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David Nowakowski wiped out his last two challengers at the table in about 15 minutes, taking first place in the $1,500 Pot-Limit High-Low Split event.

David Peters seized $412,557 in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, adding to the $1.3 million won over the course of his career in previous WSOP events.

Hung Le made some unorthodox calls in order to earn $888,888 in the $888 No-Limit Hold'em event, which happened to be the first tournament he ever entered.

Allan Le won $189,223 in the $1,500 Mixed Omaha and Big O event, securing his 30th WSOP cash and becoming the first Le brother to win a gold bracelet this year.

Andrew Lichtenberger finally snagged the $569,158 prize in the $3K No-Limit Hold'em event after making five final table appearances in previous years and finishing as a runner up in 2009.

Brandon Shack-Harris took home $894,300 -- the biggest win of his career -- in the $10K 8-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.

Moving easily from recreational poker to serious tournament play, the Russian-born poker pro collected $264,046 in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event.

Gary Trask explains who the Casino City team is rooting to make this year's November Nine — and why.

Shaun Deeb won five straight hands in a heads-up match, solidifying his victory and earning him $111,101 in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event.

Kristen Bicknell secured her victory in the $1,500 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em event, becoming both the first woman to win a gold bracelet at the 2016 WSOP and the first Canadian champion of the year.

Ankush Mandavia's debut victory was secured after after a short ten minute duel with Daniel Strelitz in the $5K Turbo No-Limit Hold'em event.

John "Johnny World" Hennigan provided an interesting interview after winning $320,103 in the $10K Deuce-to-Seven Triple-Draw Lowball (Limit) event.

Steven Wolansky dominated the two hour long heads-up match and won $298,849.

Loren Klein remained in command throughout the event and walked away with $241,427.

Mitchell Towner's first-ever tournament cash included a gold bracelet and a prize of over $1 million after he won the $1,500 "Monster Stack" No-Limit Hold'em event.

George Danzer won the $10K Eight-or-Better event for the second time, receiving his fourth career gold bracelet and seizing the all-time WSOP wins lead among German players.

Phillip McAllister won three straight single-table freeze-outs in the WSOP and collected $267,720.

Christopher Vitch, a draw lowball cash-game specialist, swept the competition and won $136,854.

Martin Kozlov faced four former gold bracelet winners at the final table and still came out on top, winning a gold bracelet and $665,709.

After coming in second at a different WSOP event, Rafael Lebron made it to first place and won $169,337.