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The world’s biggest, richest, longest-running and most prestigious poker series will run May 29 - July 15, 2013 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Greg Merson survived 11 hours of three-handed play and then beat Jesse Sylvia heads up early Wednesday morning to win the World Series of Poker Main Event and $8,531,853. Sylvia won $5,295,149 for finishing in second, while Jake Balsiger finished third and won $3,799,073.

Greg Merson, Jesse Sylvia and Jake Balsiger are the last three players standing at the World Series of Poker Main Event, and they will play for $8.53 million Tuesday.

The 2012 induction ceremony will be October 30 in the Rio's Penn & Teller Theater as part of World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table festivities.

Up to two of the 10 nominees will be inducted during the WSOP Main Event festivities in Las Vegas in late October.

Casino City's Aaron Todd crossed an item off his bucket list, picking winners in nearly every Major League Baseball game at the newly redesigned sportsbook at the Palms. Here's the top-10 things he'll remember about the experience.

Fresh off his trip to Las Vegas, Casino City's Vin Narayanan joins host Aaron Todd to discuss four aspects of the World Series of Poker's Main Event: The ladies, the Hungarian, final table notes and reactions, and the upcoming TV coverage.

Casino City's Managing Editor Vin Narayanan joins host Aaron Todd live from Las Vegas to discuss how the World Series of Poker Main Event has moved from a fringe event to the establishment, turnout for this year's Main Event, and whether people should be so obsessed with Phil Ivey.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan looks at how the World Series of Poker's journey from the fringes to mainstream set up an environment where (real) dogs playing poker could overshadow poker's top tournament -- and why that's not a bad thing.

Strange is it sounds, winning a record poker jackpot of $18.3 million might seem like chicken feed over the next few years for Antonio Esfandiari.

The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event features three starting flights - July 7, 8 and 9 at 12 noon.

Antonio Esfandiari originally wasn't planning on playing the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker, but changed his mind a few days before the tournament began. On Tuesday, he changed his life, winning the title and $18.3 million.

Casino City's Aaron Todd takes a look at how the poker pros have fared in comparison to the amateurs at the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker.

Outside of the $10,000 Main Event, the $1 million Big One for One Drop is easily the most anticipated tournament of this year's World Series of Poker. Here are the top-10 notable aspects of the Big One for One Drop.

The professional poker players and the businessmen in the $1 million Big One for One Drop at the World Series of Poker are all keenly aware of the huge spotlight on this event and the good that it will do for One Drop and for poker.

Putting away his World Series of Poker media credential for the day gave Aaron Todd an authentic experience from the rail watching his friend Jas play in a WSOP event.

Oleksii Kovalchuk collected $228,014 in prize money and his second career WSOP gold bracelet early Monday morning after winning the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better event.

Greg Ostrander, the winner of the World Series of Poker's $3,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament, has a bite to the face to thank for his victory and the $742,072 first-place prize.

Nolan Dalla, the Media Director for the World Series of Poker, has a penchant for wit in his official tournament summaries. So much so, we have once again created a top-10 list of Nolan's greatest hits from the 2012 WSOP.

Ronnie Bardah's story does not so much begin at the 2012 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, but it most certainly ends here –- at least this chapter -- as the 29-year-old won his first WSOP bracelet and $182,088 in the $2,500 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em event.