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November Nine Headlined by Joseph McKeehen, Max Steinberg, Pierre Neuville

The November Nine are set in stone, and now have four months to get their poker game to its zenith. The World Series of Poker Main Event has played down to its final nine players, setting up a final table that should provide...

Pierre Neuville Leads in WSOP Main Event As Day 6 Begins

Just days ago, the World Series of Poker Main Event had thousands of players chasing the far-off dreams of cashing, making a deep run, or perhaps in their wildest dreams, even finding a spot in the November Nine. Now, for a...

Aria Super High Roller Cash Game Has Players Not Seeing Double

The Aria Super High Roller Series has been stealing a tiny bit of thunder from the World Series of Poker this summer, and a recent incident during one of the event’s cash games has gotten some real buzz. After kicking off...

Caesars Interactive Fined After Permitting Banned Gamblers To Wager Online

Caesars Interactive Entertainment was fined this week by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) after the operator revealed it had accidentally permitted five known problem gamblers who had put themselves on a...

California Gov. Jerry Brown Appoints Former Press Secretary Gambling Commission Chairman

Governor Jerry Brown has come under fire this week for appointing Jim Evans, his outgoing chief deputy press secretary, to chairman of the California Gambling Control Commission (GCC). The 46-year-old has worked alongside Brown...

Daniel Alaei, Adrian Buckley Big Winners in WSOP 2015 Events This Week

Daniel Alaei may not be a familiar name to most recreational poker players, but he’s now entered a select group: poker players who have won multiple bracelets at World Series of Poker events. The WSOP has, of course,...

It’s Phil Hellmuth for the Win in WSOP $10K Razz, as Poker Pro Scoops 14th Bracelet

The legendary Phil Hellmuth simply cannot be stopped at the World Series of Poker. The man who holds the record for the most career WSOP gold bracelets added to that record on Monday by winning the $10,000 Razz Championship, his...

WSOP Heads Up Championship Marred by Valeriu Coca Cheating Accusations

Valeriu Coca made a deep run in this year’s World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship, ultimately losing to eventual champion Keith Lehr in the quarterfinals. But Coca’s run seemed a little too...

Beating the Odds, Paul Phua, David Baazov Still Flying High

Paul Phua and David Baazov are proof that if you never let the naysayers get you down, you can sometimes beat them at their own game. Of course, it helps if you have arguably the world’s best defense attorney and/or run a...

Robert Mizrachi Among Early WSOP 2015 Bracelet Winners

The poker-playing Mizrachi clan has another WSOP bracelet to celebrate, and we’re only one week into the World Series of Poker 2015. One of the best things about the tournament series is that it provides a chance for the...