South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas will host the South Point blackjack tournament on October 12th as part of the festivities leading up to the South Point 400 NASCAR weekend. Officially titled the Brendan Gaughan Celebrity Blackjack Tournament, the event will feature teams of three competing at the blackjack tables alongside notable NASCAR drivers and personalities. The celebrity lineup is expected to include former NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick, Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace, Chris Buescher, Daniel Hemric and others. Participants will start the evening with a cocktail reception and hors d’oeuvres before the competition begins….

Card Player – A third Nevada online poker operator is now taking action. Real Gaming, the brand under which South Point Casino has ventured into the online space, has began what is considered its soft launch phase. The firm’s website can be found here. Originally slated to be called “South Point Poker”, the company re-branded last year. South Point was once considered to be the favorite to be the first Nevada site up and operational, but it was leapfrogged to the market by Ultimate Poker — an offshoot of Station Casinos — and the WSOP — owned by Caesars Entertainment…