Entertainment

Dear Ace,
I've recently won a bunch of poker tournaments in a row-with the last prize being a six-figure sum. It's been a wild ride. Women are suddenly all over me. I haven't lost a game in I don't know how long, but I don't think I can keep this lucky streak up forever. What if my luck runs out?-Don't Know When To Fold 'Em

Dear Don't Know When To Fold 'Em:

The wheeling and dealing that takes place at a poker table typically involves only the cards being dealt. In this two-part series, we delve into the chance meeting of two recreational poker players who turned a chatty no-limit game at the Venetian into a multimillion dollar movie production deal.

Go to www.pokeplayernewspaper.com to view this and other "25 Year Ago" archive issues. Poker's first publication started here a quarter of a century ago and blazed a trail that many other publications followed. See this issue for yourself; learn the news of 25 years ago, and read winning advice and stories from some of the biggest names in poker.

Magic has always been a major part of the entertainment scene in Las Vegas and no-one has had more success than Lance Burton who is now in his thirteenth year performing at the Monte Carlo in a theater named for him. I saw his show the other night for the first time in more than a year, and though it was a weeknight, the place was packed and the show ended with a well-deserved standing O.

You would think that putting on a show almost nightly for more than 10 years would get a little tiring, a little stale, but Burton has been able to keep his show fresh and his enthusiasm high.

Mosaic, the six-man a cappella group, headlines a 75-minute performance at the Hilton Theater in the Las Vegas Hilton on February 21 at 8 p.m. Recently voted MTV's Top Pop Group, Mosaic's music experience includes renditions from Sly and the Family Stone's Thank You and Bill Withers' Lean on Me to Zapp & Roger's More Bounce and classic television theme songs.

I love poker adventures-finding and playing the game in unusual places. I don't like to boast, but I may have played poker in more places than anyone else except, perhaps, perpetual poker cruisers Jan Fisher and Linda Johnson.

Get ready for some laughs as The Comedy Festival returns November 20-22 to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for its fourth year. Scheduled to appear at this year's event are headliners Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Dane Cook, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan and Jeff Dunham, who will be joined by Mike Epps, David Alan Grier, The Kids in the Hall, Russell Peters, Jim Breuer, Andrew Dice Clay, Jim Norton and John Oliver. In addition, Caliente Comedy will feature comedians Gabriel Iglesias, Pablo Francisco and Anjelah Johnson.

One of the longest running shows in Las Vegas is Crazy Girls at the Riviera, despite heavy competition not only from other hotel-casinos, but from the town's strip joints.

One of the reasons are the girls themselves-all gorgeous and with a good sense of humor. The show is not only very sexy, but fun as well.

Cheryl, a 5-foot, 6-inch blue-eyed blonde joined the cast in 2005 after moving to Las Vegas from Denver.

Lewis Black, best known for his regular segment "Back in Black" on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," will perform his hilarious stand-up comedy for the first time inside the Danny Gans Theatre at The Mirage August 30 at 10 p.m. and August 31 at 9 p.m.

Jim Gaffigan, one of the most versatile comedians working today, will perform at the Mandalay Bay Theatre Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. Gaffigan is embarking on a national stand-up tour featuring all-new material. Called Jim Gaffigan: The Sexy Tour, it will travel to more than 20 markets nationwide. As you might guess by the name, this show is for adult audience.