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Poker's power couples dominated the scene on Day 1C, but most of the Amazon Room was focused on an ongoing fight between Mike Matusow and Mr. Peanut. And Norway’s Dag Martin Mikkelsen led the Day 1B field by accumulating $236,000 chips.

David Singer will not receive a refund or be allowed to play in another Day One despite threatening to go to the Nevada Gaming Commission over a rule dispute on his bust-out hand early Sunday morning, World Series of Poker Tournament Director Jack Effel said.

Players waited in three-hour-registration lines the day before the World Series of Poker Main Event began as throngs tried to secure seats the moment they arrived at the Rio Thursday afternoon.

Watch out Golden Tee. PokerTek has you squarely in its sights. PokerTek unveiled its automated World Series of Poker heads-up table at the WSOP this week. And it’s drawing rave reviews.

Between more players -- 1,545 players bought into Day 1B with another 1,606 expected for tomorrow – and the appearance of several well-known pros, the Amazon room was electric.

A little more than 1300 players participated in the first day of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, a near 40 percent drop off from the same day last year.

The World Series of Poker flexed its social conscience Thursday evening as 170 celebrities and poker pros played a charity tournament to raise money and awareness for the human rights catastrophe in the Darfur region of Sudan.

For the first time ever, the World Poker Tour will host a booth at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino's Gaming Life Expo.

A closer look at the weekend action in the World Series of Poker.

In today's installment, Freddy Deeb takes home the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. bracelet, Saifuddin Ahmad wins event #43 and Jamie Gold makes the money for the first time since winning the big one.

After winning the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. tournament in the wee hours of Friday morning, Freddy Deeb didn’t hold anything back. "I played great and I got what I deserve," Deeb told the crowd of nearly 100 observers who watched the end of the tournament at 5 a.m. -- 14 and 1/2 hours after the final table began.

Organizing the World Series of Poker is a year round project, requiring hundreds of employees and more than a year of planning. The event's major leaders spend countless hours creating a game plan, only to find out that putting out fires is an inevitable part of the job. Still, the WSOP is the largest and most successful tournament series in the world.

The National League of Poker will make its national debut at the Gaming Life Expo at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, July 5th through 8th, during the World Series of Poker main event.

After four days of play, Amnon Filippi and Freddy Deeb have impressive chip stacks heading into the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, but there isn’t a slouch at the final table, and it will be a real grind to win the title and the $2.3 million first place

In the final part of our five-part series, World Series of Poker Seven Card Stud Eight or Better bracelet holder Cyndy Violette explains the key concepts in the "E" in H.O.R.S.E.

The leadership group of the World Series of Poker held an open town meeting for players and media on Wednesday morning, and about two dozen people were in attendance to air their concerns about different aspects of the WSOP.

In our final installment, Pollack explains how WSOP officials deal with player complaints, and explains why his long-term vision for the WSOP is to always keep the players' best interests in mind.

News and notes from day three of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship tournament at the World Series of Poker.

The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship a the World Series of Poker has introduced some different poker variations to fans at the WSOP, and Casino City's Aaron Todd thinks that's good for poker.

As part of our coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, we’re examining each game played in H.O.R.S.E. in detail. Today we get a Seven Card Stud less from David Williams.