Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Play 40 hours of live poker in the Monte Carlo Poker Room is Las Vegas between now and February 28 and you will qualify for the $100,000 Super Poker Tournament to be held March 2-4. First place winner of the tournament will receive $50,000. Join the girls of Sinsation Poker for the Sinsation Poker Classic at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas being held from January 26-28. The No- Limit Texas Hold 'em Tournament buy-in is $500 with a first place prize of $100,000, based on the number of participants. Call 1-800-634-6441 for details. Fitzgeralds in downtown Las Vegas is running "Tropical Paradise Poker Room Monthly Cruise Giveaways." Earn entries while playing in the poker room. Nightly drawings for prizes including free hotel stays, buffets and Fitz Poker Room Gear. A monthly drawing for a cruise is held on the last day of each month. Cruise to Mexico or the Bahamas. The cruise package includes airfare. Fitzgeralds will also be giving away a brand new PT Cruiser Convertible this spring. The contest is running from January through April 11 to earn and obtain entries for a chance to win the car. Get free entries for winning the nightly drawings, playing slots, tables or live poker and for dining and staying in the hotel. Visit the Club Fitz Booth for complete information on earning drawing tickets. To keep up with the latest on Las Vegas tune into "Lunchtime With Ira, Live from the Las Vegas Hilton," a weekly Television- Radio-Internet show that promotes Las Vegas, airing on Clark County Television (CCTV), Cox Cable Channel 4 every Thursday at noon. Repeated airings are on Fridays and Saturdays at noon and Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. The show, produced live every Monday at noon, features Ira David Sternberg talking with the community leaders, celebrities, entertainers, writers, and personalities who make Las Vegas the most exciting city in the world. "We're delighted that viewers of CCTV will get a chance to see many of the fascinating people who make this community a vibrant place to live in or visit," said Sternberg, whose career includes decades of professional broadcasting as well as public relations, writing and communications. Sternberg was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998. Some of the community leaders who have appeared on "Lunchtime" include Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA); Stewart Mann, dean, William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration; Bob Fisher, president and CEO, Nevada Broadcasters Association; Don Snyder, chairman, Las Vegas Performing Arts Center Foundation; Curtis Myles, president, Las Vegas Monorail; and Jacob Snow; general manager, Regional Transportation Commission.

Some of the entertainers who have appeared on the show include Johnny Mathis, Lance Burton, Clint Holmes, David Copperfield, Reba McEntire, Don Rickles, Brooks & Dunn, and Michael Buble.