drawingswereheldon ursdays,October2 ,9 ,16 ,23 ,and30 ,at10p.m.Each
week, Club Barona members earned one virtual entry for every 250 Club Barona points earned (or equivalent table game play), and earned 3x points and 3x entries on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. And guests didn’t need to be present to win the car prizes! But if you were present when your name was called, you’d win a Gas for a Year Bonus, a value of $5,000 in gas station credit.
Salim R. from San Diego (pictured right) was the Cadillac winner on ursday, October 16th. Jake D. from San Diego (pictured in Winners on page 30) was the winner on ursday, October 23rd, and opted for the $80,000 cash value instead of the luxury car.
is month, Club Barona members can participate in the TGI Thursdays Barona Lottery (through December 18th), for a chance to win up to $150,000 cash. See Promotions on page 26 for details.
Martin Jacobson is 201A4 World Series of Poker Main Event Winner
Swedish poker player who started playing online confetti blasts signaled his win had been nalized, and poker late at night while he trained to be a chef friends and family ran to embrace him.
during the day is the $10 million winner of the Jorryt van Hoof, 31, the leader throughout most of the
45th World Series of Poker Main Event. Martin Jacobson, 27, (pictured left) had three tens to beat Felix Stephensen of Norway and his pair of nines. Stephensen, 24, took home a $5.1 million prize for second place.
Jacobson would come home late from nights working in a restaurant, and none of his friends would be awake to chat or hang out, so he started playing online poker. He was the only player of the November Nine to have earned more than $1 million in World Series of Poker career earnings at tournaments. But he had never won the top spot, coming in second in some cases, until November 11th, when he won the most watched contest in the tournament.
“ ere’s no such thing as a ‘perfect tournament,’ but this was close to perfect, maybe,” Jacobson said after the
game play, a poker pro originally from the Netherlands, was the third place winner and earned $3.8 million.
is was the rst time in the World Series of Poker’s history that the nal three players in the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Main Event did not include a single American.
All three players live in London.
About 6,700 people paid the $10,000 entry fee to try
their luck over the summer to be nalists in the Texas Hold’em Main Event. e World Series of Poker Main Event recommenced at the Rio Casino Resort in Las Vegas in mid November, after a nearly four-month hiatus, so ESPN could broadcast the nals almost live over two nights during the November sweeps. ere was a 30-minute delay because the hole cards were shown to the television audience.
VOalley View Casino & Hotel Awards Audi A3 on October 30th
n October 30th, Valley View Casino & Hotel gave away a brand new Audi A3 to one lucky Players Club member in the Win Me 500 Audi A3 Giveaway. Judith K. (pictured right) drove to Valley View Casino & Hotel all the way from Menifee,
and was very glad she made the trip. at night, the casino announced that she had won the luxurious Audi! Judith was lled with emotion when she picked up her new car. e minute she sat in the seat, she hugged the steering wheel, and with a big smile on her face said, “I love it!” Judith thanks Valley View Casino & Hotel, and will be returning to the casino very soon. e Audi, $25,000 in cash, and other prizes were given away all night long on ursday, October 30th, in drawings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. And Valley View Casino & Hotel paid the sales tax and license.
You, too, can be a winner at Valley View Casino & Hotel. Simply swipe your Players Club card to receive a free entry daily, then earn more free entries through slot and table game play. On December 26th, Valley View Casino & Hotel will be giving away two Mercedes CLA250s to two lucky winners, and one could be you! See the Players Club for all details.
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