May 19, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming
Watch the big race at the only Connecticut gaming facility that will offer wagering on Saturday, June 5th
As the final leg of the biggest three races of the year approaches, Mohegan Sun is celebrating in-style on Saturday, June 5th with the annual Mohegan Sun Belmont Stakes Party in the Uncas Ballroom. The only gaming facility in Connecticut that will offer wagering on this event will kick-off its party at 11:00am, where guests will enjoy delicious drink specials. Special guest handicappers Richard Eng and Tom Quigley will also be in attendance.
Guests looking to enjoy this special day in the world of sports will have the luxury of thirty betting terminals, nine large screens and a delectable Belmont Stakes Buffet with various drink specials. There will be open seating for approximately 1,000 people; seating is solely on a “first-come, first-served” basis. All guests must be 21 years of age or older to participate.
Advance wagering will begin in the Race Book on Friday, June 4th. Race enthusiasts will receive an official Belmont Stakes souvenir gift with any $25.00 wager on the Belmont.
Guests looking to gain professional insight on the race can pick the brains of special guest handicappers Richard Eng and Tom Quigley. Eng is Turf Editor and Top Handicapper for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Gaming Columnist for the Daily Racing Form and author of Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies. Joining him will be Tom Quigley, Publisher of the HorsePlayer Magazine.
Not only is Mohegan Sun the prime destination for the race, guests who make a $50.00 wager will receive an official pass to the Belmont Stakes Buffet and with a $25.00 wager, guests will receive a commemorative Belmont Stakes souvenir.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
Apr 30, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming
Player’s Club membership has its rewards
Mohegan Sun will spice up May and June as over 15,000 winners will take home a share of the $250,000 Slot Fever Giveaway. This Player’s Club promotion kicks off at 6:00am on May 1st and continues through 5:00am on July 1st.
Guests can swipe their Player’s Club card once a day in Earth or Sky Promotions for a chance to win their share of $250,000 in Cash, Free Slot Play Bonus and Player’s Club Points. Thousands of guests will win and one grand prize winner will walk away with $10,000 cash!
In addition to the $250,000 Slot Fever Giveaway, Mohegan Sun will also offer a special promotion on Sunday, May 30th to all Player’s Club members. From 6:00am to 1:00pm, guests will earn double points at any slot machine, any limit just by having their Player’s Club card inserted in their favorite slot machine. Each point you earn is equal to one dollar and can be used at Mohegan Sun’s hotel, The Shops at Mohegan Sun, restaurants, Mohegan Sun Travel, Mohegan Sun Mobil Gas Station & Convenience Store, tickets to shows and events, and the world-class Elemis Spa.
Must be 21 years of age or older to participate. Must be a valid Player’s Club member. Membership is free. Simply stop by any Player’s Club booth to sign up. All guests joining the Player’s Club will receive a free gift.
Visit any Player’s Club booth for official rules.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
Apr 29, 2010 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Mohegan Sun’s original date of May 20th has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 29th
The Simon & Garfunkel tour originally scheduled for April – May is being postponed due to a vocal strain recently sustained by Art Garfunkel. In an effort to provide the highest quality performance for their audience, Paul & Art decided it would be best to move the scheduled concert dates. The dates have been rescheduled to allow for an adequate period of rest and rehabilitation, after which Art is expected to make a complete recovery. Mohegan Sun’s original date of May 20th has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 29th at 8:00pm. Tickets for the May 20th Mohegan Sun date will be honored at the rescheduled date.
Both Paul & Art regret any inconvenience this has caused their fans and are looking forward to seeing them at the rescheduled shows.
Rescheduled dates are listed below:
July 3 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
July 5 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
July 6 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
July 8 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
July 9 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
July 11 Fargo, ND Fargodome
July 12 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
July 14 Madison, WI TBA
July 17 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
July 19 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
July 21 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
July 22 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
July 24 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
July 25 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
July 29 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
July 31 Atlantic City, NJ Trump Taj Mahal Etess Arena
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 4th best venue by Billboard Magazine and was the2008 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
Apr 26, 2010 | Breaking News, Food & Beverage, Shopping
Treat Mom to dining, shopping and spa specials this Mother’s Day at Mohegan Sun
May 9th is almost here and Mohegan Sun plans on making Mother’s Day a memorable one with gourmet dining, Elemis Spa specials and exclusive discounts at Mom’s favorite Mohegan Sun shops.
DINING OFFERINGS
Todd English’s Tuscany will prepare a three-course meal starting with Lobster Fegatini in Fennel Brown Butter. It’s followed by Pastrami-Rubbed Duck served over Porcini Dusted Potatoes and Roasted Cipollini Onions and then a Petit Rack of Lamb served with Spring Pea and Mint Risotto with Lamb Jus. Concluding the meal will be a signature Fallen Chocolate Cake. The special will be offered at $47.00 per person or $82.00 per person with wine pairings from 4:00pm to 10:00pm.
Birches Bar & Grill will offer a three-course meal starting with a choice of Soup Du Jour or a Garden Salad followed by Baked Seafood Stuffed Shrimp with Lemon Beurre Blanc Sauce served with Asparagus Spears and Wild Rice Pilaf. Lastly, a Raspberry Panna Cotta on a Cookie base with fresh Berries and Raspberry Coulis will be served for dessert. The meal will be offered at $25.95 per person from 10:00am to 3:30am.
At Big Bubba’s BBQ, a special dinner consisting of Prime Rib with a Twice Baked Potato plus an additional side will be prepared for $22.95 per person from 11:30am to 10:00pm.
Sunburst Buffet will offer a special brunch menu featuring items such as Creamy Gorgonzola Pasta Primavera, Pepperoni Frittata and Mussels with Lemon Grass Broth from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Dinner will be prepared from 2:00pm to 9:00pm and will feature an array of specialties including Gemelli with Bolognaise& Fresh Mozzarella, Tuscan Chicken with Broccoli & Penne and Swordfish with Tomato Vinaigrette. Both meals will be offered at $19.81 per person and $10.37 for children between the ages of six and twelve.
Special hours will be available at Bar Americain with dinner service from 2:00pm to 8:00pm, and Pompeii & Caesar will offer a special brunch menu from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
HOTEL & SPA SPECIALS
Elemis Spa will feature the Trail of Life Ritual package which includes an Ocean Warming Bath, a fifty-minute Swedish Massage, Visible Brilliance Facial, Exotic Hand Ritual, Sole Delight Pedicure, Frangipani Conditioning Hair and Scalp Ritual. The package includes a light lunch and is offered at $438.00.
THE SHOPS AT MOHEGAN SUN
Caché will offer a Mother’s Day exclusive sale on May 9th with a special 10% discount on your entire purchase for Mom.
At Citizen Watch, a box set special featuring a gold Citizen watch with a black dial and matching bracelet will be offered for $159.99.
Lalo Treasures will take 15% off the purchase of a Lalo necklace and earring set.
LUSH will offer a variety of last-minute gift options on Mother’s Day including MUMs bath bombs for $7.95, a MUM gift for $37.95 and a MUM hatbox for $49.95.
For more complete information on Mohegan Sun’s restaurants, shops and spa, visit mohegansun.com and click on the “dining” link or call 1.888.226.7711. Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and dining destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
Apr 14, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier wins $475,000 in PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout
Donning the exact same shirt he wore two Aprils ago when he won the 2008 EPT San Remo Main Event and armed with a little help from one of his favorite hands, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier won the 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout.
Mercier battled heads-up opponent Sam Stein for the better part of three and a half hours before the most pivotal hand of the tournament took place.
Mercier moved all-in over the top of a three-bet from Stein holding pocket threes and Stein looked him up with the ace-jack of diamonds. When the money went in, Stein had Mercier covered by just 13,000 in chips.
Stein spiked a jack on the flop to take the lead, but the turn and river gave Mercier a runner-runner six-high straight to win the pot. Stein was eliminated from the tournament two hands later.
“Pocket threes were really lucky for me when I was seventeen or eighteen and that’s why I made my (online) name “treysfull,” but I haven’t really won any enormous pots with threes until that one,” Mercier said. His former online screen name was “treysfull21.”
The win marks Mercier’s 2nd High Roller title in as many years. The 23-year-old pro from Davie, Florida also won the 2008 EPT London High Roller Event (£516,000) and came close to winning a 3rd High Roller title back in February at the L.A. Poker Classic (3rd – $141,780).
Runner-up Sam Stein has had a successful year thus far in his own right. Stein finished runner-up to Tom Marchese at the NAPT Venetian Main Event ($522,306) and posted another 2nd place finish in a $5,000 preliminary event at the PCA in January (168,390). Stein earned $75,000 in prize money at the NAPT Mohegan Sun HRBSO; $60,000 for winning his round one table and $15,000 in bounties.
PokerStars.net-sponsored player Faraz Jaka finished third, collecting $80,000 in prize money for his efforts; $60,000 for winning his round one table, and $20,000 for accumulating four knockout bounties. Jaka is the only player to have final tabled both $25,000 HRBSO events. Jaka placed 5th at the NAPT Venetian HRBSO back in February ($95,000).
FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS:
1st: Jason Mercier, Team PokerStars USA – $475,000 ($350,000 final table, $60,000 round one table, $40,000 bounties, $25,000 entry to next HRBSO)
2nd: Sam Stein, USA – $75,000 ($60,000 table; $15,000 bounties)
3rd: Faraz Jaka – $80,000 ($60,000 table; $20,000 bounties)
4th: Matt Glantz, USA – $70,000 ($60,000 table; $10,000 bounties)
5th: Shawn Buchanan, Canada – $80,000 ($60,000 table; $20,000 bounties)
6th: Luis Vazquez, USA – $70,000 ($50,000 table; $20,000 bounties)
** Each bounty = $5,000
The NAPT Mohegan Sun HRBSO attracted 35 players including Team PokerStars Pros Justin Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer, Barry Greenstein, Greg DeBora, Marcello Del Grosso, Pat Pezzin and Anh Van Nguyen.
About Mohegan Sun:
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country.
More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
About www.pokerstars.net:
PokerStars.net is the world’s largest poker site with more than 32 million members around the world. It’s the first choice of the world’s top players with more daily tournaments than anywhere else with the best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars.net than any other site.
PokerStars.net operates worldwide under the license from the Isle of Man Government, UK.
* PokerStars.net regularly sets the bar high, staging some of the biggest online and live poker tournaments in the world:
* The European Poker Tour attracts many of the best players worldwide and currently generates the biggest prize pool of any poker tour
* The PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure (PCA) staged on the shores of Paradise Island in the Bahamas is the largest and richest tournament in the world outside the United States
* The Latin American Poker Tour unites many of the best players in Latin and South America
* The Asia Pacific Poker Tour does the same across Asia and the Pacific
PokerStars.net is also home to an elite team of sponsored players– a group of established and up-and-coming players that travel the world competing in international tournaments. For a full list, visit http://www.pokerstars.net/team-pokerstars/.
Apr 12, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming
New Haven product Vanessa Selbst is crowned 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event Champion with a $750,000 payday
In professional sports, few things are sweeter than winning the biggest game of your career on home turf. New Haven, Connecticut native Vanessa Selbst now knows the feeling.
A 50-minute drive on I-95 will take you from New Haven to Uncasville, Connecticut, home of Mohegan Sun; the second largest casino in the United States and host of the 1st annual PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event. The five-day, $5,000 buy-in championship Main Event attracted 716 runners from more than 20 countries, smashing records for both attendance and total prize pool ($3,264,244) for a poker tournament at Mohegan Sun.
At the end of Day 1, Selbst finished second in chips, behind then leader David Williams. From there, she never dropped lower than third in chips at any point in the tournament and put on a clinic in deep-stack poker at the final table, en route to earning the largest payday of her career.
“It feels awesome (winning close to home). The most meaningful part of this for me was definitely having a lot of my friends that don’t play poker and a lot of my friends from law school see this, and my girlfriend was able to come,” Selbst said. “It was just really great to have everybody here and to see this. This is the hugest moment that I’ve had in poker so far, so it was really nice to have everybody so close.”
The 25-year-old is working toward a law degree in civil rights at her undergraduate alma mater, Yale University, and despite being $750,000 richer, Selbst said she has every intention of finishing school. When asked where this accomplishment ranks amongst her poker accolades, Selbst replied “This is at the top. I mean, I know that a bracelet is supposed to be prestigious, but let’s be honest… That was $230 grand, and this is $750 grand, so… You can’t argue with the dollar signs.”
A wealth of PokerStars.net Players reached the final table including Main Event runner-up Michael Beasley ($428,000), Scott Seiver (4th, $190,000), Derek Raymond (6th, $115,000), Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy ($85,000) and Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar (8th, $60,244).
Four new members of Team PokerStars Canada made their debuts at the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event. Greg Debora, Marcello Del Grosso, Pat Pezzin and Anh Van Nguyen joined Daniel Negreanu and Darus Suharto to form a new-look Canadian team, expected to compete at future NAPT stops. Del Grosso had the most profitable debut of the new Team Pros, cashing in 89th place, good for a $7,500 payday.
Team PokerStars USA members Vanessa Rousso and Dennis Phillips also cashed in the main event; Rousso in 10th place ($47,000) and Phillips in 86th place ($8,500). Rousso’s performance was especially noteworthy, as she managed to best her 25th place finish at NAPT Venetian ($18,080) back in February.
FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS:
1st: Vanessa Selbst (USA) – $750,000
2nd: Michael Beasley, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $428,000
3rd: Michael Woods (USA) – $240,000
4th: Scott Seiver, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $190,000
5th: Alistar “Al” Melville (Canada) – $150,000
6th: Derek Raymond, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $115,000
7th: Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $85,000
8th: Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $60,244
The NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event final table was streamed on a five-minute delay over the Internet via NAPT Live at www.napt.com/tv.
The 2010 NAPT Mohegan Sun tournament series concludes on Tuesday with the final table of the $25,000 buy-in High Roller Bounty Shootout, which starts at 12:00pm EST on Monday, April 12th. Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu, Greg Raymer, Barry Greenstein and Jason Mercier are all expected to play.
Both the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event and the $25,000 High Roller Bounty Shootout will be broadcast on ESPN2; dates airing TBD. The next stop on the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour will be announced soon.
About Mohegan Sun:
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
About www.pokerstars.net:
PokerStars.net is the world’s largest poker site with more than 32 million members around the world. It’s the first choice of the world’s top players with more daily tournaments than anywhere else with the best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars.net than any other site.
PokerStars.net operates worldwide under the license from the Isle of Man Government, UK.
PokerStars.net regularly sets the bar high, staging some of the biggest online and live poker tournaments in the world:
*The European Poker Tour attracts many of the best players worldwide and currently generates the biggest prize pool of any poker tour
* The PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure (PCA) staged on the shores of Paradise Island in the Bahamas is the largest and richest tournament in the world outside the United States.
*The Latin American Poker Tour unites many of the best players in Latin and South America
* The Asia Pacific Poker Tour does the same across Asia and the Pacific
PokerStars.net is also home to an elite team of sponsored players– a group of established and up-and-coming players that travel the world competing in international tournaments. For a full list, visit http://www.pokerstars.net/team-pokerstars/.
