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Men "the Master" Nguyen won the Seven-Card Stud World Championship at the World Series of Poker, his first bracelet since 2003.

James Dempsey, one of England’s top online poker pros, topped a field of 650 players to win the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship (Event #9) at the World Series of Poker on Saturday night to take home $197,470 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Men “the Master” Nguyen topped a field of 150 of the world’s best poker players to claim the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship (Event #10) at the World Series of Poker for his seventh career WSOP gold bracelet and $394,807 in the early-morning hours on Sunday.

Pascal Lefrancois, a 23-year-old college student from Montreal, Quebec, won $568,974 and the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #8) at the World Series of Poker in the early morning hours on Saturday, then promptly removed his shirt in celebration.

Peter Gelencser, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Budapest, Hungary, won $180,730 and the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball Championship (Event #7) at the World Series of Poker in the early-morning hours on Friday.

Joshua Tieman won $441,692 and poker’s most coveted prize — a WSOP gold bracelet — with a win in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #6) on Thursday.

Aadam Daya, a 31-year-old business analyst from Mississauga, Ontario, won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #3) at the World Series of Poker to collect a whopping $625,872 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Daya topped a huge field of 4,345 players in the tournament, played over Memorial Day weekend.

Praz Bansi, a 32-year-old professional poker player from London, England, won $515,501 by claiming the title in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em championship (Event #5) at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday.

Michael Chow, a poker pro from Honolulu, Hawaii, won $237,463 and his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split tournament (Event #4) on the day of his 33rd birthday early on Wednesday morning.

Just three weeks after the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel wrote a story about Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi’s tax troubles, the well-known professional poker player captured one of the most coveted titles in poker and claimed a prize of more than $1.5 million.

The first gold bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker was won by Hoai D. Pham. Pham, a 43-year-old poker dealer who lives in San Diego, Calif., won the 2010 Casino Employees Championship.

The World Series of Poker is encouraging players to donate one percent of their winnings to the Nevada Cancer Institute.

In honor of the 2010 World Series of Poker starting on Friday, we present our top-10 players to watch in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship.

The casino giant declined to comment on reports that the off-Strip Rio may be for sale in Las Vegas.

A report from Bloomberg says Harrah's Entertainment is attempting to sell the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is known worldwide as a premier destination for gaming and nightlife. But another great aspect of the city is the array of top-shelf dining options. Casino City's Vin Narayanan can be described as a Vegas regular, and he has come up with his top-10 places to eat in Sin City.

The 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions will have a $1 million prize pool with fans having the opportunity to vote online on who will participate.

Six hotels plus a shuttered construction subsidiary will each pay a $3,000 fine because of illegal remodeling.

A judge ordered Harrah's Entertainment to turn over documents related to a high-roller accused of bouncing checks totaling $14.75 million at two casinos.

The World Series of Poker released the schedule for the 2010 WSOP Thursday, and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament is notably absent.