Once a Las Vegas bargain staple, the shrimp cocktail has now gone the way of the 99-cent breakfast, the $2 buffet, and the $4.99 prime rib. The last hold-out at the Fremont has sustained a price increase and is now $1.99. Shrimp skimp: The Las Vegas 99-cent shrimp cocktail is no more. The new Poker World Champion will be crowned this week. Eight of the nine final-table players will get $1 million or more ($900,000 for 9th) and the top 1,507 finishers will be in the money for at least a $15,000 prize. The prize pool is more than $100 million, with a record $12.1 million going to first place. That’s a 16% increase over last year’s 8,663 entrants and the most ever, surpassing the 8,773 in 2006. The Main Event of the 54th World Series of Poker is in progress, drawing 10,043 players who put up $10,000 for the entry fee or won their way in through qualifying tournaments.
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