We start off this week’s installment with news north of the border in Richmond, B.C., Canada, that’s near Vancouver.

Last week, the River Rock Casino Resort hosted ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights as part of the “Rumble at the Rock IV” boxing card and featured an appearance by Sugar Ray Leonard, and the action continues on this week.

Pugilists won’t be involved this time around—it will be the World Poker Tour.

WPT Canada makes its first stop with the Coast to Coast Poker Championship featuring the likes of Yukon Brad Booth and Gavin Smith with the Main Event taking place from May 9 and 10 and final table taking place on May 11, Mother’s Day (speaking of which don’t forget to do something nice for your ma).

Back down stateside, Tropicana Entertainment LLC, which owns the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Las Vegas among other casinos, was expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The reported move was preceded by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission taking away the company’s license to operate in Atlantic City.

It was the Commission’s opinion that based on actions by Tropicana since being granted license to operate in N.J.—including the layoff of unionized employees—the company could not operate in a way that would adhere to state regulations.

The Tropicana in Atlantic City wouldn’t be covered as it is in the process of being sold.

Back in Vegas, this year’s World Series of Poker, which takes place at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, announced a format change.

Rather than holding the Final Table of the NL Hold’em Main Event during the early summer event, the final nine will take a break and play for the prize in November.

With another edition of famed arcade series Street Fighter scheduled for coin-op and console release later on in the year, William Hill online casino is offering a 25 line Action Slot based on Street Fighter II, the game that many say revolutionized the fighting game genre and spawned such imitations as King of Fighters and Mortal Kombat.