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Woods watches and learns, wins first WSOP title

Nevada passes major gambling legislation

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed legislation to adopt regulations and grant licenses to casinos to be ready to offer online poker if and when the federal government approves it.

What a Steury! Sick call leads former online pro to WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title

Convinced to play in WSOP by Esfandiari, Rast wins WSOP bracelet

After arriving in Las Vegas on a red-eye flight Brian Rast planned on getting some sleep, but is now thrilled Antonio Esfandiari convinced him to play in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, because he now owns his first WSOP bracelet as a result.

Hellmuth denied record 12th bracelet

John Juanda played the part of spoiler when he defeated Phil Hellmuth heads-up to win the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship at the World Series of Poker early Sunday morning. Hellmuth would have won his record 12 gold bracelet if he took down the event.

Juanda beats Hellmuth for fifth WSOP bracelet

John Juanda defeated Phil Hellmuth heads up to claim the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship at the World Series of Poker title, his fifth WSOP bracelet, and deny Hellmuth from clinching his 12th to break his own record.

Bonkowski bonks Brongo in heads up match, claims WSOP limit title

Canadian poker pro Tyler Bonkowski overcame a 12-1 chip disadvantage to win the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em Championship at the World Series of Poker, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $220,817 in prize money.

Chalk another one up for the newbies at WSOP

Facing four former WSOP gold bracelet winners with six combined career wins amongst them, Andrew Badecker slayed the field at the final table, claiming $369,371 in prize money and becoming the 13th first-time bracelet winner in 13 events.

Cancer survivor gets second chance, wins WSOP Triple Chance event

As a child growing up in Honduras, David Diaz beat cancer, something that most in his situation would have seen as a death sentence. On Thursday night, he fittingly won the $1,500 Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker to claim $352,808 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

22-year-old Russian wins WSOP Omaha high-low title

Viacheslav Zhukov, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Stary Oskol, Russia defeated a star-studded field of 202 players to win the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Championship and $465,216 at the World Series of Poker.

Gynecologist wins $544,388, WSOP bracelet in world's largest six-handed tournament

Geffrey Klein, a 44-year-old gynecologist from Houston, won the largest six-handed no-limit Hold’em tournament in history to claim $544,388 at the World Series of Poker after pulling off a stunning comeback during heads-up play and won what must be considered one of the most unlikely victories so far at the 2011 WSOP.

Vegas gambling revenues dip slightly in April

Gaming revenues on the Las Vegas Strip dropped 2.2 percent in April, despite the total visitor count rising 4.8 percent.

Gertzwiller wins a WSOP title for the USA

After two British players won WSOP gold bracelets the previous week, Sean Getzwiller, from Las Vegas, Nev., won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker to claim $611,185.

Macau keeps gambling destination top spot

Macau looks likely to maintain lead as world's top gambling destination, with Singapore overtaking Las Vegas in second.

Nevada will get 75 percent of unclaimed slot machine winnings

The state will receive a majority of revenue made off unclaimed slot machine tickets from casinos starting July 1.

Bally to provide gaming devices to Italian lottery

Bally Technologies will provide more than 5,000 gaming devices and systems to Italy's video lottery program.

Player participation up at WSOP

Despite the major online poker indictments, player participation in the first 11 events at the World Series of Poker is up 2.5 percent over last year.

Perrins win WSOP bracelet after learning how to play on YouTube

Matt Perrins learned all he needed to know about 2-7 lowball in 30 minutes of YouTube viewing, winning a World Series of Poker bracelet and $102,105 despite having never played the game before.

Station Casinos launches new slot at Nevada casinos

Station Casinos has unveiled the new Tarzan Lord of the Jungle video game at 10 of its casinos in Nevada.

Duhamel ready for WSOP encore

Defending World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has embraced his role as poker's new ambassador.

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