Here’s something you don’t see every day. On Thursday, Las Vegas officials approved 26 applicants for pot dispensaries, and among them was poker pro Phil Ivey (pictured). Yes, that Phil Ivey was among several notable names, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Notables approved for a city pot permit include restaurateur Michael Morton, downtown entrepreneur Michael Cornthwaite, developer James Hammer, former state Senator Mark James, political consultant David Thomas, and professional poker player Phil Ivey.”

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There were 50 licensees to operate medical marijuana businesses, with about half receiving approval. Ivey could still go through one more round of cuts, however, according to the newspaper: “Applicants who receive both city and state credentials will be routed back to the City Council for a final, as-yet-unscheduled suitability hearing.”

Posters on TwoPlusTwo were buzzing at the news that Ivey could become a mainstay of the Las Vegas medical marijuana industry, with one user attempting to compare pot to poker: “It is interesting how online poker and medical marijuana have similar risk factors. They both have tremendous upside, yet are at risk of the Federal Government shutting them down at any time.”

Another user critiqued, “He simply found a need in a market. He will hire a person to run it all who knows how to grow weed and sell it. Ivey will not mess with any of it, except maybe some financial direction. He is a business owner with probably no clue how to run a weed growing/selling business.”

According to the Review-Journal, about half of the people approved for licenses will actually get one. Among those denied a license during this round in favor of applicants like Ivey was Nuleaf, “a Las Vegas-based company owned by longtime California dispensary operators with Berkeley Patients Group.”

It has been a drama-filled 2014 for Ivey, a ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. A judge recently ruled against Iveyin a multi-million dollar edge-sorting lawsuit in London. Additionally, his free-to-play site, Ivey Poker, suspended operations this week.

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