 | Two months after graduating from college, aspiring poker pro Nicholas
Sliwinski has secured a hefty cash for being one of the last 27 players standing at the Main Event.
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After a successful career in the harness horse racing industry and years of prodding from a close friend, Craig Stein walked away from his first WSOP with a handsome payday.
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As each "all-in call" was shouted out during Day 4 of the Main Event,
the ESPN TV crews seized control of the floor, putting on display the
sometimes-staged relationship between TV and poker.
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Hellmuth went into "meltdown mode" at the World Series of Poker
Friday, appealing to god for cards and tossing his sunglasses when he
didn't get them.
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One year after working at summer camp, online whiz Adam "Roothlus" Levy walked out of the World Series of Poker with six cashes that added $222,865 to his ever-expanding career earnings.
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The coverage of the WSOP on ESPN has become must-see
TV for fans of the game, creating a cult hero following for its lead
announcer.
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At last year's Main Event, Hevad Khan would go into a wild celebration whenever he won a big pot. This year, a more peaceful Khan was at the table, but he proved he's still a great player.
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The Main Event field was pared down to the magic 666 number late
Thursday night, but not before almost 90 minutes of hand-for-hand
combat that provided plenty of tense moments.
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The serendipitous meeting between the Michigan native and the nearly
blind Las Vegas pro has blossomed into a special working relationship that was on display for all to see at the WSOP Main Event.
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Congressman Robert Wexler and PPA chairman and former Sen. Alfonse
D'Amato said in an interview that they hope to
reintroduce a bill to stop the UIGEA from being implemented
before Congress goes on recess.
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The self-proclaimed Poker Brat and a feisty Swede provided much of the
entertainment as the Main Event's Day 2B field of almost 2,400
winnowed its way down to about 855 players.
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Maurice Hawkins may not be a household name in the poker world, but the affable Florida native proved last week that he can match words with the best of them at the table.
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Alan Krigman: 
