What is the largest payout for a single bet in the history of Las Vegas?

Can you tell me the story behind the chess board in Annie Duke's new book Decide to Play Great Poker? A friend of mine who knows chess was leafing through my copy, saw the chess board graphic, and said "That's a famous board." But he didn't know the details.

Why the delay in the final table for the WSOP, from mid-July until November?

A Las Vegas bar called Rounders has a coupon that pays a $20 bonus for a "straight to the 8," but it doesn't explain what that means. Does a straight to the 8 end on 8, begin on 8, or simply include 8 anywhere in the straight?

I have a question for Bob Dancer or the LVA staff. Are there reasonable investment opportunities in video poker teams? It seems as though the margins are so thin, even when video poker is expertly played, that there would be no advantages to video poker as an investment, other than for comps.

I was trying to find some history on the Western Casino downtown. I could only find it opened in 1970. Jackie Gaughan and a partner owned it. It opened as the world’s largest bingo parlor. There must be much more to a 41-year-old downtown casino.

I read an article about blackjack that referenced "preferential shuffling" as a defense against card counting. Can you explain this tactic?

I'm a very poor reader. Can I get Decide to Play Great Poker on tape?

I was watching a YouTube video where Alan Mendelson was interviewing Anthony Curtis and he said that Annie Duke was coming out with some books that you could purchase from LVA. Any update on when that will take place?

What's the story behind holding all the cards on a dealt 4-of-a-kind in video poker? What does it matter if you hold all five or draw one?