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2011 WSOP ESPN TV Table

Caesar's Entertainment, owner of the WSOP tournament, released the 2012 schedule today along with some new changes in the event.  Seth Palansky, Vice President Corporate Communications, opened the curtains on the largest, most action packed WSOP in the 43 years that the first ever, original poker tournament has been offered to poker players.  Leave your calendar open from May 27 through July 16 when the November Nine of the $10,000 World Series Poker Championship event will head home until the November.

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Pius Heinz, 2011 WSOP Main Event Champion

A few minutes after midnight the final hand of the 2011 World Series Of Poker Main Event was dealt to the final two players, Martin Strasko and Pius Heinz.  Betting ended when Pius Heinz said "all-in" and was called by Martin Staszko.

Pius Heinz finished in first place to become the 2011 WSOP Main Event Champion.  He collected $8,715,638 in cash to supplement the coveted gold and diamond 2011 WSOP Championship Bracelet.  Martin Staszko received $5,433,086 for second place.

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Pius Heinz, chip leader with 107,800,000

Sometime in the early morning hours on Wednesday the 2011 WSOP Main Event should finally deal the final hand and crown a world's poker champion.  Three players remain in the quest for poker's most sought after world championship bracelet, $8,715,638 in cash and the bragging rights as the top poker player of 2011.  Second place will receive $5,433,086 and third place will have to settle for $4,021,138.

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2011 WSOP November Nine with Jack Effel, Tournament Director

Today begins the long awaited conclusion of the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table that went on break in July after reaching the final nine players. 

Eight of the nine players will leave millionaires while the first out will pocket just over three quarters of a million dollars.  The winner takes home the World Poker Championship title, almost nine million in cash plus poker's most elusive treasure, the gold and diamond championship bracelet.

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2006 Caesars Palace Tournament Room

Heading into the holidays begins with the world's best poker players converging on Las Vegas for a round of high end poker tournaments and the ESPN TV poker spectacular, final conclusion of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Final Table.  The all time, original and first ever poker tournament/event, Caesars Entertainment's WSOP Main Event, crowns the top poker player in the world for 2011 at the final table November 5-7.

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Benny Binion purchased the Eldorado Club and the Apache Hotel in 1951, remodeled both joints into one casino that he opened as the Horseshoe and went on to make the property the most profitable per square foot in the state.  Binion was the first to offer free drinks to all gamblers, add carpet to the casino floor, provide air conditioning and an elavator to the second floor guest rooms.

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2011 WSOP ESPN TV Feature Table

Caesars Entertainment Corporation, the world's largest operator of casinos, released the second-quarter and first-half 2011 report on Tuesday, August 11, 2011.  Even thought the company reported a loss of $153.9 million it was a substantial improvement over the reported 2010 second-quarter loss of $274.0 million.

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Martin Staszko is the favorite to win at 14/5

Nevada Gaming Control Board approved changes to sports book betting earlier this year with the addition of action on non-sports events.  Although odds have been posted in the past on non-sporting events the bookmakers could not accept wagers and did it for fun only.  The first non-sporting event that will post odds and actually accept wagers is the final table of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main event to be played in November.

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November Nine chasing the bracelet

The stage is set and the final nine players from a WSOP Main Event starting field of 6,865 players are now on break until the final able reconvenes November 5-7 to determine the 2011 WSOP Championship winner.  The November Nine was determined in the early morning hours on Wednesday, July 20th, when John Hewitt pushed all-in and was eliminated in 10th place, $607,882.

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Phil Hellmuth faces John Juanda for event win and bracelet #12

Update:  Phil hellmuth was denied his 12th gold bracelet after John Juanda charged from behind to overtake and defeat Hellmuth.

All that stands between Phil Hellmuth and his 12th WSOP gold bracelet is fellow poker pro John Juanda.  The two players outlasted a field of 126 in event #16, $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship.

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