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Last year, eight days after his own wedding, Matt Matros was in Las Vegas trying to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, and his wife was back home in New York. What a honeymoon.

The Connecticut casino is holding a multi-table poker tournament and daily cash game participants will be entered into a top player program.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Mississippi coastal region features numerous golf and gaming options as well as summer activities for all ages.

Sportlight 29 Casino in Coachella has installed 12 new penny slot machines to its gaming floor.

Frank Kassela captured the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz event just two weeks after winning the Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split championship.

Lottery mania and ticket buying continues as no winner yet for Canada's major jackpot.

Great Canadian Nanaimo casino to serve liquor as license is approved.

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.

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.

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.

The Beau Rivage Resort and Casino's course Fallen Oak earned a spot in Conde Nast Traveler Magazine’s Top 80 Golf Resorts 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.

Unhappy slots players takes his dispute to the top court in the land.

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 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.

The popular Southern California restaurant chain Yard House has opened a location at the Nevada casino.