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Live coverage of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event final table will be available through ESPN pay-per-view and will feature interactive services such as viewer call-ins and text-message polls.

Neal Friets may not be the most well-known poker player in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker, but he just might be having the most fun.

In today's installment, Robert Cheung collects his first bracelet, a relative unknown is leading the star-studded $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. field and poker author Michael Craig makes a final table.

In our second installment, Pollack addresses the success of women and international players this year and explains his role when there are medical emergencies during tournament play.

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 talk Razz with the "First Lady of Poker," Linda Johnson.

Suey Wong, who finished seventh in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em final table at the World Series of Poker on Monday, was able to relive a few hands with some fans thanks to a one-hour delay of the WSOP broadcast.

When Phil Ivey stacked his chips before the second day of play in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the World Series of Poker, he thought that he’d lost $10,000 chips overnight.

Jeffrey Pollack, the commissioner of the World Series of Poker, has been a busy man over the last two years. But he took 20 minutes out of his day to talk to us prior to the start of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, and we're bringing you pieces of that interview over the course of the next three days.

Professional Greg Hopkins overcomes years of tournament futility to win event #37, while Eli Elezra leads a star-studded $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. field.

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 talk Omaha Hi-Low with T.J. Cloutier.

Interesting news and notes from the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker.

The World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament got underway this afternoon, and 148 players entered with hopes to take down the most prestigious tournament in poker. Oh yeah, and then there’s the $2.3 million first place prize.

Walking into the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino yesterday, you would never have known that the fifth-largest poker tournament in history was underway.

T.J. Cloutier fell just shy of reclaiming sole possession of the World Series of Poker record for final table appearances on Saturday night, finishing 11th in the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event.

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 examine Limit Hold'em with two-time WSOP bracelet winner Bill Chen.

Alan Smurfit, a 64-year old retiree from Miami, and Alexander Borteh, a 24-year old professional poker player who recently graduated from college with a degree in Philosophy, won bracelets last night at the World Series of Poker.

In today's installment, Jeffrey Lisandro wins his first bracelet, Chau Giang and Hilbert Shirley are battling for their fourth bracelets in the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys final table, and David Pham is going for number three in the $3,000 Limit Hold'em final table.

In this installment, Hoyt Corkins wins his second bracelet, the heads-up event is down to the final-eight, Negreanu makes another final table and the Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys tournament is a zoo.

When Corum, the official designer of this year's 55 World Series of Poker gold bracelets, took one look at the massive bracelets of old, they decided to create something players could actually wear in public.

Katja Thater was the first woman to win a World Series of Poker tournament open to anyone since 2004, and Phil Hellmuth tied T.J. Cloutier by making his 39th career WSOP final table yesterday.