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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.

Jan-Peter Jachtman, a relatively unknown German poker player, beat the great Sammy Farha at his own game to propel himself to the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha title at the World Series of Poker on Saturday.

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.