What tournament is annually held in Las Vegas since the 1970s?
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Lakewood Louie "Lakewood" Louie is an American poker player best known for his success at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010). It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.
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2015 USA Sevens The 2015 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2015 Las Vegas Sevens) is the twelfth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. The tournament is scheduled for February 13–15, 2015 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Super High Roller Bowl The Super High Roller Bowl is an annual high stakes No Limit Hold'em poker tournament that takes place at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first edition of the event was held in July 2015 and featured a $500,000 buy-in, drawing a field of 43 players. Brian Rast won the inaugural tournament, earning $7,525,000. For its second year the tournament was moved to May and the buy-in was lowered to $300,000. Entries increased to 49 and Rainer Kempe captured the first prize of $5,000,000. The website Poker Central sponsors the event and features a live stream throughout the duration of the tournament.
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2014 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament The 2014 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 13–15, 2014 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, with the champion New Mexico State Aggies receiving an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament. This was the third consecutive year the WAC Tournament took place in Las Vegas.
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Rhode Island Open The Rhode Island Open is the Rhode Island state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Rhode Island Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1929 at a variety of courses around the state.
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Kerrygold International Classic The Kerrygold International Classic was a men's golf tournament on the European Tour from 1975 to 1977. It was held at the Waterville Golf Links on the Ring of Kerry in County Kerry, Ireland.
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1979 Super Bowl of Poker The Super Bowl of Poker (also known as Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker or SBOP) was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."
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2017 US Darts Masters The 2017 US Darts Masters was the inaugural staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation, as a third entry in the 2017 World Series of Darts. The tournament featured eight North American players who faced eight PDC players, which was held at the Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, United States from 14–15 July.
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1972 World Series of Poker The 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held during early May 1972 at the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the third annual installment of the World Series of Poker, and also the second one to feature the freezeout structure. In comparison with the previous year's series, the number of events was cut back and the buy-ins were raised, resulting in one preliminary event and the Main Event both having the same buy-in of $10,000 (equals about $54,000 in 2011 U.S. dollars). The preliminary event featured five-card stud poker and was won by Bill Boyd, the same man who won the 1971 five-card stud preliminary event. The previous years' double champion Johnny Moss was defeated early in the main event and Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston went on to win the tournament after a series of deals.
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World Masters (darts) The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running and most prestigious professional darts tournaments, which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship. The tournament has been sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau for 40–41 years.
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2008 World Series of Poker The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. As has been the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money, which (after the casino's rake) ranged from $87,929 to $9,119,517.
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Virginia Slims of Dallas The Virginia Slims of Dallas is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1972 to 1989. From 1979 through 1982 the event was known as the Avon Championships of Dallas. It was held in Dallas, Texas in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts.
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J Golf Phoenix LPGA International The J Golf Phoenix LPGA International, in full the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Presented by Mirassou Winery, was a women's professional golf tournament in Arizona on the LPGA Tour. Founded as the "Sun City Classic" in 1980, it was held annually in the Phoenix area through 2009, making it one of the longest-lasting events on the LPGA Tour.
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AT&amp;T Byron Nelson The AT&T Byron Nelson is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is hosted by the Salesmanship Club of 600-member civic organization, and has benefited the Club's nonprofit Momentous Institute since its inception. The tournament is held in May at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, U.S. It is one of two PGA tournaments held in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – the only metropolitan area to host two PGA tournaments. The tournament is the leading fundraiser for charity on the PGA Tour and has raised more than $143 million. For much of its history, it was the only PGA Tour stop named after a professional golfer; it remains one of only two such events, along with the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Nelson commonly made an appearance during the tournament. It is organized by the Salesmanship Club of Dallas.
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Las Vegas Open (darts) The Las Vegas Open is a darts tournament organised by the American Darts Organization that started in 1980.
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Diamond Cup Golf Diamond Cup Golf (ダイヤモンドカップゴルフ , Daiyamondo kappu gorufu ) is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. The tournament is played over late May and early June. Since its founding in 1973, the event has traveled throughout Japan; different courses have hosted the event on all four major islands. In 2014, the purse was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. Beginning in 2014, the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.
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Memphis Open (tennis) The Memphis Open, is a professional tennis tournament founded in 1975 that has been held at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee since 1977. The Memphis Open is the only ATP event in the United States that is played on indoor hard courts and usually takes place in February. For part of its history it was a combined men's and women's tournament but as of 2014 it is solely a men's tournament.
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People vs. The Pros People vs. The Pros is a golf tournament played annually since 2003 at courses all over the United States. The event has two different division, ages 18–49 and ages 50+. The event takes two professionals and two amateurs who qualify for the event during a qualifying tournament. The winning amateur from each age division then would play an 18-hole match against a PGA Tour pro, using the correct handicap system. Notable courses that have hosted the event are Pinehurst, Lake Las Vegas Resort, Barton Creek and in Los Cabos.
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1974 Virginia Slims Championships The 1974 Virginia Slims Championships were the third season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1974 Virginia Slims circuit. It was held from October 14–19, in Los Angeles, United States. The 16 best performers of the circuit qualified for the championship as well as the four best doubles teams. Third-seeded Evonne Goolagong won the singles title and the accompanying $32,000 first prize.
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BDO World Darts Championship The BDO World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO). It began in 1978, and was, alongside the World Darts Federation's World Cup of Darts, one of two world championship tournaments until 1993. Since 1994, following a dispute with the BDO and the subsequent fallout, a breakaway group (originally known as the World Darts Council, and now known as the Professional Darts Corporation) stages its own annual PDC World Championship, generally before the BDO version in late December and early January of each year.
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PGA Professional Championship The PGA Professional Championship is a golf tournament for golf club professionals and teachers who are members of the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It has been held by the PGA of America since 1968, when touring professionals split off to found the PGA Tour.