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The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event features three starting flights - July 7, 8 and 9 at 12 noon.

The punishment could be a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, versus a ticket and a small fine now.

When the $1 million tournament at the World Series of Poker began, poker pros were expected to easily outclass the billionaire businessmen who entered the field. But that never happened. And good risk management might be the reason why.

Antonio Esfandiari originally wasn't planning on playing the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker, but changed his mind a few days before the tournament began. On Tuesday, he changed his life, winning the title and $18.3 million.

This year's projection is up 0.6 percent from 2011's Fourth of July weekend.

Casino City's Aaron Todd takes a look at how the poker pros have fared in comparison to the amateurs at the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker.

Outside of the $10,000 Main Event, the $1 million Big One for One Drop is easily the most anticipated tournament of this year's World Series of Poker. Here are the top-10 notable aspects of the Big One for One Drop.

The professional poker players and the businessmen in the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker are all keenly aware of the huge spotlight on this event and the good that it will do for One Drop and for poker.

Putting away his World Series of Poker media credential for the day gave Aaron Todd an authentic experience from the rail watching his friend Jas play in a WSOP event.

The airport had 3,663,251 arriving and departing passengers during the month, compared with 3,652,634 passengers in May 2011, a 0.3 percent increase.

After five years of construction, the $2.4 billion T3 went into service Wednesday with the standard official speeches and platoon of showgirls, celebrity impersonators and stage performers.

One of the first free-play poker sites delivered by a licensed gaming manufacturer in the United States is now live.

A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ruled the investment funds that hold the $160 million mortgage on the Summerlin resort could not stop an outsider from buying them out at a discount to face value.

Oleksii Kovalchuk collected $228,014 in prize money and his second career WSOP gold bracelet early Monday morning after winning the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better event.

Greg Ostrander, the winner of the World Series of Poker's $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament, has a bite to the face to thank for his victory and the $742,072 first-place prize.

Nolan Dalla, the Media Director for the World Series of Poker, has a penchant for wit in his official tournament summaries. So much so, we have once again created a top-10 list of Nolan's greatest hits from the 2012 WSOP.

Ronnie Bardah's story does not so much begin at the 2012 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but it most certainly ends here –- at least this chapter -- as the 29-year-old won his first WSOP bracelet and $182,088 in the $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em event.

Jan-Peter Jachtman, a relatively unknown German poker player, beat the great Sammy Farha at his own game to propel himself to the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha title at the World Series of Poker on Saturday.

Doug "Gomer" Nguyen didn't plan on playing in the most recent $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker, but a friend convinced him to jump in, and the two are now surely closer than ever.

David Baker beat his good friend Greg Mueller heads up to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $271,312.