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The Poker Grapevine – Randy Lew’s PCA Record Attempt
Posted by: Randy Williams - Sun, 2012-01-08 10:23
Records are meant to be broken, and what better scene is there for a record attempt than the 2012 PCA? Randy Lew, known by the online moniker nanonoko, is widely known as an extremely fast poker player. Is he the world’s fastest though? That’s what he set out to prove by taking on an 8-hour challenge during which he’ll attempt to play as many hands as possible, while staying above the red-line profit wise. The record attempt will take place online at PokerStars, where – especially for Lew’s record attempt – the multi tabling capabilities will be expanded from 24 tables. The record attempt takes place on Sunday and those interested will be able to follow nanonoko’s progress at nanonoko.com, a site launched especially for the event. Those in the Bahamas will be able to follow the proceedings live in the Battleship area of the main tournament room of the PCA.
In other news: some of the Nevada casinos may be up in arms about the planned and apparently imminent legalization of online poker and gambling, while most of the brick and mortar operators have thrown their full support behind the initiative. Which way the online poker debate will tilt is yet to be seen, one thing is certain though: in a legal
on line poker-less world, the Nevada Casinos’ revenues are headed towards rock bottom.
In the fiscal year which ended on July 30 last year, Nevada’s biggest casinos lost a combined $3.9 billion. The impressive losses were amassed by 256 casinos through the state, all of which had to gross at least $1 million to qualify for the list. The losses represent a 12.5% drop compared to the previous fiscal year, when the same gambling operations lost a combined $3.4 billion.
The casinos on the Strip were responsible for $2.2 billion of those losses. Whether or not the introduction of legal online poker will help those numbers turn northward again remains to be seen. It’s clear though that Brick and mortar gambling hasn’t been doing well lately.
