Mar 18, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming
PokerStars.NET AND MOHEGAN SUN GEAR UP FOR NORTH AMERICAN POKER TOUR $25K HIGH ROLLER BOUNTY SHOOTOUT EVENTNAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller event taking place April 12th and 13th.
All eyes will be on Connecticut in April when Mohegan Sun in Uncasville plays host to the third stop of the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour.
The sixteen-day poker festival will feature some of the best players in the world competing in top-notch events including a $25,600 two-day High Roller Bounty Shootout. Not only will players gain a $5,000 bounty every time they knock out an opponent, but PokerStars.net is adding a seat into the next High Roller Bounty Shootout for the player who collects the most bounties – a prize worth almost $30,000, including accommodations.
The High Roller tournament combines both bounty and shootout formats. Round one on April 12th involves nine tables of nine players, with the first place finisher from each table competing in the winner-takes-all final on April 13th. All the finalists will get $50,000. The remainder (less all the bounties) goes to the overall winner.
Team PokerStars.net Pro Daniel Negreanu said, “I had the opportunity to play in the first High Roller Bounty Shootout at NAPT Venetian in February and I have to say it’s an incredibly exciting format. I am really looking forward to the chance to play again at NAPT Mohegan Sun – and reach the final this time! It’s going to be a great event.”
To give many players an opportunity to play in the High Roller Bounty Shootout event, Mohegan Sun has scheduled a special $5,250 Super-Satellite qualifying tournament at noon on Sunday, April 11th. PokerStars.net is guaranteeing ten (10) $25,600 entries as prizes in this Super-Satellite, with $51,200 (2 entries) added to the prize pool. At least one in-five entrants are guaranteed to win their way through to the High Roller Bounty Shootout event through this Super-Satellite.
The North American Poker Tour is an inaugural event to Mohegan Sun with 37 poker events over 16 days. The tournament will feature the $5,000 buy-in Main Event as well as the $25,600 buy-in Bounty Shootout event, both of which will be produced for a total of four hours for future broadcast on ESPN2 and be hosted by Joanna Krupa of Dancing with the Stars. The Main Event takes place April 7th – 11th and more than 600 players are expected to participate.
Other events include a $300.00 “Ladies only” tournament, a $1,100 buy-in tournament with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool, as well as other events at a wide assortment of buy-in levels. Among the top players heading to Connecticut are Team PokerStars.net Pros Daniel Negreanu, world champion Joe Cada, Vanessa Rousso and Chad Brown.
The first NAPT was the PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure in January which was won by Harrison Gimbel from Florida for $2.2 million. Tom Marchese from New Jersey took down the NAPT Venetian Main Event in February for $827,648 and the NAPT Venetian High Roller Bounty Shootout was won by Ashton Griffin from Florida.
Multi-step satellite qualifying tournaments to the NAPT Main Event are currently underway in the Mohegan Sun Poker Room until the start of the tournament.
Both $230.00 “Step 1” satellites and $1,050 “Step 2” satellites are scheduled daily to make participation in the Main Event accessible to players at a wide range of buy-in levels.
Visit mohegansun.com/poker for additional details. One-in-five will advance from the “Step 1” satellites to “Step 2.” One-in-five will advance from “Step 2” to the $5,000 buy-in North American Poker Tour Main Event.
Registration for all events is now available both in the Poker Room and online at Ptseats.com. Registration will be available 24 hours a day until the start of each event. Poker players are also reminded that they can now use their Player’s Club points to buy into tournaments at a value of two points per $1.00.
For full details about all NAPT events, please visit www.napt.com. For information about Mohegan Sun, including gaming, hotel and entertainment facilities, visit mohegansun.com.
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/.
Mar 8, 2010 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Mohegan Sun regrets to announce that the postponed January 18th Lady Gaga performance at Mohegan Sun Arena has now been officially cancelled. There will not be a rescheduled Mohegan Sun Arena date.
Customers that purchased tickets at the Mohegan Sun Box Office or Ticketmaster outlets should return to the point of purchase for refunds. Purchases made online at ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge by Phone number will be refunded automatically.
Customers that purchased tickets on-line at livenation.com or ticketmaster.com for the cancelled Mohegan Sun and Oakdale Theater performances will have first access to tickets for Lady Gaga’s next area performance. Only online customers will be able to participate in this pre-sale, and they will be notified via email.
For more information on 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.
Mar 2, 2010 | Breaking News, Sports
Two budding superstars—one from boxing, one from music—team up
Grammy-nominated recording artist Drake will join undefeated World Boxing Council Super Lightweight Champion
Devon Alexander “The Great” during the boxer’s walk to the ring for his world championship unification match on Saturday at Mohegan Sun that will be televised live on HBO (9:30pm ET/PT) from Mohegan Sun. The event is being promoted by Don King Productions.
Drake will perform his smash-hit “Forever,” which will provide a perfect opportunity to play to the song’s lyric, “Last name ever, first name greatest,” as Alexander’s ring nickname is “The Great.”
The song was included on the soundtrack of the LeBron James documentary film More Than a Game and peaked in Billboard magazine at #1 on the Rap chart; #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart; and #8 on the overall Hot 100 chart.
The boxer and rapper, both 23, recently met in Las Vegas where Alexander, a native of St. Louis, had set up his training camp. The boxer’s trainer-manager Kevin Cunningham and Drake’s managers noted the chemistry between the two emerging superstars and decided to pair them at Saturday’s boxing event.
“Naturally I’m a big fan of Drake’s,” Alexander said. “He’s a really nice guy and I like the ‘Forever’ lyric. I’m looking forward to hearing it as an added bit of motivation while I’m walking into the ring to face Juan Urango on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun.”
Music fans that viewed the recent national telecast of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards may remember seeing Drake’s performance of “Forever” alongside Lil Wayne and Eminem to close out the show.
Alexander’s promoter Don King—whose music exploits include owning The Corner Tavern in Cleveland during the 50s and 60s, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002; the classic 1974 music festival that accompanied the “Rumble in the Jungle”; and promoting the “Jackson’s Victory Tour” in 1984—is excited to have Drake joining with his fighter.
“I’ve always loved music and Drake is one of the hottest artists in the world today,” King said. “We’ve got the best young boxer in Devon Alexander and this sparkling young singer Drake. It’s going to be something special on Saturday night.”
Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake, is a Toronto-born actor and singer recently nominated for two Grammys: “Best Rap Solo Performance” and “Best Rap Song” for “Best I Ever Had.” Drake, who is signed to Aspire / Cash Money / Young Money has worked with, and earned the respect of, the most innovative artists in the Hip-Hop world including Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem as well as musicians like Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige, to name a few.
Drake is currently putting the finishing touches on his debut album, Thank Me Later, which is slated for a May 2010 release. Starting in April, Drake will headline the “Away From Home” tour, a Campus Consciousness tour, which has been selling out in ticket pre-sales.
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 Don King Productions
Don King Productions has promoted over 500 world championship fights with nearly 100 individual boxers having been paid $1 million or more. DKP also holds the distinction of having promoted or co-promoted seven of the 10 largest pay-per-view events in history, as gauged by total buys, including three of the top five: Holyfield vs. Tyson II, 1.99 million buys, June 1997; Tyson vs. Holyfield I, 1.6 million buys, November 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, 1.58 million buys, August 1995.
DKP has promoted or co-promoted 12 of the top 20 highest-grossing live gates in the history of the state of Nevada including four of the top five: Holyfield vs. Lewis II, paid attendance: 17,078, gross: $16,860,300 (NOTE: Also second-highest live-gate gross for any event in the history of the world.), date: Nov. 13, 1999; Holyfield vs. Tyson II, paid attendance: 16,279, gross: $14,277,200, date: June 28, 1997; Holyfield vs. Tyson I, paid attendance: 16,103, gross: $14,150,700, date: Nov. 9, 1996; and Tyson vs. McNeeley, paid attendance: 16,113, gross: $13,965,600, date: Aug. 19, 1995.
Feb 24, 2010 | Breaking News, Entertainment, Special Events
New York Times best-selling author, Harlan Coben takes part in a Winning Authors event on April 10th
Mohegan Sun’s Winning Authors welcomes best-selling author Harlan Coben. The world-renowned author will host a live discussion on Saturday, April 10th in The Cabaret Theatre at 2:00pm followed by a book signing in The Shops at Mohegan Sun at 3:00pm for his latest thriller Caught. Coben’s appearance in Mohegan Sun’s Winning Authors places him in a class of authors such as Sue Grafton, Nora Roberts, Robin Cook, Lee Child and John Saul.
Harlan Coben’s critically-acclaimed novels have earned him international success. As the first author ever to win the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award, Coben continues to rake in accolades from reviewers and fans worldwide. His previous seven novels have appeared on the top of all major best-seller lists including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly. Coben’s latest novel, Caught, tells the story of a missing girl, a community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can’t trust her own instincts about the case, or the motives of the people around her.
Winning Authors is an experience offering an intimate and unique environment for book lovers. All events are free and open to the public of all ages. Books by featured authors will be available at the Spin Street store in The Shops at Mohegan Sun for purchase. For more information on Harlan Coben and other Winning Author events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com/winning-authors.
Feb 18, 2010 | Breaking News, Gaming, General News
Mohegan Sun and PokerStars.net announce North American Poker Tour Schedule March 27th – April 13th
The stars are aligned for March and April as prominent poker forces PokerStars.net and Mohegan Sun present the third leg of the North American Poker Tour. This inaugural event to Mohegan Sun, with 38 poker events over 16 days, will feature a $5,000 buy-in Main Event and a $10,000 buy-in Bounty Shootout event, both of which will be produced for future broadcast on ESPN2 and will be hosted by Joanna Krupa of Dancing with the Stars. The events are scheduled to occur from Saturday, March 27th through Tuesday, April 13th, with the Main Event taking place April 7th – 11th. Top poker players like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer are expected to participate as well as players from Connecticut, across the U.S.A. and around the world.
Multi-step satellite qualifying tournaments to the NAPT Main Event are currently underway in the Mohegan Sun Poker Room until the start of the tournament. Both $230.00 “Step 1” satellites and $1,050 “Step 2” satellites are scheduled daily to make participation in the Main Event accessible to players at a wide range of buy-in levels.
Visit mohegansun.com/poker for additional details. One-in-five will advance from the “Step 1” satellites to “Step 2.” One-in-five will advance from “Step 2” to the $5,000 buy-in North American Poker Tour Main Event.
Registration for all events is now available, both in the Poker Room and online at Ptseats.com. Registration will be available 24 hours a day until the start of each event. Poker players are also reminded that they can now use their Player’s Club points to buy into tournaments at a value of two points per $1.00.
For more information about the NAPT, visit www.napt.com. For information about Mohegan Sun, including gaming, hotel and entertainment facilities, visit mohegansun.com. And to secure your seats to events in advance, visit www.ptseats.com.
The schedule is as follows:
- Event 1: March 27th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Deep Stack” $550.00 + $50.00
- Event 2: March 27th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
- Event 3: March 28th at 10:00am, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Flight A $170.00 + $30.00
- Event 3: March 28th at 1:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Flight B $170.00 + $30.00
- Event 3: March 28th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Shootout” Finals
- Event 4: March 28th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 5: March 29th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em $360.00 + $40.00
- Event 6: March 29th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “200+100+40 Bounty
- Event 7: March 29th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
- Event 8: March 30th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry (Unlimited through Level 3)” $270.00 + $30.00
- Event 9: March 30th at 5:00pm, Omaha 8 or Better $270.00 + $30.00
- Event 10: March 30th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
- Event 11: March 31st at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry” (Limit 1 Re-Entry) $360.00 + $40.00
- Event 12: March 31st at 5:00pm, Seven Card Stud “Hi Only” $270.00 + $30.00
- Event 13: March 31st at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
- Event 14: April 1st at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$260+$200+$40 Bounty
- Event 15: April 1st at 5:00pm, “Pot Limit Omaha Hi” $270.00 + $30.00
- Event 16: April 1st at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 17: April 2nd at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Deep Stack” Day 1 $920.00 + $80.00
- Event 18: April 2nd at 5:00pm, H.O.S.E. $270.00 + $30.00
- Event 19: April 2nd at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 20: April 3rd at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Survivor (1 in 10 wins $3,000)” $300.00 + $40.00
- Event 21: April 3rd at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 1 Super Satellite to Step 2 NAPT Main Event Super” $210.00 + $20.00
- Event 22: April 3rd at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 23: April 5th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Load” $300.00 + $40.00
- Event 24: April 5th at 5:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$100+$100+$30 Bounty Turbo Event”
- Event 25: April 5th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 26: April 6th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$400+$200+$50 PokerStars Bounty Hunter”
- Event 27: April 6th at 3:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Super Satellite to Main Event” $500.00 + $30.00
- Event 28: April 6th at 7:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Step 2 Super Satellite to NAPT Main Event” $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 29: April 7th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Main Event” Day 1 $4,700 + $300.00 (Main Event will run through April 11th)
- Event 30: April 7th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Turbo” $200.00 + $30.00
- Event 31: April 8th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em Day 1 $2,000 + $150.00
- Event 32: April 8th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Turbo” $200.00 + $30.00
- Event 33: April 9th at 2:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “$200,000 Guarantee” Day 1 $1,000 + $100.00
- Event 34: April 10th at 11:00am, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Ladies Only” $300.00 + $30.00
- Event 35: April 10th at 6:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Re-Entry- Super Satellite to $10,000 Bounty Shootout” (Event 36) $1,000 + $50.00
- Event 36: April 11th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Bounty Shootout” Day 1 $10,000 + $300.00 (Day 2 will be held on April 12th)
- Event 37: April 11th at 12:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em $500.00 + $50.00
- Event 38: April 11th at 4:00pm, No Limit Hold ‘Em “Super Satellite NAPT #4” $500.00 + $30.00
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:
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The European Poker Tour attracts many of the best players worldwide and currently generates the biggest prize pool of any poker tour
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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/.
Jan 15, 2010 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Singer’s performance on January 18th has been postponed
Due to exhaustion and dehydration, Lady Gaga collapsed and passed out before her show last night in West Lafayette, IN. Her physician has advised her to take a few days off to rest.
The Monday, January 18th performance at Mohegan Sun Arena is POSTPONED. A new rescheduled date is to be announced. Tickets for the Monday, January 18th Mohegan Sun date will be honored at the rescheduled date. Refunds can be made at point of purchase.
For more information on the Lady Gaga postponement, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
