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Gavin Smith wins first WSOP bracelet, $268,238
27 June 2010
The “Best Poker Players Never to Win a World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet” list got one player shorter over the weekend, as Gavin Smith won the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em championship (Event #44) to earn $268,238 and his first WSOP bracelet on Saturday night.
Montana poker pro wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title, $611,66626 June 2010
Ian Gordon won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship (Event #43) at the World Series of Poker. Gordon, a 24-year-old poker pro, earned a well-deserved, and some might say surprising breakthrough victory, collecting $611,666 in prize money.
Hamrick wins WSOP Hold'em bracelet, $604,22226 June 2010
Dean Hamrick is primarily known as the player finished one position away from being knighted as an inaugural "November Nine" finalist in 2008, but now, he can lay claim to poker's most coveted prize a World Series of Poker bracelet.
Fifth Brit wins WSOP title, $245,87125 June 2010
Steve Jelinek of Birmingham, England, became the fifth English player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet this summer, topping a field of 847 players in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split event to claim the $245,871 first-place prize.
IGT CEO named to board at Yahoo25 June 2010
Patti Hart, who has been CEO of International Game Technology since 2009, was elected to the board of directors of Internet company Yahoo.
Kassela first double-bracelet winner of WSOP25 June 2010
Frank Kassela captured the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz event just two weeks after winning the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship.
Kassela wins second WSOP title of the summer, $214,08424 June 2010
Despite finishing Day 1 in last place among those still in the hunt for the $2,500 Razz championship at the World Series of Poker, Frank Kassela posted an unbelievable comeback to win his second gold bracelet of the summer.
21-year-old wins WSOP gold bracelet, $382,72524 June 2010
Steven Kelly won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #39) at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and $382,725.
November Niner earns first WSOP title, $481,76024 June 2010
Scott Montgomery, who finished fifth in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, won the fourth $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the WSOP on Wednesday night to win $481,760.
Montgomery wins first WSOP bracelet24 June 2010
Scott Montgomery, a member of the 2008 November Nine, won a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event, earning $481,760.
Oil spill will hurt Gulf casinos23 June 2010
A gaming analyst said he's concerned about casino operations in Louisiana and Mississippi in the wake of nearly two-month-old BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kwaysser second Hungarian to win WSOP title, $617,21423 June 2010
Valdemar “Luigi” Kwaysser won the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday morning. It was the first WSOP bracelet for the resident of Budapest, Hungary, worth $617,214.
Moody's upgrades gaming industry outlook22 June 2010
Moody’s Investors Service said the overall credit conditions for the casino market will neither erode nor improve materially during over the year.
Houston's Mahmood wins WSOP Heads-Up title, $625,67422 June 2010
Eyaz Mahmood defeated Ernst Schmejkal in final match of the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Monday to win $625,674.
Phil Ivey wins eighth WSOP title22 June 2010
Phil Ivey won the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday morning to claim his eighth WSOP bracelet and his third in two years. And oh yeah, he took home $329,840 for first place.
Red Rock Resort going Yard22 June 2010
The popular Southern California restaurant chain Yard House has opened a location at the Nevada casino.
78-year-old Florida retiree wins WSOP senior title, $487,99421 June 2010
Harold Angle won the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Monday morning. It was the biggest senior’s poker event ever on record, with Angle outlasting a field of 3,142 players to win $487,994.
Top-10 stories from the first half of the WSOP21 June 2010
More than half of the bracelet events at the 2010 World Series of Poker have been completed, and we’re just two weeks away from the start of the Main Event. Sounds like it's time to look back at the top stories of this year’s WSOP.
Law student tops 'the Master' to win WSOP bracelet21 June 2010
Jeffrey Pompola defeated Men "the Master" Nguyen heads-up to win the $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker.
CityCenter continues to close condo sales21 June 2010
The Las Vegas resort has closed sales on nearly 200 of the 2,400 high-rise condominium units available at the Strip development.
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