Las Vegas slammed by top poker player

2008-07-15 15:19:28

Dani Stern has made it clear that he will not be joining the ranks of poker professionals currently living in Las Vegas.

The online poker professional, known best as ansky451, slammed Sin City in his latest Card Player blog and claimed he "cannot wait" to get out of there and return home to New York.

Stern had been playing in the World Series of Poker at the Harrah's Entertainment-owned Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

He had some success during the event, earning $21,657 in the World Championship Heads Up competition - although this appears to have done little to endear Las Vegas to him.

"The biggest problem with Vegas, and the reason I could never live here, is the complete and utter void of culture," Stern commented.

"I honestly cannot believe I have friends who live in this skin cancer den."

Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel are just three of the top players who live in the Nevada casino capital.