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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.

Spurred on by Queen's "We are the Champions," Jiaqi Xu emerged victorious, claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet and $212,128.

Adrian Mateos joined fellow Spaniard Carlos Mortensen with two WSOP gold bracelet wins.

After coming in second in the same event last year, Hani Awad returned for a triumphant win and a gold bracelet.

Michael Gathy joined Davidi Kitai as Belgium's all-time WSOP win leader when he took the lead in the $5K buy-in six-handed no-limit hold'em event.

After nine years of playing at the WSOP, Andrey Ziachenko became the 11th Russian gold bracelet winner in history and the second Russian winner this year.

James Moore won his first gold bracelet in only his second time to cash at WSOP.

Alexander Ziskin won the final prize after 460 hands had been played, making it one of the longest sessions on record at the WSOP.

Viatcheslav Ortynskiy became the tenth Russian player in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet and walked away with $344,327.

The 2016 Seniors Championship drew 4,499 entries, but Johnnie Craig was the one to make history on Monday afternoon.

Golf and poker parallel each other in ways that may not be immediately obvious, which is why Casino City's Gary Trask is here to illuminate the similarities.

Ian Johns bagged the $290,635 prize and became the second duel gold bracelet winner at the 2016 series.

After having won a gold bracelet last year, Benny Glaser snagged another and $244,103 in prize money. He has cashed a total of five times at the series.

Michael Gagliano, also a professional poker player, took home $448,463 after coming out on top at a table that included pros and newcomers alike.