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Casino City spoke with the new Main Event champ via cell phone as he was driving from New York City to the ESPN studios in Connecticut on Wednesday night. Cada, who was celebrating his 22nd birthday, talked with us about his newfound celebrity status, his role as an "ambassador of poker" and how Darvin Moon ended up partying in his hotel suite in the wee hours of the morning after the final table heads-up match.

21-year-old Joe Cada beat Darvin Moon heads-up to win the World Series of Poker Main Event title and win $8.5 million. The win also made Cada the youngest Main Event champion.

When Joe Cada and Darvin Moon began play at 1 p.m. Sunday in Las Vegas, Phil Ivey was the favorite to reach the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. When play ended nearly 17 hours later, Cada and Moon were the last men standing.

The first portion of the WSOP Main Event final table lasted nearly 17 hours and in the end the two players whose play will be most criticized -- Darvin Moon and Joe Cada -- will be back on Monday night with the title on the line.

One year after producing "same-day coverage" of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table for the first time, ESPN is ready to pull it off again this season and the network has a few changes in store, including the possibility of airing more than the usual two hours of coverage.

The Clark County District Attorney’s office won’t file charges against two women arrested in a Metro Police undercover operation in July at the Rio’s Sapphire Pool.

Metro Police officers made arrests for “prostitution-related activity” Saturday at the Rio’s Sapphire Pool, resulting in hotel-casino’s decision to close the pool.

Nebraska philanthropist facing felony bad-check charges mounts legal challenge that, if successful, could open the door for other gamblers with casino debts to also attack the law.

Fans roared as Phil Ivey reached the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. But if the poker superstar is going to win the tournament in November, he has to overcome neophyte Darvin Moon and his mountain of chips.

Dennis Phillips isn't among the final 27 players at the World Series of Poker Main Event. But Phil Ivey is -- and he has a lot of chips. Look out world.

While Dennis Phillips was outlasting J.C. Tran, Joe Hachem and Peter Eastgate at one table, Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari moved into position to challenge for the championship as the Main Event field thinned to 64.

Tournament officials estimate 4,000 fans on average attended the event on Friday and Saturday.

By the end of Day 4, only 407 players remained in the Main Event and PokerStars has an estimated 77 online qualifiers and sponsored players remaining.

With the pressure of making the money off their shoulders, players at the Main Event Sunday focused on having fun -- and chipping up. Almost 80 players now have more than a million in chips, including Phil Ivey.

An electric Amazon Room broke out into applause when Kia Hamadani busted out of the World Series of Poker Main Event in 649th place, leaving 648 players in the money.

As the World Series of Poker Main Event field dwindled from over 2,000 to around 800 Friday night, the Amazon Room turned into a series of one-act plays, with a couple well-known pros serving as headliners.

Phil Ivey charged to up the leaderboard to place himself in contention for the WSOP Main Event title while Marlon Wayans earned the respect of fans and dealers before busting out late Wednesday.

Things grew more serious on Day 2A of the Main Event as players shifted gears from enjoying the WSOP experience to survival.

The World Series of Poker was forced to turn away hundreds of players after Day 1D of the Main Event "sold out." But the players that did register in time to make it to the felt provided plenty of entertainment.

Phil Hellmuth and Dennis Phillips made entrances to remember while Jeffrey Lisandro continued his hot WSOP run at the World Series of Poker Main Event Sunday.