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The Steakhouse restaurants at Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa have each been honored with this year’s “Wine Spectator Award for Excellence.”

Air conditioning back on at Caesars and Trump Plaza.

One hand changed the course of the World Series of Poker Main Event as Jonathan Duhamel emerged as the chip leader heading into November's final-table action.

At the end of Day 7 of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, one thing was clear: experience matters.

Foxwoods Resort Casino is holding a week-long "Mega Stack Challenge" in August that will be hosted by well-known poker pros Chris Moneymaker and Darvin Moon.

Air conditioning problems continue as casinos work to fix the cracked water pipe disrupting the system.

Two-time World Series of Poker Main Event champion Johnny Chan ran into pocket aces twice within an hour and busted out of the tournament in 156th place.

The unique egalitarianism of the WSOP Main Event was showcased in a special way at the ESPN feature table on Day 6 of the tournament as a Canadian optometrist with MS was cheered on by his son.

The Mount Airy Casino Resort welcomed the arrival of table games with an official ribbon cutting ceremony.

The massive expansion at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort is ahead of schedule and officials expect the $85-million project to be completed in the spring of 2011.

On Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, three tables within ten feet of each other sucked up most of the chips in the Amazon Room. Johnny Chan was at one of those tables and finished the day with more than 2.5 million in chips.

The World Series of Poker's Main Event has completed five of the eight days it will take to determine this year's November Nine, and 205 players will come back tomorrow to vie for a spot at the world's most prestigious final table.

With the remaining players in the World Series of Poker’s Main Event safely in the money, many players either solidified their position as a contender for the final table or busted out trying to get there on Day 5.

Foxwoods misses Tuesday repayment deadline on line of credit, but is committed to resolve debt.

After one hour of hand-for-hand action, Tim McDonald bubbled out of the Main Event, falling one spot short of the prize money.

Entertaining table banter and a dominating performance by the Mizrachi family highlight our World Series of Poker Day 4 notebook.

Figuring out how long you’ll have to play in a poker tournament to finish in the money essentially comes down to math.

The two-time Main Event champ more than doubled his chip stack on Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event while Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Phil Laak and defending champ Joe Cada were eliminated.

It’s been three years since Aaron Todd covered the World Series of Poker, and the most notable difference in the WSOP in the time he has been away is the addition of the 55,488 square-foot Pavilion for play.

Scotty Nguyen's featured table performance and JJ Liu's flower delivery highight our WSOP Day 3 notebook.