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Doug "Gomer" Nguyen didn't plan on playing in the most recent $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker, but a friend convinced him to jump in, and the two are now surely closer than ever.

David Baker beat his good friend Greg Mueller heads up to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $271,312.

A huge six-figure score and a gold bracelet were mere exclamation points to what was unquestionably the most entertaining and exciting final table of the entire 2012 World Series of Poker.

Tryba may have started the final table of the $2,500 Mixed Limit Hold'em event in the middle of the pack and flying under the radar, but by the time the last card was dealt, no one in the Amazon Room had to question who had won the latest WSOP gold bracelet.

Max Steinberg beat a field of 2,795 to win the most recent $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker, which ended early Monday morning at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, to claim his first WSOP bracelet and $440,238.

Carter Phillips won the most recent $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker early Tuesday morning, overcoming the third-largest field of the tournament series thus far (2,811 entrants) to win $664,130 in prize money and the WSOP gold bracelet.

Larry Wright won the $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball event at the World Series of Poker on Sunday, collecting his first career WSOP gold bracelet and $101,975.

The well-known Card Player magazine attorney and writer collected $603,713 in prize money.

Timothy Adams, a 26-year-old professional poker player from Burlington, Ont., won the first Four-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker on Saturday, claiming his first WSOP bracelet at the $392,476 first-place prize.

Ylon Schwartz, a former chess master and professional poker player, won his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet early on Saturday morning after topping a field of nearly 900 players in the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament to win $267,081.

Gabe Scott, a professional poker player from Norman, Okla., won the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the World Series of Poker on Thursday, claiming his first gold bracelet and the $361,797 first-place prize at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Brian Meinders won the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em Shootout tournament at the World Series of Poker to claim his first WSOP bracelet and $116,118 on Thursday.

Joe Cassidy defeated Scotty Nguyen heads up to claim his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $294,777 on Thursday.

One year after finishing as the runner-up in a World Series of Poker bracelet event, Canadian Simon Charette won his first WSOP bracelet and $567,624 in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event.

Michael Gathy, a Belgian poker pro, won $440,829 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet on Wednesday morning.

Randy Ohel, a 26-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, won his first WSOP gold bracelet on Wednesday morning at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. He won the $2,500 buy-in Deuce-to-Seven Triple-Draw Lowball (Limit) title, collecting a $145,247 in prize money.

Benjamin Scholl, a 26-year-old financial analyst from Trappe, Pa., won the $5,000 Limit Hold'em event early on Tuesday morning at the World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, claiming the $206,760 first-place prize.

Cliff Goldkind, a 24-year-old student from Potomac, Md., won the most recent $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker to collect a whopping $559,514 in prize money and his first WSOP gold bracelet at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.