Sahara Offers $1 Rooms

Sure, it may not be your first choice in resort destinations, but it may be the cheapest.

Sahara is offering $1 room rates -- and you don't even have to gamble.

All you need to do is be able to book fast and follow the hotel-casino on Twitter or Facebook.

They will have limited $1 rooms over 24-hour periods at least 5 times by the end of the year. And they've given a hint that the first $1 sale will take place before the end of this month.

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Daniel Negreanu Whining Some More

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu recently launched a complaint against Cereus Poker Network on his blog. Specifically he complained about the recent holes in the poker network’s security measures. Hackers had pointed out how easy it would be to crack the code for poker rooms like UB.com and Absolute Poker and read other player’s cards. Negreanu spoke out on his blog about the network, calling the company “a bad apple” in the poker community and vowed they would never get his support. He pointed out that the poker room’s decision to keep operating even when the security flaw was published is symptomatic of why it is a bad apple.

Can the Poker Players Alliance Do Anything

The grassroots organization known as the Poker Players Alliance attempted to gather support to defeat the UIGEA but failed. The PPA looked for an exemption for online poker to be added to the UIGEA. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) did not even entertain the idea, despite the persuasive attempts of PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato, a former colleague of Kyl’s. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. (UIGEA) applies to all forms of online gambling, and the PPA had hoped to have online poker excluded. Senator Jon Kyl appears determined to see the UIGEA go forward as written.

Bodog Poker Lets You Show One

Online poker room Bodog Poker has introduced new features for their poker playing clientele. One new feature allows players to show one card when they fold. Typically a player has two options when folding their cards at the showdown, either show all or none of their cards. The new feature allows them to show only one card, teasing and possibly misleading their opponents, a useful tactic in the game of poker. Additional features like tournament tickets have also been rolled out for the online poker room this month.

Phil goes For World Records

The current record for poker endurance is about 75 hours, and poker pro Phil Laak plans on beating that number. He will make the attempt at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Laak’s plans are for 80 hours of straight poker play. The current Guinness Book of World Records holder is Paul Zimbler, who played about 200 different people in heads up matches. Zimbler played quite a few pros like Mike Matusow, who encouraged him to stay awake and keep playing. Laak will be donating half of what he wins to charity, hoping to raise money while making the attempt at breaking the world record.

Doyles Room Fight Night

At online poker room Doyles Room a new promotion will run twice a week. The promotion is called Prime Time Fights. This is a new kind of bounty tournament, where $5 of each player’s buy in is a bounty on their own head. As each player finishes they collect points, both for their place and how many bounties they collected. The winner of each monthly leader board will play a Doyles Room pro for a cash prize of up to $750. The Prime Time Fights will run weekly on Tuesday and Thursday.

Poker Pro says No to Sunglasses

Poker pro Daniel Negreanu is not a fan of poker players that wear sunglasses at the table. Kid Poker says that players could use them to aid in cheating. The remarks were made among peers during a recent game of High Stakes Poker, and the rest of the pros seemed to share his feelings, despite that many of the top pros do wear sunglasses, such as Greg Raymer, Phil Laak and Phil Hellmuth. Negreanu’s point was more to the fact that if a player is going to cheat, the sunglasses could help them conceal their behavior.