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As we enter the ninth year of the November Nine Era, Casino City's Gary Trask crunches the numbers and comes away with some compelling trends and tidbits regarding this weekend's 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.

For Gordon Vayo, who has been playing poker professionally since age 17, life without the game seems impossible to imagine. Now with a chance to win the World Series of Poker Main Event, Vayo discusses how he got hooked, why he's still bitter about being expelled from high school, and the inherent nerdiness of poker.

Todd Brunson and Carlos Mortensen have been selected by the public and voted in by a 44-person panel composed of current Poker Hall of Famers. An induction ceremony and dinner will be held 26 October at Binion's Gambling Hall.

Over the last 13 years, Cliff Josephy has gone from being the "fish" everyone wanted at their home game to having legendary status in the poker world. Now, as chip leader of the WSOP Main Event final table, "JohnnyBax" is on the doorstep of capturing the game's most prestigious prize.

Ten finalists eligible for induction into the Poker Hall of Fame on 26 October in Las Vegas at Binion's Gambling Hall were named after a public nomination process.

As ESPN begins its 2016 coverage of the World Series of Poker this week, popular host Lon McEachern speaks with Casino City about the parallels between his career and the continued rise and popularity of the game.

Las Vegas has no shortage of things to do and sights to see, which can be as overwhelming as it is exciting. Casino City's Gary Trask shares his tips, acquired over a decade of travel to Sin City.

Catch the show that celebrates all the classic rock songs of the '80s starting July 24.

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.