The Vegas Tourist Sports
Championship Sunday – 2011 PBR World Finals
The end of the 2011 BFTS PBR season has wound down with once again the Brazilians dominating the competition throughout the weekend. Today’s performance was once again one for the record books due to amazing rides and a high energy crowd. The day was action packed with 15 qualified rides in the long go round [...]
Round 4 Recap – 2011 PBR World Finals
Prior to tonight’s performance I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to the two Canadian representatives Aaron Roy and Tyler Thomson. We will be loading those interviews up on the website shortly so you can listen to the interviews with your favorite riders. Also I was able to grant an email request to [...]
Round 3 Recap – 2011 PBR World Finals
Tonight was a very tough night for the cowboys of the PBR. The Friday night crowd at the Thomas & Mack saw the rankest pen of bucking bulls anyone has seen yet this year at the finals. There were only ten qualified rides throughout the evening with Douglas Ferreira leading the pack with a 91 [...]
Round 2 Recap – 2011 PBR World Finals
The excitement in the Thomas & Mack this evening was nothing but energetic to say the least. Tonight there were 24 riders that covered for the complete 8 seconds which is complete opposite of the previous night where only 9 riders made the 8 second buzzer. Although there was excitement all night the confetti only [...]
Introducing Jason “TEX” Hetland to The Vegas Tourist
Editors Note: To help us bring you a better PBR experience and hopefully to cover sports more in-depth, I would like to introduce you to an old friend who reconnected with at this year’s PBR World Finals. Jason Hetland. For the more seasoned Podcast listeners, we interviewed him, the first time we covered PBR. AT [...]
WSOP November Nine Set!
The massive field of 7,319 players who entered the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has been reduced to just nine competitors who will return to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in November to vie for the top prize of more than $8.9 million and the most coveted prize in poker [...]
2011 NASCAR Weekend Not Yet Determined
Hey, we’re just as anxious as the rest of you are to know the details for the 20111 Las Vegas NASCAR weekend. Sazzy is chomping at the bit to do it again too…. NASCAR Las Vegas Weekend is usually the last weekend in February or the first weekend in March. So to answer everyone’s question [...]
New Man at The PBR
Fans of the PBR were shocked at the news that Jeffrey Pollack moved from the WSOP, and was elected to the PBR Board of Directors as Executive Chairman. A corporate elite decision maker has taken on a leading role in the future of the PBR? Having covered the World Series of Poker as well as [...]
Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier Wins Final Seat in WSOP Tournament of Champions All-Star Game
There can be only one, and today, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, bested eight top poker players to win the final seat into the 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions. The World Series of Poker Academy, the exclusive educational provider for the World Series of Poker, played host to the single table “sudden-death playoff” tournament for nine players [...]
