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Marcel Vonk won the sixth and final $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker on Monday night, claiming his first WSOP gold bracelet and $570,960 in prize money.

Casino City's Dan Igo wraps up the action on the first day of the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Former Main Event champion Greg Raymer told everyone to shuffle up and deal before Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Less than 90 minutes later, Raymer was out of the tournament.

The World Series of Poker has seen explosive growth since Harrah's Entertainment acquired the tournament back in 2004. Nearly 65,000 players from 115 countries are expected to participate in this year's 57-event tournament, which runs through July 17.

Brendan Taylor won the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout championship at the World Series of Poker on Saturday morning to claim his first WSOP gold bracelet and $184,950.

Dan Kelly, a 21-year-old student at Villanova, won the $25,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em championship to pick up his first WSOP gold bracelet as well as over $1.3 million in winnings.

Ryan Welch, whose brother Thomas played college football at Vanderbilt and was drafted by the New England Patriots earlier this year, won the $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em championship at the 2010 World Series of Poker on Thursday night to claim his first WSOP bracelet and $559,371.

The poker pro is holding her "Big Slick Boot Camp" at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on July 5.

The World Poker Tour's Bellagio Cup VI will take place July 11-15 at the iconic Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Viejas Casino has launched a "Hot Summer Nights" promotion for July that will give away $10,000 every day.

Chance Kornuth won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha championship at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $508,090.

Michael Linn, a 22-year-old student at California Polytechnic State University, won the seventh $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Thursday morning. Linn won $609,493 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Shawn Busse won the fifth $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em championship at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night. A 21-year-old poker pro from Massapequa, N.Y., Busse had gone 0-for-15 in WSOP events this year before winning the gold bracelet and the $485,791 first-place prize.

The Shawn Marion Celebrity Poker Tournament will be held at Choctaw Casino Resort in August with Annie Duke and Tiffany Michelle expected to attend.

Canadian aviation fine on Atlantic City's Borgata is overturned by an appeals panel.

Three bidders have put in for the right to operate slot machines at Aqueduct racetrack.

Resorts Casino Hotel has partnered with the South Jersey Transportation Authority to award winners $500 in E-ZPass and $500 in gas every Saturday and Sunday.

Sigurd Eskeland won the $2,500 Mixed Games championship at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday morning, claiming a WSOP gold bracelet and $260,497 in prize money.

The online poker room will sponsor "The Empire State Hold’em Championship" at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona.

The state's Seminole casinos will offer Las Vegas-style high stakes, no-limit, around-the-clock poker play starting July 1.