A friend called me tonight to say he couldn't get a room at Rincon and would not be going... and he wanted to because of ALL of the events there this weekend.

There is the cash giveaway Saturday night with hourly $1,000 free play prizes plus the $50,000 cash winner at 11pm.

There is some kind of big slot tournament, and some kind of big blackjack tournament with -- as it was described to me -- hundreds of entrants in each.

The hotel had apparently been booked for several weeks. My friend is a Diamond and suggested that only the "very high level 7 Stars" who still needed a room might get one of the few kept in reserve.