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Matt Keikoan won the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Friday morning to claim his second career WSOP bracelet and $425,969.

Miguel Proulx of St. Charles, Quebec, won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha championship at the World Series of Poker early on Friday morning to claim his first WSOP bracelet and the first place prize of $315,311.

The Nevada Gambling Commission granted Penn National a gaming license Thursday, which clears the way for the casino company to acquire a Las Vegas property.

Jeff Tebben won the third $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night for his first WSOP gold bracelet and a whopping $503,389.

David Warga became the only player in WSOP history to ever win the Casino Employees Championship in addition to an open gold bracelet event after taking down the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship at the World Series of Poker.

Will Haydon, a former college golfer, earned his first WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship.

RealDealPoker.com is offering one of its players a chance to win a seat in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas. The winner of the "Main Event Final" will claim the $10,000 prize and head to Vegas to try his luck in poker's biggest tournament.

More than 335,000 votes were cast since March 15 to determine the 20 players who will take part in the free-roll tournament and a chance to win a share of the $1 million prize pool. Five automatic entries were also given to past WSOP Main Event and TOC winners and there were two sponsors exemptions.

The casino company is restoring nearly 3,700 workers to full-time work schedules and pay, but will lay off 261 workers at its two Strip resorts.

Shareholders of MGM Mirage approved a proposal at their annual meeting that will change the company's name to “MGM Resorts International.”

Sammy Farha, best known for his runner-up performance against Chris Moneymaker in the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event, won his third WSOP gold bracelet at approximately 7 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Farha's win netted the Lebanese-born professional gambler $488,241.

Russ “Dutch” Boyd won the $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #23) at the World Series of Poker in the early-morning hours on Monday, claiming the $234,065 first-place prize.

Vanessa Hellebuyck won the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker on Sunday night, claiming $192,132 in a tournament that started with controversy, as a handful of men entered the tournament citing anti-discrimination laws.

The 2009 November Nine member won $203,607 in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker.

The gaming equipment maker will provide a server-based gaming system to the under-construction Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

Joe Magliarditi was the chief operating officer of the M Resort in Henderson before becoming Hard Rock's new Chief Executive Officer.

ne analyst said a recent transaction by Harrah's Entertainment owners may signal a quick return to public markets.

Richard Ashby won the $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud tournament (Event #21) at the World Series of Poker on Saturday night to claim the $140,467 first-place prize.

John “Tex” Barch won the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament (Event #20) for $256,919 at the World Series of Poker on Saturday night. With the win, he also claims his first WSOP gold bracelet.