World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010). ^[1]

Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher.

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Adam Schoenfeld

Adam Schoenfeld is an American professional poker player and former columnist for Card Player magazine.

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Adrián Mateos

Adrián Mateos Díaz (born July 1, 1994) is a Spanish professional poker player.

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Alan Goehring

Alan Goehring (born February 21, 1962) is an American retired junk bond analyst and trader from Henderson, Nevada.

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Ali Nejad

Oliver "Ali" Nejad (born February 25, 1978) is an Iranian-American television personality, who has hosted several shows including "Road Trip" on ESPNU, and has served as a fill-in host for "UNite," also on ESPNU.

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Allen Cunningham

Allen Cunningham (born March 28, 1977) is an American professional poker player who has won five World Series of Poker bracelets.

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Amarillo Slim

Thomas Austin Preston Jr. (December 31, 1928 – April 29, 2012), known as Amarillo Slim, was an American professional gambler known for his poker skills and proposition bets.

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An Tran

An Tran (born July 29, 1952 in Saigon) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad (born 18 September 1988) is a Norwegian poker player.

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Annie Duke

Anne LaBarr Duke (née Lederer; September 13, 1965) is an American professional poker player and author.

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Antonio Esfandiari

Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, born Amir Esfandiary (امیر اسفندیاری; December 8, 1978), is a professional poker player and former professional magician, known for his elaborate chip tricks.

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Arizona Lottery

The Arizona Lottery is a state agency in Arizona.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Barry Shulman

Barry Shulman (born May 8, 1946) is an American poker player who has enjoyed success in competitive poker tournaments over the past 15 years, and is the CEO of CardPlayer Magazine.

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Bayer

Bayer AG is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company.

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Ben Lamb

Benjamin "Ben" Lamb (born March 31, 1985) is an American professional poker player.

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Benny Binion

Lester Ben "Benny" Binion (November 20, 1904 – December 25, 1989) was an American gambling icon and mob boss.

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Berry Johnston

Berry Enfield Johnston (born September 25, 1935) is an American professional poker player.

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Big One for One Drop

The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000 buy-in No Limit hold 'em tournament hosted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Bill Boyd (poker player)

William "Bill" Walter Boyd (January 27, 1906 – November 21, 1997) was a professional poker player.

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Bill Smith (poker player)

Bill Smith (March 14, 1934 – February 28, 1996) was a professional poker player who won the 1985 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.

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Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel, formerly Binion's Horseshoe, is a casino on Fremont Street along the Fremont Street Experience mall in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Bluff (magazine)

Bluff was an American magazine specializing in the game of poker.

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Bobby Baldwin

Bobby Baldwin (born c. 1950)MGM Mirage's 2006 proxy statement, filed on 4/30/2006, recorded Baldwin's age as 55 is a professional poker player, and casino executive.

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Bobby Hoff

Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff (December 14, 1939 – August 25, 2013) was an American professional poker player, based in Long Beach, California.

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Brad Daugherty (poker player)

Brad Daugherty (born July 5, 1951 in Mountain Grove, Missouri) is a professional poker player.

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Brent Musburger

Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939) is an American sportscaster, lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN).

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Bruce Van Horn

Dr Bruce Van Horn, M.D. is a pathologist from Ada, Oklahoma with extensive poker tournament experience and success.

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Business-to-business

Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) refers to a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another.

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Byron Wolford

Byron Wolford (September 14, 1930 – May 13, 2003), also known as Cowboy Wolford, was an accomplished rodeo cowboy and professional poker player, who was the winner of a World Series of Poker bracelet in 1991 and runner-up in the 1984 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, is an American gaming corporation based in Paradise, Nevada that owns and operates over 50 casinos and hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands.

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Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace is a luxury hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada, United States.

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Cannes

Cannes (Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera.

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Card Player

Card Player magazine is an industry publication and web portal specializing in poker media, poker strategy and poker tournament coverage.

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Carlos Mortensen

Juan Carlos Mortensen (born April 13, 1972 in Ambato, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian professional poker player of Danish descent and the only South American Main Event winner of the World Series of Poker.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Centennial

A centennial is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century, a period of 100 years.

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Chinese poker

Chinese poker is a card game based on poker hand rankings.

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Chip Reese

David Edward "Chip" Reese (March 28, 1951 – December 4, 2007) was an American professional poker player and gambler from Centerville, Ohio.

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Chris Ferguson

Christopher Philip Ferguson (born April 11, 1963) is an American professional poker player.

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Chris Gros

Chris Gros, a poker dealer Caesars Casino in Las Vegas, won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2006 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em tournament.

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Chris Marlowe

Christian "Chris" Marlowe (born September 28, 1951) is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Denver, Colorado.

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Chris Moneymaker

Christopher Bryan Moneymaker (born November 21, 1975, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American poker player who won the Main Event at the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Chris Moorman

Chris Moorman, (born July 12, 1985) is a British professional poker player.

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Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil ("Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company.

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Crandell Addington

Crandell Addington (born June 2, 1938 in Graham, Texas) is an entrepreneur and poker player who is best known as one of the founders of the World Series of Poker, and is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

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Crown Melbourne

Crown Melbourne (also referred to as Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex) is a casino and resort located on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia.

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Curt Gowdy

Curtis Edward Gowdy (July 31, 1919 – February 20, 2006) was an American sportscaster, well known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports and ABC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Dan Colman

Daniel Alan Colman (born July 11, 1990) is an American professional poker player, originally from Holden, Massachusetts.

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Dan Harrington

Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945) is a professional poker player, best known for winning the Main Event at the 1995 World Series of Poker.

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Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu (born July 26, 1974) is a Canadian professional poker player who has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles.

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Darvin Moon

Darvin Moon (born October 1, 1963) is an American self-employed logger and amateur poker player who was the runner-up of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) US$10,000 no-limit Texas hold'em Main Event.

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David Williams (card game player)

David Anthony Williams (born June 9, 1980) is a professional poker player and popular Magic: The Gathering player who also competed on Season 7 of the popular FOX Cooking show MasterChef, where he came as runner-up.

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Dewey Tomko

Duane "Dewey" Tomko (born December 31, 1946 in Glassport, Pennsylvania) is an American former kindergarten teacher turned professional poker player, based in Winter Haven, Florida.

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Dick Van Patten

Richard Vincent Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, whose career spans seven decades of television.

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Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American pay television channel that is the flagship television property of Discovery Inc., a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.

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Don Holt

Don Holt is an American poker player.

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Doyle Brunson

Doyle F. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is a retired American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years.

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Elio Fox

Elio Fox is an American professional poker player whose first World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the money finish was the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe main event that he won.

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Enghien-les-Bains

Enghien-les-Bains is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, is a type of sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual activity.

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Erick Lindgren

Erick A. Lindgren (born August 11, 1976 in Burney, California) is an American professional poker player.

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Erik Seidel

Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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ESPN Classic

ESPN Classic is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns 20%).

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Euro

The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union.

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Excalibur Electronics

Excalibur Electronics, Inc. is an American electronics company established in 1992 with headquarters in Miami, Florida.

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Fabrice Soulier

Fabrice Soulier (born April 23, 1969 in Avignon, France) is a professional poker player with over $5.5 Million in live poker tournament winnings and won his first bracelet in the 2011 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Felix Stephensen

Felix Vincent Stephensen (born 22 July 1990) is a Norwegian semi-professional poker player currently residing in London, England known for being the runner-up finisher to Martin Jacobson in the 2014 World Series of Poker.

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Five-card stud

Five-card stud is the earliest form of the card game stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frank Glieber

Frank John Glieber (April 5, 1934 – May 1, 1985) was an American sportscaster.

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Frank Henderson (poker player)

Frank Henderson (born December 14, 1931) is an American professional poker player.

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Frank Kassela

Frank R. Kassela (born February 26, 1968) is an American professional poker player from Germantown, Tennessee now residing in Las Vegas, who is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.

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Fred Christenson

Frederick John Christenson is an American television executive and professional poker player.

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Gabe Kaplan

Gabriel Weston Kaplan (born March 31, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.

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Gabriela Hill

Gabriela Hill is a Mexican-American television personality who hosted Poker After Dark on Discovery Channel in Spanish-speaking Latin America from April through October 2010, on People+Arts Latin America from January through April 2010, on Azteca 7 and on Proyecto 40 in Mexico from May through December 2009.

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GameCube

The GameCube is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan and North America in 2001 and Europe and Australia in 2002.

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Gary Berland

Gary "Bones" Berland (May 9, 1950 – February 6, 1988) was an American professional poker player who won five World Series of Poker bracelets.

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Gauteng

Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Gavin Griffin

Gavin Griffin (born August 28, 1981 in Darien, Illinois) is an American professional poker player.

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George Danzer

George Danzer (born 17 July 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a German professional poker player, based in Salzburg, Austria who is a four-time World Series of Poker bracelets winner, winning the inaugural $10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship and then the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud High-Low Championship at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, London.

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Glenn Cozen

Glenn Cozen (born 1956) is an American professional poker player from Pasadena, California, who is best known for his second-place finish in the $10,000 buy-in Main Event at the 1993 World Series of Poker.

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Glossary of poker terms

The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker.

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Glu Mobile

Glu Mobile Inc. is a developer and publisher of mobile games for smartphone and tablet devices.

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Greg Merson

Gregory "Greg" Merson (born December 8, 1987) is an American professional poker player.

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Greg Raymer

Gregory Raymer (born June 25, 1964) nicknamed "Fossilman," is a professional poker player.

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Guy Laliberté

Guy Laliberté, (born 2 September 1959) is a Canadian businessman, investor, poker player, and musician.

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Hal Fowler

Harold Arthur "Hal" Fowler (January 12, 1927 – November 7, 2000) was an American poker player known for winning the 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Hamid Dastmalchi

Hamid Reza Dastmalchi is an Iranian-American professional poker player.

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Hans Lund

Hans J. "Tuna" Lund (September 23, 1950 – November 6, 2009) was an American professional poker player, based in Sparks, Nevada, who won two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, and was the runner-up at the 1990 WSOP Main Event.

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Harrah's Gulf Coast

Harrah's Gulf Coast is a casino and hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi, owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment.

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High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program, which was broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States.

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Hole cam

In poker, a hole cam (or pocket cam) is a camera that displays a player's face-down cards (known as "hole cards") to television viewers.

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HORSE

H.O.R.S.E. is a multi-game form of poker commonly played at the high-stakes tables of casinos and in tournaments.

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HOSE

HOSE (aka H.O.S.E or S.H.O.E.) is a term used for playing a mixed game of poker consisting of four different poker games.

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Howard Andrew

Howard Andrew (born 1934) is an American poker player, best known for his success at the 1976 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Howard Goldfarb

Howard Goldfarb (born 1961 or 1962) is a Canadian poker player, chiefly noted as the runner-up of the 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Huck Seed

Huckleberry Huck Seed (born January 15, 1969) is an American professional poker player best known for winning the Main Event of the 1996 World Series of Poker.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Ivan Demidov

Ivan Demidov (Ива́н Деми́дов,; born 1981) is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia.

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Jack Keller (poker player)

Jack Keller (December 29, 1942 – December 5, 2003) was a professional poker player.

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Jack Straus

Jack "Treetop" Straus (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1988) was an American professional poker player.

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James Bord

James Bord (born 1981), is a an entrepreneur.

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James Hartigan

James Hartigan (born 11 March 1975 in Carshalton, South London) is an English journalist and broadcaster who is best known as a poker commentator on British and American television, and as a presenter and film critic on London talk radio station LBC.

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Jamie Gold

Jamie M. Gold (born August 25, 1969) is an American television producer, a talent agent, and poker player, based in Malibu, California.

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Jan Vang Sørensen

Jan Vang SørensenJonas Hüttel, "Verdensmesteren", Ekstra Bladet article, January 19, 2006 (born Jan Vang Hansen, 1960) is a retired Danish football player, turned professional poker player from Odense.

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Jason Mercier

Jason Mercier (born November 12, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Hollywood, Florida.

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Jeff Lisandro

Jeffrey Lisandro (born in Perth) is an Italo-Australian professional poker player, now residing in Salerno, Italy.

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Jeff Madsen

Jeff Madsen (born June 7, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) is the third-youngest winner of a World Series of Poker event and the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year.

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Jeffrey Pollack

Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is a sports business consultant and former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker.

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Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American-Canadian actress and poker player.

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Jerry Yang (poker player)

Xao "Jerry" Yang (born 1967) is an ethnic Hmong poker player from Temecula, California and the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.

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Jesse Alto

Jesse Michael Alto (January 1, 1927 – May 3, 1998), was an American poker player, best known for his numerous main event final table appearances at the World Series of Poker.

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Jim Albrecht

Jim Albrecht (December 8, 1949, St. Augustine, Florida – October 16, 2003), is best known as the longtime tournament director of the World Series of Poker.

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Jim Bechtel

James Gary Bechtel (born 1952) is an American cotton farmer and poker player, now based in Gilbert, Arizona.

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Jimmy Snyder (sports commentator)

James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker.

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Joe Cada

Joseph "Joe" Cada (born November 18, 1987) is an American professional poker player from Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Joe Hachem

Joseph Hachem (جوزف هاشم;; born 11 March 1966) is a Lebanese Australian professional poker player known for winning the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker.

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Joe McKeehen

Joseph "Joe" McKeehen (born June 28, 1991) is an American professional poker player and mind sports player from North Wales, Pennsylvania.

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Joe Navarro

Joe Navarro (born 1953) is an American author, public speaker and former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and supervisor.

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John Juanda

Johnson "John" Juanda (born July 8, 1971) is an Indonesian-born American professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California.

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John Racener

John Racener (born December 17, 1985) is an American poker professional from Port Richey, Florida, best known as the runner-up of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

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John Strzemp

John Strzemp, II (born 1952) is a casino executive and poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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John Tabatabai

John Tabatabai is a Welsh professional poker player (Lisvane, Cardiff) based in London, England.

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Johnny Chan

Johnny Chan (He has another Chinese name "Chen Qiangni" which is also commonly used by Chinese-language media. It is a transliteration of "Johnny Chan" (as "Chen" for "Chan", "Qiangni" for "Johnny") rather than his Chinese birth name. born in Guangzhou, China in 1957) is a Chinese-American professional poker player.

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Johnny Moss

Johnny Moss (May 14, 1907 – December 16, 1995) was a gambler and professional poker player.

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Jonathan Duhamel

Jonathan Duhamel (born August 24, 1987) is a Canadian poker professional from Boucherville, Quebec, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Julian Gardner (poker player)

Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England.

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Kevin MacPhee

Kevin MacPhee is an American professional poker player.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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List of largest poker tournaments in history (by prize pool)

For the last eight years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event.

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List of poker variants

The card game of poker has many variations, most of which were created in the United States in the mid-1900's.

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Lon McEachern

Lon McEachern (pronounced "ma-CAIR-en", born) is an American sports commentator most known for his hand-by-hand commentary of the World Series of Poker on ESPN.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lowball (poker)

Lowball or low poker is a variant of poker in which the normal ranking of hands is inverted.

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Mansour Matloubi

Mansour Matloubi is an Iranian-British professional poker player living in London.

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Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra (born December 17, 1979) is an American–Argentine TV host, health advocate, writer and actress.

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Mark Seif

Mark Seif (born October 4, 1967) is an Egyptian American attorney and professional poker player.

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Martin Jacobson

Martin Jacobson (born 30 June 1987) is a Swedish professional poker player, originally from Stockholm, Sweden, but currently residing in London, England.

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Martin Staszko

Martin Staszko (born 22 June 1976) is a Czech poker player from Třinec, best known as the runner-up of the Main Event at the 2011 World Series of Poker, where he finished second to Pius Heinz.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Michael Mizrachi

Michael David Mizrachi (born January 5, 1981) is an American professional poker player who won the 2010, 2012 and 2018 World Series of Poker $50,000 Players Championship.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Mike Gorodinsky

Mike Gorodinsky (born 1986 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is an American professional poker player from San Diego, California.

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Mike Hart (poker player)

Mike Hart (also known as Mike Harthcock) is an American poker player from Winter Haven, Florida.

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Mike Matusow

Michael Matusow (born April 30, 1968 in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional poker player, residing in Henderson, Nevada.

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Mike Sexton

Michael Richard "Mike" Sexton (born September 22, 1947) is an American professional poker player and commentator.

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Miller Brewing Company

The Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that was owned until October 11, 2016 by the MillerCoors division of the SABMiller–Molson Coors joint venture.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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MTR Gaming Group

MTR Gaming Group was a gaming company based in Chester, West Virginia that operated horse racing tracks and racinos.

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National Heads-Up Poker Championship

The National Heads-Up Poker Championship was an annual poker tournament held in the United States and produced by the NBC television network.

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Nevada

Nevada (see pronunciations) is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America.

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Nevada Gaming Commission

The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

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Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Noel Furlong

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Non-bracelet events at the WSOP

The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered to be the most coveted prize a poker player can win, but in most years there have been competitive events that did not award a bracelet to the winner.

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Norman Chad

Norman A. Chad (born 1958) is an American sportswriter and syndicated columnist who is seen on the sports channel ESPN.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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November Nine

The November Nine was the name used to refer to the final nine contestants, or final table, at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from 2008 to 2016.

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Olivier Busquet

Olivier Busquet (born August 22, 1981) is an American professional poker player.

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Omaha hold 'em

Omaha hold 'em (also known as Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his or her best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of the five community cards.

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One Drop Foundation

One Drop is an international non-profit organization created by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, focused on water initiatives.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel (born Patrick Benguigui on 14 May 1959) is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player.

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Paul Wasicka

Paul J. Wasicka (born February 17, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is a professional poker player, based in Denver, Colorado who was the runner-up at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event and the winner of the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

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Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Luiseño Indians based in Riverside County, California, where their reservation is located.

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Perry Green (poker player)

Perry Green (b. c. 1936) is an American poker player who has won three World Series of Poker bracelets and who has made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event twice.

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Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate (born 13 December 1985) is a poker player from Denmark, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

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Phil Gordon

Philip Stewart Gordon (born July 6, 1970) is an American professional poker player, commentator and author.

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Phil Hellmuth

Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets.

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Phil Ivey

Phillip Dennis Ivey Jr. (born February 1, 1977), is an American professional poker player who has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets, one World Poker Tour title, and appeared at nine World Poker Tour final tables.

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Phil Laak

Philip "Phil" Courtney Laak is an Irish professional poker player and a poker commentator, now residing in Los Angeles, California.

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Phil Ruffin

Phillip Gene "Phil" Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American businessman.

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Pius Heinz

Pius Heinz (born 4 May 1989) is a German professional poker player from Bonn, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2011 World Series of Poker.

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PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program on NBC.

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Poker tournament

A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker.

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PokerStars

PokerStars is an online poker cardroom owned by The Stars Group.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Puggy Pearson

Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson (January 29, 1929 – April 12, 2006) was an American professional poker player.

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Qui Nguyen (poker player)

Qui Nguyen (born 1977) is a Vietnamese-American poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Razz (poker)

Razz is a form of stud poker that is normally played for ace-to-five low (lowball poker).

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Reno, Nevada

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada, located in the western part of the state, approximately from Lake Tahoe.

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Rexona

Rexona is a deodorant and antiperspirant brand founded in Australia and manufactured by Unilever.

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Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino

Rio Las Vegas is a hotel and casino near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.

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Robert Varkonyi

Robert Varkonyi (born 1961) is a Hungarian poker player, best known for winning the Main Event of the 2002 World Series of Poker.

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Rod Peate

Rod Peate is a poker player from Portland, Oregon In the 1983 World Series of Poker, Peate finished runner-up to Tom McEvoy in the Main Event.

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Ronnie Bardah

Ronnie Bardah (born August 29, 1982) is a professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2012 World Series of Poker and is also notable for holding the record for most consecutive World Series of Poker main event money finishes, with a streak of 5 years in a row from 2010 to 2014.

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Rounders (film)

Rounders is a 1998 American drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton.

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Russ Hamilton

Russ Hamilton (born 1948 or 1949) is an American poker player.

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Ryan Riess

Ryan Riess (born June 21, 1990) is an American professional poker player best known for winning the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event.

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Sailor Roberts

Bryan W. "Sailor" Roberts (March 7, 1931 – June 23, 1995) was an American professional poker player.

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Sam Farha

Ihsan "Sam" Farha (born 1959 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a professional poker player.

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Satellite tournament

A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region.

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Scott Blumstein

Scott Blumstein (born March 27, 1992) is an American poker player from Morristown, New Jersey.

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Scott Fischman

Scott Fischman (born 1980 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Scotty Nguyen

Thuận B. "Scotty" Nguyễn (born October 28, 1962) is a Vietnamese American professional poker player who is a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, most notably as the winner of the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event and the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship.

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Seven-card stud

Seven-card stud, also known as Seven-Toed Pete or Down-The-River is a variant of stud poker.

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SoBe

SoBe (stylized as SoBE) is an American brand of teas, fruit-juice blends and enhanced water beverages owned by PepsiCo.

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Sony

is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Steve Dannenmann

Steven Paul "Steve" Dannenmann (born August 15, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a CPA from Severn, Maryland who gained attention in the poker world for his success in the 2005 World Series of Poker, finishing runner-up to Joe Hachem in the Main Event in his first attempt.

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Stu Ungar

Stuart Errol Ungar (September 8, 1953 – November 22, 1998) was a professional poker, blackjack, and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin player of all time.

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T. J. Cloutier

Thomas James "T.

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Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest (born September 24, 1964) is an American professional poker player, currently residing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Ted Robinson (sportscaster)

Theodore "Ted" Robinson (born July 19, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster.

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Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em (also known as Texas holdem, hold 'em, and holdem) is a variation of the card game of poker.

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The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is an American company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world.

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The Poker Players Championship

The Poker Players Championship is a $50,000 buy-in event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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Tom Dwan

Thomas Dwan Jr. (born July 30, 1986) is an American professional poker player who played online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker under the screen name "durrrr".

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Tom McEvoy

Thomas K. McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.) is a professional poker player, author and member of the Poker Hall of Fame.

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Tom Schneider

Tom Schneider (born December 24, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a professional poker player from Phoenix, Arizona.

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Tournament director (poker)

In the game of poker, the tournament director (TD) is the individual charged with running the poker tournament.

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Tuan Lam

Tuan Lam (born January 1, 1966 in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-Canadian professional poker player from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

Tunica Resorts,"." U.S. Census Bureau.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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United States Playing Card Company

The United States Playing Card Company (USPCC), established in 1867 as Russell, Morgan & Co. and founded in its current incarnation in 1885, is a large producer and distributor of playing cards.

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United States presidential election, 2012

The United States presidential election of 2012 was the 57th quadrennial American presidential election.

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Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) is United States legislation regulating online gambling.

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Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Ashley Rousso (born February 5, 1983) is an American professional poker player, DJ, and television personality.

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Vardenafil

Vardenafil (INN) is a PDE5 inhibitor used for treating erectile dysfunction that is sold under the trade names Levitra (Bayer AG, GSK, and SP), Staxyn in India, and Vivanza in Italy.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Vincent Van Patten

Vincent Van Patten (born October 17, 1957) is an American actor, former tour professional tennis player, and the commentator for the World Poker Tour.

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World Series of Poker (video game)

World Series of Poker is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker.

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World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets

World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker.

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World Series of Poker Africa

The World Series of Poker Africa (WSOPA) is the second expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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World Series of Poker Asia Pacific

The World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) is the third expansion of the World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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World Series of Poker bracelet

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win.

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World Series of Poker Circuit

The World Series of Poker Circuit is a series of poker tournaments held annually at a variety of casinos since 2005 as a build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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World Series of Poker Europe

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions

The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is an invitational freeroll poker event.

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World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker.

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Xbox (console)

The Xbox is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles manufactured by Microsoft.

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1970 World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker was first held in 1970.

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1971 World Series of Poker

The 1971 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe during May 1–15, 1971.

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1972 World Series of Poker

The 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held during early May 1972 at the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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1973 World Series of Poker

The 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1974 World Series of Poker

The 1974 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1974 at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1975 World Series of Poker

The 1975 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1975 at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1976 World Series of Poker

The 1976 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1976 at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1977 World Series of Poker

The 1977 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1978 World Series of Poker

The 1978 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1978 at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1979 World Series of Poker

The 1979 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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1980 World Series of Poker

The 1980 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1981 World Series of Poker

The 1981 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1982 World Series of Poker

The 1982 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1983 World Series of Poker

The 1983 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held from May 9 to May 12, 1983, at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1984 World Series of Poker

The 1984 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1985 World Series of Poker

The 1985 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1986 World Series of Poker

The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1987 World Series of Poker

The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1988 World Series of Poker

The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1989 World Series of Poker

The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1990 World Series of Poker

The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1991 World Series of Poker

The 1991 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1992 World Series of Poker

The 1992 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1993 World Series of Poker

The 1993 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1994 World Series of Poker

The 1994 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1995 World Series of Poker

The 1995 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1996 World Series of Poker

The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1997 World Series of Poker

The 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1998 World Series of Poker

The 1998 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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1999 World Series of Poker

The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2000 World Series of Poker

The 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2001 World Series of Poker

The 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2002 World Series of Poker

The 2002 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2003 World Series of Poker

The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.

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2004 World Series of Poker

The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January.

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2005 World Series of Poker

The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7.

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2006 World Series of Poker

The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with "satellite" events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29.

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2007 World Series of Poker

The 2007 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 1, 2007.

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2007 World Series of Poker Europe

Five time bracelet winner, Chris Ferguson, finished in fourth place in the first event The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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2008 World Series of Poker

The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2008 World Series of Poker Europe

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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2009 World Series of Poker

The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2009 World Series of Poker Europe

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States.

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2010 World Series of Poker

The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17.

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2010 World Series of Poker Europe

The fourth World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from September 14, 2010 to September 28, 2010.

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2011 World Series of Poker

The 2011 World Series of Poker was the 42nd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2011 World Series of Poker Europe

The fifth World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 7, 2011 to October 20, 2011.

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2012 World Series of Poker

The 2012 World Series of Poker was the 43rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2012 World Series of Poker Europe

The sixth World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from September 21, 2012 to October 4, 2012, at Hôtel Majestic Barrière and Le Croisette Casino Barrière in Cannes, France.

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2013 World Series of Poker

The 2013 World Series of Poker was the 44th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2013 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific

Below are the results for the 2013 (and inaugural) World Series of Poker Asia Pacific tournaments.

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2013 World Series of Poker Europe

The seventh World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 11, 2013 to October 25, 2013, at Casino Barriere in Enghien-les-Bains, France.

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2014 World Series of Poker

The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific

The 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) was held from October 2-18 at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia.

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2015 World Series of Poker

The 2015 World Series of Poker is the 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2015 World Series of Poker Europe

The 2015 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) was held from October 8-24 at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin, Germany.

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2016 World Series of Poker

The 2016 World Series of Poker was the 47th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2017 World Series of Poker

The 2017 World Series of Poker was the 48th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP).

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2017 World Series of Poker Europe

The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 19 to November 10 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

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888 Holdings

888 Holdings plc is a company which operates several gambling websites.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_of_Poker

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