August 8, 2010
Got an email the other day from an entity @WickedChops … a pic of a distinctly pokery license plate, taken “w/ iPhone before leaving WSOP from players parking lot where RVs were”, to which I thought cool, thanks, awesome! gahdammit you always gotta be showing off with your fancy photography and special rail-girl cameras …
Then I saw the plate and thought, pfft, dude we so already got that one … but it is a nicer pic, I guess. Just an iPhone, really?
Then I went back to the original post about this specific license plate, also spotted at the Rio during the WSOP, shortly before the main event … and WTF?
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August 7, 2010
Seen on one of the Day 1s at the 2010 main event in the WSOP valet lot …
Corvette-ness makes the hedline seem plausible. Would have to cross-reference Clark County impound records with arrest reports from Las Vegas Metro to be sure … and though the presence of stripper-glitter in the passenger seat could be a telltale sign, windows were too tinted to be certain.
UPDATE: Or you could just check Wikipedia … to be reminded that Layne Flack does indeed hail from the state that some people consider the Oklahoma of Nebraska.
August 6, 2010
Nothing too special about this one … nice car, nifty plate … again not certain of the locale, but thinking it mighta been at Red Rock? Very Summerliny in many ways.
UPDATE: Or Panorama Towers. Word is the ride belongs to Jeff Madsen.
August 5, 2010
This proposition payout doesn’t require big money, but done right, it could cost someone dearly. That’s what makes for such a fun, thrilling, high-impact wager … yet without the risk of body scarification or indentured servitude:
The License Plate Bet
Winner gets to choose the loser’s license plate for a set period of time.
Simple, poignant, highly visible … up to 7 characters that if clever enough could stick with your opponent in a way that brings shame and embarrassment for years to come! But because the DMV has final approval, no worries about being tagged with something not-so-funny like HERPES or IH8NGRS.
Suggestions to start you thinkin’ about your glorious inverse-vanity payday …
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August 4, 2010
Some of us know this type at the tables all too well … my read:
He comes to the table plenty-well bankrolled and plays what first appears to be a loose-aggressive game. But just when you think you’ve sniffed out a big bluff — hey, he doesn’t have a Porsche, that’s just a license plate frame! — turns out you were right, kinda. It’s not the nut Porsche as represented … but he does still have a Range Rover, which is better than your set of kings.
(Doh!)
Dude banks on lesser drivers letting him get there. Also knows how to run over a table.
August 3, 2010
Trying to remember where in town I spotted this one … hard to tell from the distorted reflection on the trunk. Doesn’t look like the Rio … but regardless, have a feeling that if I’m not following this Lexus on Flamingo, I probably am on twitter.
Real question for Nevada DMV: When will we be able to include an @ sign on a personalized plate? Could make a diff for @POK’TI. Please forward to state-gov suggestion box.
August 2, 2010
The WSOP may be over and the vanity plates dispersed across Vegas and Southern Cali, but we still have lotsa leftover pics from the Rio’s summertime parking lots (and others around town) … providing a unique glimpse of the poker players populating America’s roadways.
Yep. Standard raise:
We know this Bentley belongs to David Williams — am extra-smooth ride befitting a WPT World Champ for the long haul from Panorama Towers.
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July 10, 2010
Spotted this California beemer in the Rio front valet … so there’s no guarantee it belongs to a poker player. But all those dBags who’ve shown up en masse this year have to draw their inspiration from somewhere:
(I take it all back, of course, if this car happens to belong to Webber Kang.)
July 9, 2010
Today’s parking lot report comes from the Rio, by a mysterious player who apparently has a message of product disappointment for Dwight Schrute. Or maybe he’s just talking to his beloved New York Rangers?
We don’t have a make on this vehicle — “it was dark,” says our Lot C correspondent, who was filling in for Goldfarb — but we can be pretty sure it’s not a Bentley or a Hummer.
July 8, 2010
Nevada and California aren’t the only places you see poker cars. @DDaleShew (a venerable 1/2 nl/plo player from North Carolina) shares with us the back-end view of a small pick-up seen in the parking lot of the Tri-State Racetrack and Casino in West Virginia.
Apparently no need to finagle the spellings in and around Appalachia (as is the case in Vegas):
Kinda tells us either a) that A-list pokery license plate phrases are still readily available in Darvin Moon’s home game; and/or b) that elite players in that neck of the woods drive nice trucks, sure, but with unimpressive, hardly used hitches.
July 7, 2010
Let me just brag on Pokerati’s coverage for a bit, and say that without a doubt we’ve got the top parking-lot reporters in all of poker. If Bluff magazine had a Reader’s Choice Award category for this, @robertgoldfarb should definitely be a finalist. He’s still too young to be in the Parking Lot Reporting Hall of Fame, but his latest gem — capturing the peculiarities of those who flock to Vegas unashamed of their poker natures — was spotted on a Dodge at Bellagio, presumably belonging to a player who isn’t necessarily ostentatious, but recognizes the greatness of a specific flop and maybe turn when playing two really big cards.
July 4, 2010
At first I wondered how on earth a Mazda 626 got “ALL IN” … but then, upon closer look, realized this driver is the kinda player who knows how to make things work, even when they miss:
June 23, 2010
I can’t seem to convince anyone that this concept would make a great podcast, but still, I think there’s a lot to be learned from a person who decides to personalize their license plate with something pokery. And you know it’s only a matter of time before Poker News Daily assigns someone to start covering these stories.
Today’s plates were spotted in the valet lot at the Rio. This first one I think I’ve seen before:
UPDATE: We have.
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And thought the license-plate frame suggests otherwise, if this one belongs to Seth Palansky, well, let’s just say he and I need to have a talk about those food comps …
April 26, 2010
Our beloved Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. is currently seeking buyers for the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg-BusinessWeek. Supposedly bids are in the $500 million range for the largest property currently in the Harrah’s portfolio, which has been the home to the World Series of Poker since 2005 … and is considered by many “a dump” on par with Circus-Circus or the Tropicana despite its super-long hallways that make for top-quality scooter races and ridiculous Phil Hellmuth main event entrances.
Seeking confirmation and insight on reports from a highly respected business publication that line up with previous rumors connected to Harrah’s recent acquisition of Planet Hollywood on the Strip, we asked (for real) a WSOP spokesman:
- If a sale goes through as desired, what would this mean for the WSOP?
- What would be the most likely candidates for a new venue?
- Would the WSOP ever consider hosting its summer event at a place that
is not a Harrah’s property?
All he would say is, “The 2010 WSOP will be at the Rio. We don’t comment on rumors or speculation.”
Of course.
However, as a site that traffics in exactly that — and sees plausibly another sign of the impending implosion of poker — we know where to get the real scoop on private megabucks business decisions such as these.
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