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Casino City sits down with the affable Jack Effel, VP of the WSOP, who shares insights into the record-breaking 2024 Main Event and the factors that draw players back to Las Vegas year after year.

Antonius is one of poker’s most successful European players, ranking 36th all-time in career earnings. In 2023, Antonius made history by winning a $1,978,000 cash game pot, the largest ever on a U.S. livestream broadcast.

It was Aditya Agarwal who managed to beat 1,424 unique entries to claim the first WSOP gold bracelet of this inaugural World Series event, alongside $189,661.

Daniel Perkusic and Danny Tang earned the two biggest slices of the $8,929,250 prize pool, with Perkusic walking away with $2,100,325 whereas Tang had to settle for a runner-up score of $1,400,217.

Overcoming a field of 6,076 contenders that created a massive $5,361,840 prize pool, Georgios Skarparis emerged victorious and claimed $554,925.

The most prestigious event in poker, the $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event is underway on the Las Vegas Strip, and frontrunners are emerging.

On Tuesday, a guest visiting from Middle Village, New York, enjoyed a serendipitous moment when he hit the Mega Progressive Jackpot with a Royal Flush playing Three Card Poker at Paris Las Vegas.

The Main Event for the 55th Annual World Series of Poker is officially underway as 2023 WSOP Main Event Champion Daniel Weinman was on hand to deliver the iconic “Shuffle Up and Deal” to kickstart the tournament.

Patrick Moulder already made two final tables earlier in the series before this event, finishing ninth in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and eighth in $10,000 limit H.O.R.S.E. Championship.

Here, we take a look at 10 announcements from casino-resorts who are planning to expand in one way or another.

Las Vegas local Daniel Vampan emerged victorious after a dominant final table performance to take home $148,635 and his first gold bracelet.

With a prize pool of $2,322,320 and 2,639 entrants, the $1,000 Super Bounty Turbo saw France's Thibault Perissat to be the last standing and won $197,308.

David Prociak came into the finale as a one-time WSOP bracelet winner and left the day adding another bracelet and $129,676 to his already decorated resume.

At the end of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event, Nick Guagenti proudly raised up the gold bracelet, earning himself the lion's shares of the $591,405 total prize pool.

Yockey overcame a field of 733 entrants in Event $8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha to take home his second piece of World Series of Poker hardware while notching a new career-best score of $606,654.

In this week's video, we discuss how the Las Vegas resort has undergone major changes to its rooms, casino floor, pool area, marquees, and even overhauled the food court.

The 2024 series began with Vegas Golden Knights Stanley Cup champion 2023 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Marchessault delivering the “Shuffle Up and Deal” to kick off the WSOP’s first opening weekend.

Following the success of Dominique Ansel Las Vegas, which opened at Caesars Palace in October 2022, Dominique Ansel Marché is set to debut in fall 2024.

A Caesars Palace guest has won a total of $1,617,750 within the last 10 days on several jackpots, while a player at Paris Las Vegas claimed $608,242 during a Three Card Poker session.

With only seven states in the U.S. offering legal online casinos, it is expected that more could be getting closer to launching this year.