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The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is the second largest poker cardroom in California.〔http://www.thebike.com〕 Founded by George Hardie Sr. in 1984, located in Bell Gardens, California, The Bicycle Casino hosts one of country's largest poker rooms. It offers a large selection of poker games and Asian games, as well as a wide range of limits. The casino features a myriad of games including: Blackjack, Texas Hold 'Em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha hold 'em, Mexican Poker, Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker and Baccarat (card game). Financing to build the original Bicycle Club casino was provided by Sam Gilbert, who allegedly used money partially obtained from laundering drug money.〔GLENN F. BUNTING and TINA GRIEGO - (Miami Trial Gives Startling New Portrait of Sam Gilbert. ) Los Angeles Times, April 23, 1990〕 For several years during the 1990s, after being seized due to a tax lien, the casino was owned by the United States government, providing millions of dollars of revenue to the government. The casino is home to the ''Legends of Poker'', a tournament series established in 1995 that now includes a stop on the World Poker Tour. Prior to the Legends, the casino's main tournament series was called the ''Diamond Jim Brady''.〔http://begado.legitimatecasino.com/the-bike/〕 == Live at the Bike == The Bicycle Hotel & Casino was the first brick and mortar casino to broadcast live poker games over the Internet. ''Live at The Bike''〔http://www.liveatthebike.com/〕 ran five nights a week, and was accessible via the casino's website. The show sometimes featured guest commentary from professional players like Barry Greenstein and Kenna James. Live at the Bike became a subscription service in mid-2006. The live broadcast was canceled in March 2007, but returned in January 2011 on PokerNetcast.com. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bicycle Hotel & Casino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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