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.

This would be Hellmuths only WSOP bracelet that was not from a holdem event.  It would also come four years to the day when he won his last record setting gold bracelet.

The winner of tthe event will also pocket $367,170 for first place while the runner up will take home $226,907 in cash.  Follow all the 2010 WSOP action with the official “PokerNews Live Reporting Team.”

Casino is one of the games that are being played all over the world and some countries like UK, Australia, and others have been able to legalize the online gambling on casinos. The US lawmakers are still looking for ways of legalizing online poker although poker players in US are still having their money stolen in the online poker rooms since they are doing it illegally.

The fun that comes with going to the different casinos is the fact that one can try out different gaming experiences without a limit. With new games being developed on a regular basis by Microgaming, Playtech, Cryptologic and Odd on Gaming, casino funs can now get a chance to enjoy this experience more as the number of casinos also increase.

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Integral to WSOP are the parties and bashes thrown by various poker institutions. They form an outlet for the tensions built up at the tables and everyone has a great time. Though Black Friday does not seem to have affected the participation in the events, many of the prominent bashes are missing. PokerStars has cancelled its party at the Palms and Howard Lederer is not holding his party at the Nugget. But there was a surprising addition. The poker babes Maria Ho, Tiffany Michelle and Vanessa Rousso threw a party at Nikki Beach.

When Maria placed second in the $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event she had said, “It’s a disappointment and I feel bad for saying that, because I won a lot of money and I should be proud.” Maria’s take from the prize pool was $540,020, which was the largest prize won by a woman ever at the Las Vegas WSOP. And Maria

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June 20 – A thrilled player has won the the progressive jackpot at Slotland.com after playing the popular one pay line game, Witch’s Brew.

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The standalone online casino site announced that the frequent-paying progressive jackpot had been won by a middle aged father, who could now afford to put his daughter through college as a result.

The $128,734 cash was won after the player tried out Witch’s Brew for the first time, although he has been a member at the site for over a year.

“My daughter is just starting college and my wife and I were worried about how we’d be able to pay for it all,” said RMP1956.

“Education is important but it’s so expensive these days.

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They’re in every tournament, participate in every hand and make every final table.

The poker mavens I speak of are none other than the World Series of Poker dealers.

Every year, hundreds of dealers descend upon the Rio to deal the fate of every poker player hoping to win a bracelet.

They don’t use any fancy algorithms or random number generators to deal you bad beats, they just use their hands and a stone-cold demeanor.

While many players only notice the dealers when they make a mistake, there are some people taking note when they do everything right.

The Rio runs a Dealer of the Year contest during every WSOP to reward those dealers who go above and beyond the call of poker.

Every day tournament staff give out cards to dealers who’ve excelled that day.

The card then gets deposited into a box and, once a week, tournament staff randomly draw three cards to win the weekly Dealer of the Year prize, two passes to the Carnival World Buffet.

Cards are also cumulative, so the more good deeds a dealer does, the more likely they are to win.

But what are these good deeds? Accor

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