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After two British players won WSOP gold bracelets the previous week, Sean Getzwiller, from Las Vegas, Nev., won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker to claim $611,185.

If you're going to be in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, the opportunity to check out some of the Top-10 other things Las Vegas has to offer this summer.

Allen Bari won the biggest cash prize of any WSOP winner so far in 2011, earning a whopping $874,116 in first-place prize money.

Sean R. Drake, from Folsom, Calif., won the $500 Casino Employees Championship and $82,292 in prize money at the World Series of Poker

Frank Kassela was named the World Series of Poker's Player of the Year in 2010 after winning two events and almost $1.26 million.

With the World Series of Poker kicking off Tuesday, Casino City's Aaron Todd delivers his top-10 storylines to watch for this year.

World Series of Poker officials say the federal government's crackdown on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker won't hurt participation in this year's tournament.

The World Series of Poker has teamed with Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series.”

ESPN will show ‘live’ unedited hole cards on a 30-minute delay and more than 34 additional hours of coverage for this year's World Series of Poker.

Land-based casinos might see a short-term increase in poker play after the major online poker indictments last week.

The Whopper Bar, an enhanced version of the Burger King fast-food chain, has been a major success at the Rio in Las Vegas.

ESPN told Bloomberg News on Tuesday that it will still carry the World Series of Poker this year.

With all the fumbling and fits and starts surrounding the online gambling debate, it led Aaron Todd to wonder what would be happening right now if the UIGEA had never been slipped into the Safe Ports Act by then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

The World Series of Poker will re-stage three famous two-player Main Event finals, which will be filmed by ESPN. A rematch between 2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha headlines the event.

The World Series of Poker will stage three legendary heads-up matches in a made-for-TV event. The event is headlined by a rematch between Chris Moneymaker and Sammy Farha.

Two men have been arrested and a third is still at large after a robbery at the Rio early Thursday morning had a number of bumbling gaffes.

The 2011 edition of the WSOP will have 58 gold bracelets up for grabs, including a new $25,000 heads-up event.

Caesars Palace, the Rio and Imperial Palace have been accepting guests with canine companions since October.