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Michelle Murrell relishes special role as Lubarsky's 'reader'

LAS VEGAS – When Michelle Murrell first met Hal Lubarsky, she wanted nothing to do with him. Five months later, the two are practically inseparable. It all began on a whim back in February at The Mirage's poker room. Since then, the two have formed an incredibly strong bond and a friendship that resulted in plenty of attention from the ESPN cameras at the World Series of Poker's Main Event this week...read more

Casino City sits down with Congressman Wexler and PPA chairman D'Amato

LAS VEGAS – The movement to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act(UIGEA) and create a regulated online gambling industry suffered a setback last month when a bill that would have prevented UIGEA regulations from being implemented until the definition of illegal Internet gambling was clarified, failed to pass a House Financial Services Committee vote...read more

Chipping away

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It took four days to eliminate nearly half of the competition in the World Series of Poker's main event. Sometime early Thursday morning, between 1,800 and 2,000 poker players will be left in the running for the top prize of $9.12 million. A field of 6,844 players entered the $10,000 buy-in No Limit World Championship at the Rio on Thursday...read more

Vegas Stories: WSOP and 4th of July 2008

Making a scene with Eric Morris I cannot decide if exposure to the lifestyle of the rich and famous is a good thing or a bad one. This is a question I ask myself every time I return from a conference or a "vacation" to visit friends I have made through the online gaming industry, such as my trip to Vegas last weekend...read more

Tall-talking players try to walk the walk during Day 2A at the WSOP

LAS VEGAS -- In golf, they call it moving day. In poker, they call it Day 2. It's the day players either put themselves in position to cash (or win) in the World Series of Poker Main Event, or see their hopes eliminated or reduced to a few chips and a prayer...read more

One Small Step for France

France's government has completed another significant step in the process of opening the country to remote gambling following the June 26 delivery of a report titled "Jeux en ligne et menace criminelle," or "Online games and criminal threats," to Eric Woerth, the country's budget minister. Requested by Mr...read more

Surging Swede Mattsson looking to gain more recognition at WSOP

LAS VEGAS - Stefan Mattsson came out firing during Day 1 of the World Series of Poker's Main Event on Friday. In fact, the 28-year-old Swede was so aggressive that one of his tablemates -- three-time WSOP bracelet winner Barry Greenstein -- made it a point to ask who he was and where he came from about 40 minutes after the cards went in the air. "He was calling me the table captain," Mattsson recalls with a wide smile...read more

Top-10 potential coaches for Main Event's final table

When the World Series of Poker pauses its final table next week for 117 days, the nine players reaching the final table will have a chance to get some coaching before the attempting to win the $9,119,517 first prize. With that in mind, we decided to compile a list of Top-10 potential coaches for the Main Event final table...read more

Second-largest WSOP provides grand stage for Griffin, Wells and Azinger

LAS VEGAS -- Day 1D at the World Series of Poker Main Event was one for the record books. A group of 2,461 players took to the felt Sunday, swelling the Main Event field size to 6,844. Only the 2006 Main Event, with 8,773 players, had a larger field...read more

Inside the player lounges at the WSOP

LAS VEGAS – Most of the players competing in the World Series of Poker's Main Event kill time during the five breaks in play each day by using their cellphones, hitting the restroom and/or grabbing a quick drink or a bite to eat. Chris Moneymaker, however, has a different approach...read more