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Jonathan Duhamel won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2010. He looks primed for another deep run in 2015, after finishing Day 1A with XXX chips.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is supposed to be the gold standard of poker. But Day 1A on Sunday felt like any other poker tournament, and it didn't help that it wasn't played in the Amazon Room at the Rio.

The 2010 WSOP Main Event champion navigated his way through the $111,111 buy-in tournament to win his second bracelet and $3,989,985.

Casino City's Aaron Todd compiles the best player quotes from Nolan Dalla's WSOP.com recaps this summer.

The San Diego-based poker pro took home $1,270,086 and the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy after beating 83 other top players in the prestigious $50,000 buy-in event.

Casino City's Aaron Todd gets you ready for Independence Day with a few casino-related suggestions, like taking a trip to Tunica or playing high-stakes bingo at Foxwoods.

Brian Hastings won the $1,500 Ten-Game Mix event, notching his second WSOP bracelet of 2015 and $133,403. The 26 year-old now has three career bracelets.

The Italian poker pro collected his fourth career World Series of Poker bracelet and $292,158 after winning the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship.

Perry Shiao, a 25-year-old playing in only his second career World Series of Poker event, defeated Eric Place in a heads-up duel that lasted almost three hours.

Alai topped a world-class field of 157 players to win the $10,000 Omaha High-Low 8 or Better Championship for $391,097.

Hellmuth won the $10,000 buy-in Razz Championship late Monday at the Rio, extending his all-time record with his 14th career WSOP bracelet.

Adrian Buckley defeated Javier Zarco of Madrid after approximately 3½ hours of heads-up play that saw the chip lead change hands on multiple occasions and took home $1,277,193 for his first career WSOP cash.

The World Series of Poker's first crack at the $565 Colossus event was a major success by most standards. But Casino City's Aaron Todd finds 10 ways the tournament could improve going forward.

The alleged incident took place during the $10,000 Heads-Up No-limit Hold’em Championship that ended last week and were levied against Valeriu Coca of Moldova.

Cord Garcia defeated Brad McFarland in a heads-up battle to win the World Series of Poker's $565 Colossus event, the largest tournament in poker history, claiming the first-place prize of $638,880 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

In a tournament designed for amateurs, Anthony Blanda, a 52-year-old Home Depot employee, was the last amateur standing in ninth place.

Aditya Prestyo has a huge chip lead heading into Day 4 of the Colossus.

Bill Byrnes is an attorney, not a professional poker player. But you'd hardly know it by looking at his career tournament results, including last night's 11th-place finish in the World Series of Poker's Colossus event for $55.968.

After 10 hours of play in the World Series of Poker's $565 Colossus event on Monday, 506 players were whittled down to just 39 on Day 3 of the largest live tournament in poker history.

When Mike Elbilia decided to come to the World Series of Poker, he was hoping to watch his friend Juan Endara make a deep run in the $565 Colossus event. Little did he know he'd be making a deep run of his own.