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Vanessa Selbst wins 3rd WSOP bracelet
2 Jun 2014

This victory coincides with being featured in the current issue of Time Magazine in a profile of Rafa Nadal, whom Selbst defeated in a heads-up poker match in Monte Carlo recently.

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First WSOP bracelet won
30 May 2014

Roland Reparejo won the first bracelet event of the 45th annual World Series of Poker on Thursday, prevailing in the $500 buy-in Casino Employees No-Limit Hold ’em tournament.

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World Series of Poker underway, sets $10 million Main Event prize
28 May 2014

This year’s WSOP will be about cash. Lots of it.

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World Series of Poker kicks off with $1 bills raining from cannons
28 May 2014

The 45th WSOP got underway at noon Tuesday with a brief ceremony involving tournament director Jack Effel and WSOP executive director Ty Stewart.

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Mass. poker pro Bernard Lee is inaugural RunGoodGear.com Main Event Champion
17 Mar 2014

Lee wins more than $47,000 and a seat at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

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Caesars interactive subsidiary buys fourth social gaming business
17 Feb 2014

Caesars did not disclose financial terms to acquire Pacific Interactive, which owns the slot machine-style, free-play application House of Fun.

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WSOP circuit event brings over 22,000 players to Choctaw Casino Resort
27 Jan 2014

Fourth WSOP Circuit event in Durant breaks records and pays out $5,818,600 in total prizes.

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2013 WSOP winner Ryan Riess sets sights on PCA $100K Super High Roller
20 Dec 2013

Riess will be heading to the Bahamas in January to participate in the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA).

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Boyd exec readies for rollout of Web gambling in New Jersey
25 Nov 2013

Station Casinos’ majority-owned Ultimate Gaming is operating ucasino.com and ultimatepoker.com on behalf of the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

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Adelson faces steep odds in campaign to roll back Internet gambling
25 Nov 2013

Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman Sheldon Adelson has called Internet gaming immoral, fool’s gold and a threat to society.

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Top-10 moments from the 2013 WSOP final table
11 Nov 2013

Aaron Todd looks back on the most memorable moments from this year's World Series of Poker final table.

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2013 Poker Hall of Fame class and WSOP Big One for One Drop II announced
21 Oct 2013

The BIG ONE for ONE DROP will take place over three days, from June 29 to July 1, 2014, with all play until the televised final table being hosted at Caesars Palace.

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Woman wins $1 million playing bingo at Turning Stone
22 Aug 2013

Frances Slesinsky won the enormous cash prize, the largest jackpot in Turning Stone's 20-year history, during a Million Dollar Matinee Bingo Session.

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WSOP 2013 "Last Woman Standing," Jackie Glazier, announced as new ambassador for Team 888poker
29 Jul 2013

Jackie, an Australian female poker professional, joined poker history as the last Australian and Last Woman Standing in this year's World Series of Poker, taking 31st place and $229,281.

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Casino City Gang: Tran rolls to November Nine
18 Jul 2013

Fresh off the plane from Las Vegas, Casino City Editor-in-chief Vin Narayanan joins Aaron Todd to discuss the World Series of Poker Main Event, the latest online poker bill introduced in the House of Representatives, and big moves by Bally Technologies

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