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Top-10 off-the-felt highlights from the 2014 Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- I can't believe I've been here for more than a week.When I first arrived at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino last Saturday, I was overwhelmed by the sheer carnival that is the World Series of Poker Main Event. I wrote a column highlighting my top-10 impressions of the tournament to that point, and most of the list was just me projecting my feelings of being overwhelmed.But now I'm a seasoned Main Event veteran, and I've had a hell of a lot of fun this week...read more

Mark Newhouse poised to make history at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event caught its breath Saturday. After a frenetic Friday where 527 players busted out of the tournament, Saturday's Day 5 action saw just 212 eliminations. Only 79 players remain in the tournament -- their dreams of scoring a $10 million payday still alive.When Day 5 play began, Matthew Haugen led the field with 2.808 million in chips...read more

Vancouver home game taking over WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Vancouver, B.C. might just host of the toughest home poker games in the world.Matt Jarvis finished eighth in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and won a WSOP bracelet the following year. In 2013, Jason Mann won $285,408 for his 25th-place finish in the Main Event...read more

Patience pays off for Baranowski

LAS VEGAS -- When Casino City profiled Dallas chiropractor Dean Baranowski and his wife, Colleen, on Day 1C of the World Series of Poker Main Event, there was no hint of the potential media stars the two were about to become.Dean Baranowski made it to Day 4 of the 2013 Main Event and cashed for $21,495...read more

Ronnie Bardah cashes in fifth-straight WSOP Main Event as players reach the money

LAS VEGAS -- Phil Ivey busted out of the Main Event Friday. But he wasn't the biggest story at the World Series of Poker Main Event Friday. Not even close. That honor belonged to the money bubble.The money bubble is the biggest, most organic source of joy and despair in a poker tournament...read more

Main Event Day 4 post-bubble action makes for crazy swings

LAS VEGAS -- The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event money bubble burst at approximately 2 p.m. PT Friday afternoon. After that, all hell broke loose. Within an hour and 15 minutes, the field had shrunk from 692 to 577 players. By dinner, just 443 players remained...read more

Deal Me In: Where'd ya go?

Dear Mark: With apologies to General Douglas MacArthur, the question still remains, what happens to old slot machines that have outlived their usefulness? I have noticed that some of my favorite machines mysteriously disappear, one casino at a time, until they are just a fleeting memory of spinning reels and flashing lights...read more

Money bubble bursts at the 2014 WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- We've made it to the money.The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event bubble burst early Friday afternoon when only 692 of the 6,683 players who entered the tournament were remaining. Each of the 692 survivors has earned a minimum of $18,406...read more

Ryan Riess eliminated as WSOP Main Event closes in on the money

LAS VEGAS -- There will be no repeat champion at the World Series of Poker Main Event this year. Ryan Riess, who won $8.4 million for finishing first in last year's Main Event, busted out of the tournament on Thursday.Riess was one of 1,864 players that started Day 3 hoping to take one step closer to winning $10 million.Riess began the day with 84,900 in chips...read more

ESPN makes a mistake by not filming early days of Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Greg Merson and Ryan Riess sat across from each other at the ESPN featured table on Day 1A of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event.On Day 1B, Huck Seed and Dan Harrington sat at the exact same table.The odds that two Main Event champions would draw the same table on the first day of the tournament are pretty small...read more