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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.

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.