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Eight weeks after the start of the inaugural regular season, the GPL's Summer Series began in Las Vegas on Monday, with heads-up matches taking place inside a soundproof, one-way visible glass arena called The Cube.

The Chicago native and Caesars Palace sportsbook employee topped the 731-player field and collected $71,157 in his first WSOP-related victory.

As the 2016 World Series of Poker kick off this week, a number of tweaks and adjustments have been announced with the goal of improving the overall experience and attracting new players.

Casino City's Aaron Todd is again running a WSOP prop bets contest. Enter and you could win . . . um . . . we're not quite sure yet.

The playing card manufacturer has signed a multi-year deal with the World Series of Poker.

The process online will be hosted on the secure and encrypted Bravo Poker Live website.

Casino City's Aaron Todd suggests some ways to put together a team for the WSOP's newest tournament idea.

Affinity Gaming today announced the appointment of Jeffrey Solomon as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective February 29, 2016.

The World Series of Poker has released its 2016 schedule, announced several new tournament formats and plans to increase in the money finishes by 50% in most tournaments this summer.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser tells us who he thinks should win in each category at this year's American Poker Awards.

The new KISS By Monster Mini Golf location will be a 13,000 square-foot "KISS themed" attraction that showcases an indoor glow-in-the-dark custom-designed, rockin' 18-hole miniature golf course filled with state-of-the-art video and animatronics, and never-seen-before KISS props.

The meeting, which ran for just over an hour, covered topics such as scheduling, payout structures and The Colossus II.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser recaps the biggest news stories in poker for 2015.

The 2016 World Series of Poker will take place from Tuesday, May 31 through Monday, July 18 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Almost one week after Joe McKeehen was crowned 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Casino City goes back and answers 10 burning questions from what transpired at the final table.

Casino City was live in Las Vegas to cover the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Here's a recap of the stories that captured the all of the November Nine action, starting at the Poker Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday night all the way to late Tuesday night when Joe McKeehen was crowed the new WSOP Main Event champ.

One of the more compelling stories of the 2015 WSOP Main Event final table was the emergence of Neil Blumenfield as a crowd favorite, and his No. 1 fan enjoyed every minute of it.

Joe McKeehen may have the reputation of being cold, but, according to his parents, the new WSOP Main Event champion has a warm and fuzzy side when it comes to his family.

Joe McKeehen, a 24-year-old pro from Philadelphia, dominated the WSOP Main Event final table in Las Vegas this week, going wire-to-wire to became poker’s world champion on Tuesday.

Two days after Pierre Neuville took seventh place at the World Series of Poker Main Event he explains to Casino City why his November Nine experience is still haunting him.