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The World Series of Poker Main Event final table will feature players from five nations, including chip leader Cliff Josephy, a 51-year-old from New York. The players return to Las Vegas on Oct. 30 to battle for more than $25 million in prize money in front of a live television audience on ESPN, with $8 million going to the winner.

Michael Tureniec won the 2016 Little One for One Drop tournament after coming back from a huge chip disadvantage, collecting his first bracelet and over $500,000 in prize money.

Records were continuously shattered for the duration of the event - May 31 to July 19 - and entries were up 4.2%.

Day 5 of the 2016 Main Event is in the books with just 80 players remaining from the 251 that started the day. Jerry Wong has a stack of 11,555,000, followed by Jan Suchanek, who sits in second with 10,305,000.

Just 251 players remained in contention for poker's most illustrious prize heading into Saturday's Day 5. Leading the field was bracelet winner Bryan Piccioli, who bagged a stack of more than four million chips.

Casino City's Gary Trask describes Thursday night's suspenseful dramatics leading up to the World Series of Poker Main Event's money bubble, as more than a thousand players faced a $15,000 swing.

What do two poker icons do after getting bounced from the World Series of Poker Main Event? They keep hunting for another gold bracelet, even if it's painful to do so.

World Series of Poker Tournament Director Jack Effel reflects on the last seven weeks at the Rio, and explains what format changes were most successful and how he handles the daily grind of running the biggest poker tournament in the world.

She's still the youngest player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet and the only woman to capture a Main Event, but "Annette_15" has a dramatically new outlook on her career as a poker pro since her defining victory in Europe almost nine years ago.

As the World Series of Poker Main Event entered the ninth edition of the "November Nine era," past final table participants spoke with Casino City about the special bond they've developed with each other.

Clayton Maguire played the WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold'Em Championship event and walked away with $210,279.

Monday was, by far, the busiest of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event and the appearance of two of the game's most enigmatic players -- Phil Ivey and Joe McKeehen -- helped add to the hysteria.

Casino City's Gary Trask explains why the World Series is a fun vacation destination, even if you're not playing.

The 22-year-old poker prodigy won the charity-themed $111,111 High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em event, sweeping a field of talented players and securing one of the largest prizes of the summer.

Courtney Kennedy, who says she has been playing poker since age 2, won the $10K No-Limit Hold'em event, grabbing $149,108 in her first WSOP cash.

Kyle Bowker, a professional poker player for ten years, came out on top during the $3K Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split event and walked away with $294,960.

Tony Dunst played as well as he dressed and won the $1K No-Limit Hold'em tournament, collecting $339,254.

Jens Kyllonen made easy work of the final table during the $25K Pot-Limit Omaha High-Roller Championship, earning exactly $1,127,035 along with the coveted gold bracelet.

Despite previously poking fun at the event's format, Doug Polk and Ryan Fee won $153,358 and a gold bracelet apiece and stated they'd play this event again.