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Chalk another one up for the newbies at WSOP
11 June 2011
Facing four former WSOP gold bracelet winners with six combined career wins amongst them, Andrew Badecker slayed the field at the final table, claiming $369,371 in prize money and becoming the 13th first-time bracelet winner in 13 events.
Cancer survivor gets second chance, wins WSOP Triple Chance event10 June 2011
As a child growing up in Honduras, David Diaz beat cancer, something that most in his situation would have seen as a death sentence. On Thursday night, he fittingly won the $1,500 Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker to claim $352,808 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
22-year-old Russian wins WSOP Omaha high-low title10 June 2011
Viacheslav Zhukov, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Stary Oskol, Russia defeated a star-studded field of 202 players to win the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Championship and $465,216 at the World Series of Poker.
Nevada casino adds new tapas bar10 June 2011
John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks has re-branded Restaurante Orozko into Restaurante Orozko and Tapas Bar.
Gynecologist wins $544,388, WSOP bracelet in world's largest six-handed tournament10 June 2011
Geffrey Klein, a 44-year-old gynecologist from Houston, won the largest six-handed no-limit Hold’em tournament in history to claim $544,388 at the World Series of Poker after pulling off a stunning comeback during heads-up play and won what must be considered one of the most unlikely victories so far at the 2011 WSOP.
Vegas gambling revenues dip slightly in April10 June 2011
Gaming revenues on the Las Vegas Strip dropped 2.2 percent in April, despite the total visitor count rising 4.8 percent.
Gertzwiller wins a WSOP title for the USA9 June 2011
After two British players won WSOP gold bracelets the previous week, Sean Getzwiller, from Las Vegas, Nev., won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker to claim $611,185.
Macau keeps gambling destination top spot8 June 2011
Macau looks likely to maintain lead as world's top gambling destination, with Singapore overtaking Las Vegas in second.
Nevada will get 75 percent of unclaimed slot machine winnings8 June 2011
The state will receive a majority of revenue made off unclaimed slot machine tickets from casinos starting July 1.
Bally to provide gaming devices to Italian lottery8 June 2011
Bally Technologies will provide more than 5,000 gaming devices and systems to Italy's video lottery program.
Player participation up at WSOP8 June 2011
Despite the major online poker indictments, player participation in the first 11 events at the World Series of Poker is up 2.5 percent over last year.
Perrins win WSOP bracelet after learning how to play on YouTube7 June 2011
Matt Perrins learned all he needed to know about 2-7 lowball in 30 minutes of YouTube viewing, winning a World Series of Poker bracelet and $102,105 despite having never played the game before.
Station Casinos launches new slot at Nevada casinos7 June 2011
Station Casinos has unveiled the new Tarzan Lord of the Jungle video game at 10 of its casinos in Nevada.
Duhamel ready for WSOP encore7 June 2011
Defending World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has embraced his role as poker's new ambassador.
Poker training site owner wins WSOP bracelet6 June 2011
Amir Lehavot laid claim to the first $10,000 title at this year's World Series of Poker, claiming the Pot-Limit Hold’em World Championship and $573,465 in prize money. Lehavot, who is originally from Israel, now resides in Weston, Fla.
Top-10 other things to do in Las Vegas during the WSOP6 June 2011
If you're going to be in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, the opportunity to check out some of the Top-10 other things Las Vegas has to offer this summer.
College dropout makes good, wins WSOP title, $205,0655 June 2011
Six years after two unlikely people encouraged him to drop out of college to play poker professionally, Harrison Wilder has won a WSOP gold bracelet and a $205,065 payday.
Katchalov wins WSOP Seven-Card Stud title5 June 2011
Eugene Katchalov defeated a field of 357 players to win the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud championship at the World Series of Poker, claiming $122,909.
Allen Bari wins WSOP bracelet, $874,1165 June 2011
Allen Bari won the biggest cash prize of any WSOP winner so far in 2011, earning a whopping $874,116 in first-place prize money.
Barbaro wins largest Omaha high-low event in history at WSOP4 June 2011
Francesco "Cheech" Barbaro won the largest live Omaha high-low tournament in history, topping a field of 925 players to win the $1,500 buy-in Omaha High-Low Split Championship at the 2011 World Series of Poker to win $252,283 in prize money.
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