Stardust

LAS VEGAS--As I write this the Stardust Casino is less than an hour away from closing down its gambling operations and less than six hours away from closing its doors forever. But last night was the final night in the historic Stardust poker room. There was no graveyard poker shift last night so, just after 10 PM, when the floor told the dealers to "Finish the hand you are on and hold up..." It was so he could get everyone's attention and make this final announcement:

"Dealers, please shuffle up and deal the final hands in the 48 year history of the Stardust poker room."

Now I, and thirty-three other players, can say forever that we lost the final hand ever dealt at the Stardust.

The Stardust closes this Wednesday.

The end of, yet another, era is a few days away. The Stardust shuts its doors this Wednesday at Noon. When it opened in 1958 the Stardust was the world's largest hotel. A multi billion dollar mega-resort called Echelon Place will replace the Stardust with its opening scheduled for 2010.

As part of my own personal Halloween on the Strip adventure, I will end up at the Stardust and play in the poker room one last time somewhere after midnight on Halloween night. This will officially put me in the Stardust on its last day. Report to follow right here on PokerBlog.

Oh and I will go back in February for the actual "Tumblin' Down" when the Stardust is set for one of those dust cloud implosions.

Stardust review and history lesson.