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Former "November Niners" remain in World Series of Poker hunt

Since the World Series of Poker went to its November Nine format for the final table of the Main Event in 2008, a player hasn't won a coveted seat at the event twice.That could change Monday.Going into play Saturday in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em World Championship at the Rio, three former November Nine participants were in line to regain a seat on poker's biggest stage, and two were still alive late Saturday night.However, Eric Buchman, who finished fourth in the 2009 Main Event, cautioned Saturday there was a lot of poker to be played before the 2012 Main Event final table is seated."In a tournament like this, you have such a diverse field, you never know what kind of table you're going to get," said Buchman, 31, from Hewlett, N.Y., who won $2.5 million for his fourth-place finish in 2009."You see a lot of people make a lot of mistakes," Buchman said...read more

27 players still vying for WSOP Main Event final table

LAS VEGAS -- Day 6 at the World Series of Poker Main Event is best described as friends and family day. This is the day where players who are still left in the Main Event have enough in guaranteed winnings that they can afford -- or want -- to have friends and family fly in (or drive in) to watch.The friends and family members become instant poker experts -- talking about hands in progress in golf voices with extreme confidence -- and vociferous when their player is in a showdown situation.Cries of "king ball," "queen" and "ocho" ring through the room as they call for the card that's going to help their player...read more

Top 10 observations from the World Series of Poker Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Walking around the floor at the World Series of Poker Main Event, you notice a lot of little things that remind you why this game -- and this tournament -- is so interesting. Here's a list of 10 things that caught my eye at this year's Main Event:10...read more

Realistically, how often can slot players expect to hit jackpots?

Chances of various final hands at video poker are no great secrets, assuming that players adhere to the optimal strategies. The theoretical frequency of trials that yield returns, at any particular level or on the whole, can be ascertained by anyone who cares to check into the matter...read more

From Russia, with love: No gaming taxes if you build here

A Russian territory that announced plans in May to place a multibillion-dollar gaming complex near one of its port cities, has sweetened the deal to entice casino companies to bid on the development: zero gaming taxes. Nash Dom Primorye, the wholly owned government developer in the port city of Vladivostok in Russia's Primorsky Territory, released the Request for Concepts documents this week that invite major gaming companies to submit ideas for the first phase of the development. Vladivostok is one of the four regions allocated by the Russian government to have gaming...read more

Poker player Maria Ho finds success at the tables after college

Moments after the University of California, San Diego handed Maria Ho a diploma in 2005, she knew her career goals were destined for a job that required skills beyond her degree in communications.Ho participated in the college's graduation ceremonies with her classmates...read more

Four women poised to make deep run at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- As the World Series of Poker Main Event field narrowed from 282 players to 97, four women put themselves in position to make a run at the final table -- something that hasn't happened since the Moneymaker boom ushered in the modern poker era...read more

WSOP Main Event gets more excitement than it bargained for

LAS VEGAS -- The money bubble burst early Friday at the World Series of Poker Main Event. But that was just the beginning of the excitement in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Shortly after the bubble burst, a player accidently released pepper spray into the air while the tournament was being played...read more

Nevada gaming revenues fall 10 percent in May; Strip revenues down 18 percent

In a month that saw Strip and statewide gaming revenues plummet based on the calendar, a lower-than-usual hold percentage and a challenging comparison, analysts found a bright spot: The Las Vegas locals gaming market showed a healthy recovery during May. Nevada gaming revenues declined 10 percent in May, the second time in three months that state casinos showed a double-digit drop, according to figures released Thursday by the Gaming Control Board. On the Strip, casinos suffered an 18 percent decrease in gaming revenues. "We view these results as being modestly weaker than expectations, though not as bad as the headline implies," Deutsche Bank gaming analyst Carlo Santarelli told investors. Nevada casinos collected almost $885.1 million from gamblers in May, down from $984 million in the same month a year ago...read more

Day 3 success doesn't guarantee big money at the WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Grabbing the chip lead, or sitting on one of the top chip stacks after Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, doesn't guarantee you'll reach the November Nine. It doesn't guarantee you'll finish in the top 50. But it does give you a really good chance of winning at least $65,000.An analysis of the top-10 chip end of Day 3 stacks from 2011, and the top-five end of Day 3 stacks from 2010 (the top 10 wasn't tracked in 2010) shows eight of the 15 players at the top of the leaderboard went on to win at least $65,000.All players cashed...read more