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The 24/7 buzz, the amenities, the stylish setting, the daily tournaments at every level and the vast selection of games have made The Poker Room at Live! Casino & Hotel one of the nation’s biggest. And one of the best. Must be why the World Poker Tournament has made Live! Casino & Hotel a regular stop on their championship tour. More than 350 poker players sat around felt-covered tables in the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino’s cavernous conference room Thursday for the kickoff tournament of the 12-day World Series of Poker. Delivers great customer service by dealing all games offered by Horseshoe Baltimore in a friendly and helpful manner with an upbeat/positive attitude. Assists in training guests not familiar with various table games products. Deal live poker games and poker tournaments. A legendary gaming, dining and entertainment experience awaits you at Horseshoe Baltimore. Check out our Baltimore casino and play your favorite games. KPMG eGaming Summit 2019 » 2019 WSOP Circuit Poker Tournament at the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore will run from 3 rd till 14 th of October. The tournament features over 15 events with the minimum buy-in at $250. The Main Event has a guaranteed.

I wonder if the NFL is going to keep crying about how sports betting threatens the integrity of the game. Forget about all the league and team partnerships with daily fantasy sports sights; on Friday, the Baltimore Ravens announced it has entered into a partnership with the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore.

“Horseshoe Casino Baltimore has become a popular destination, particularly for Ravens fans before and after our home games,” said Baltimore Ravens Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales and Business Development Kevin Rochlitz. “We’re enthused about this partnership and believe it will further enrich the entertainment appeal surrounding M&T Bank Stadium. Additionally, we feel it will help contribute to the exciting development taking place throughout the area.”

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Rochlitz expanded on his excitement when speaking with The Baltimore Sun:

It’s a great thing for us and a great thing for Horseshoe. The opportunity to merge our brands together allows our fans to do certain things inside Horseshoe Casino, and we’re going to be working on some consumer promotions that they’re going to announce to rewards members. It also allows a great opportunity for our fans to come in here to the casino and win certain prizes.

As part of the relationship, Horseshoe can use the Ravens’ team logos for promotions and plans to re-brand the three-level 14Forty bar as a Baltimore Ravens bar.

As The Baltimore Sun mentioned, though the partnership is with a professional sports team, this has nothing to do with sports betting, since sports betting has not yet been legalized in Maryland. Considering casino gambling is legal in the state, with multiple major casinos, one would think sports betting would eventually happen. The problem is, even if state lawmakers pass a measure to legalize the pastime, residents have a final say and the measure must be put on a ballot as a referendum. It is took late for that to happen this year, as the 2018 elections are only a couple weeks away. The next opportunity will be in two years.

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NFL Finally Dropping the Facade

The Dallas Cowboys was the first NFL team to partner with a casino, doing so with WinStar World Casino in early September. The partnership will be similar to that of the Ravens. Both the casino and football team will cross-promote and use each other’s logos.

The NFL and other sports leagues have fought tooth-and-nail to keep sports betting illegal for decades, even though they know that sports betting provides them massive benefits in fan and non-fan interest. Earlier this year, though, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned PASPA, the law that made sports betting illegal, opening it up for each state to make its own decision on sports gambling regulation. A few states have legalized it so far and several others are discussing it.

In August, the NFL changed its rules, now allowing teams to enter into marketing deals with casinos, even ones that have sports books. One caveat, though, is while the teams can advertise for the casino, they cannot specifically run or post ads for sports betting. Television commercials also cannot run during games, only before and after.

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Horseshoe Baltimore $1,675 Main Event was held at the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore in Maryland, with 449 players helping to create a prize pool worth $673,500. One of the players competing was Arkansas native Mike Cordell, who would eventually go on to win the tournament to claim a third career WSOPC ring, as well as a first place prize of $148,171.
Back in 2008, Cordell won the WSOPC Caesars Indiana $550 event for $21,274, and this year the WSOPC $365 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $14,661. In 2016, he also captured a coveted WSOP bracelet at the $1,500 NLHE 6-Handed event for $346,088. Following his latest winning performance in Baltimore, which pushes his career earnings to $780,814 and leapfrogs him from 6th to 4th on the Arkansas ‘All Time Money List’, Cordell, obviously fully still in poker mode, commented:
“I won the tournament, so it feels good. I know I don’t show it, but I’m ecstatic.”
The WSOPC Horseshoe Baltimore Main Event offered 45 money spots, and amongst the recognizable pros seeing a return on their buy-ins was Dennis Phillips in 42nd ($3,044), Alex Ziskin in 37th ($3,044), Ryan Jones in 36th ($3,354), and Andrew Brokos in 22nd ($5,570).
Mike Cordell subsequently entered the final table in pole position, but faced tough competition in the guise of WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee champion Vanessa Truong, and 10-times WSOPC winner Maurice Hawkins.
Cordell (J-J) then sent Richard Smith (A-K) to the rail in 8th, followed by Robert Garrett in 4th, and Jeremy Stein in 3rd to take a more than 4-1 chip lead over Alex Queen into the final phase of the competition. Queen then looked set to make a comeback after getting his last 30bbs all-in preflop with A-A against his opponent’s K-J, but Cordell subsequently hit a king-high straight to wrap up his impressive victory.
Final Table Results:
1: Mike Cordell $148,171
2: Alex Queen $91,562
3: Jeremy Stein $66,905
4: Robert Garrett $49,667
5: Vanessa Truong $37,460
6: Joshua Vizcarra $28,671
7: Maurice Hawkins $22,266
8: Richard Smith $17,538
9: Ryan Tamanini $14,009