It's been another year of records so far at the 2009 WSOP and only fitting that Event 3 $1,500 Omaha 8-or-Better, concluded with another history-making performance. Last year's defending champion, Thang Luu, eclipsed a record-breaking field of 918 entrants to capture his second World Seris of Poker bracelet! Not only is this Luu's second bracelet, it's his second in the same event in consectutive years.

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To celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) we have witnessed arguably the strongest field in a live poker event EVER! The 40th Anniversary No Limit Holdem event was run over a gruelling 4 days with 201 Entrants paying the $40,000 Buy in.

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The first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a modest affair only available to Casino Employees Texas No Limit Holdem. The event was run over 2 days with a total of 866 Entrants paying the $500 Buy in.

Andrew Cohen was the first recipient of a World Series of Poker Bracklet and a first prize of $83,833, runner up was Paul Peterson who received $51,787.

The winning hand was a coin flip with Cohen marginally ahead with his [6c] [6h] against Peterson's [As] [Qc], the board came [4h] [Jc] [Td] [Th] [7d]

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It's that time of year again and we only have a few more days wait until the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will open its doors for the 40th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Thousands of poker players and railbirds will be filling the Amazon Ballroom to watch the biggest event of the poker year.

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The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped poker tournament in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, NV. The first WSOP occurred in 1970 it was an invitational event, Benny Binion invited six of the best known poker players to The Horseshoe Casino. [More]

Swedish Player Sven Ragnar Astrom Wins WPT Venice, powered by bwin 397 poker players competed for more than $2 million in prize money at the first-ever World Poker Tour® tournament in Italy Last week, 397 players participated in the first ever World Poker Tour event in Italy — WPT Venice, powered by bwin. The €4,000 tournament kicked off May 6 at Casino di Venezia, with a diverse international playing field, including poker pros Carlos Mortensen, Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown, Surinder Sunar, Steve Sung, Patrick Bruel, Max "the Italian Pirate" Pescatori and WPT Season VII Player of the Year, Betrand “Elky” Grospellier. [More]

Sitting undisturbed in our comfy pyjamas, in our peaceful homes, having fun and winning money actually sounds like a far-fetched dream. But, Online Casinos provide us with all of this in an instant! Casino games have entertained us for centuries, and now the much-loved traditional games can be played online. Some of the most common ones include Black Jack, Roulette, Craps and Red Dog. [More]

Republican Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Peter King, R-N.Y. unveiled legislation Wednesday that would enable Americans to legally gamble online.

If running major financial institutions and the auto industry isn't enough for the new Obama administration, a new House bill - the Internet Gambling Regulation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act which would put the Treasury Department in charge of Internet gambling.

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According to a recent report in the Sunday Times, Online gaming group Party Gaming owners of top online poker brand - Party Poker and online casino - Party Casino is holding talks on a deal with Nasdaq listed rival Gigamedia owners of World Series of Poker (WSOP) sponsor Everest Poker

Gigamedia, which has a market value of $363m (££246m), is thought to have hired top US investment bank Goldman Sachs, to find a buyer for the whole company or simply its Everest Poker brand.

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Get ready for the most exciting poker challenge of 2009 -- 15 Regions. 1 Live final table. 1 Millionaire. Betfair Poker has recently announced the first event of WSOP Europe 2009, The Free Million Dollar Game: your exclusive opportunity to represent your region at a live final table and come back home a millionaire.

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