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Top 10 observations from the World Series of Poker Main Event

10. Healthy livingFor decades, poker players were a notoriously unhealthy group of people. They ate too much, drank too much, smoked too much and didn't exercise. That's changed dramatically over the course of the past few years. Poker players watch their diets now...read more

The more things change, the more people love Doyle Brunson

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event belongs to a new generation now. The tournament's last five champions were less than 25 years old when they won the event. A look around the Amazon Room shows players of all ages playing the game...read more

WSOP Main Event Day 1B showcases different sides of the tournament

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event picked up steam Sunday. After a typically slow Day 1A, 1,942 players showed up at the Rio to play in Day 1B. That places the two-day Main Event field total at 2,885 players. With a massive Day 1C expected on Monday, the total field for the Main Event should be similar to what the tournament has seen the past few years.WSOP Main Event fields2012 6,5982011 6,8652010 7,3192009 6,4942008 6,8442007 6,358Last year, the WSOP set a single-day record for Main Event entrants with 3,418 on Day 1C -- the third and final opening day for the tournament...read more

What are “working” odds at craps?

Question: I played craps last weekend. Whenever a shooter made a pass and had a come-out roll for a new point, one player told the dealer he wanted his odds to "work." What does this mean?Answer: Certain craps wagers are normally taken temporarily out of action during a come-out roll...read more

Amazon Room full of atmosphere as WSOP Main Event kicks off

LAS VEGAS -- If poker was a religion, the World Series of Poker would be its holiest days. The WSOP Main Event would be its most important holiday. And the Amazon Room would be its inner sanctum.And so it was on Saturday, when 943 players made their pilgrimage to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to begin their quest for glory and riches in the $10,000 Main Event.Saturday was the first of three opening days for the Main Event...read more

Caesars exec's work about to become complicated - but he likes it that way

LAS VEGAS -- Life is about to get more complicated for Caesars Interactive Entertainment CEO Mitch Garber.He wouldn’t have it any other way. With the World Series of Poker nearing the end of its six-week run at the Rio, Garber’s attention will focus on launching the tournament’s pay-to-play regulated online gaming website in Nevada.Caesars Interactive — a Montreal-based subsidiary of casino operator Caesars Entertainment Inc...read more

Outgoing Las Vegas Sands CFO cashes out $7.7 million in company stock

LAS VEGAS -- The outgoing chief financial officer for Las Vegas Sands Corp. cashed out almost $7.7 million in company stock the day after it was announced he was leaving the casino operator.According to an insider stock trade posted on Yahoo, Las Vegas Sands CFO Kenneth Kay sold 147,000 shares of company stock on June 26 at $52.28 per share on the New York Stock Exchange.On the same day, Kay exercised options for the 147,000 shares at between $3.18 and $22.97 per share...read more

Ashton wins WSOP Poker Players Championship

LAS VEGAS -- Matthew Ashton beat Don Nguyen heads up to win the $50,000 Players Championship early Friday morning and become the youngest player to lift the David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy. Ashton won $1,774,089 for finishing first. Nguyen won $1,096,254 for finishing second...read more

Money bubble gets weird at the WSOP Players Championship

LAS VEGAS -- The money bubble in any poker tournament is a bizarre scene. Poker players -- who believe that their success is dependent on the ability to play the cards in front of them, read the board and a little bit of variance -- are suddenly aware their fates are not their own anymore...read more

Time for WSOP Poker Players Championship to return to television

LAS VEGAS -- Watching the $50,000 Players Championship at the World Series of Poker is very different from watching the Main Event. At the Main Event, only Texas Hold'em is played. At the Players Championship, a plaque on the table reminds the players -- and dealers -- which of eight games is being played.At the Main Event, you need a program -- helpfully compiled for the media by the WSOP staff -- to identify most of the players in the field...read more