2005 WSOP Main Event winner Joe Hachem wins another big one at the a 2006 WSOP event bagging $345,000. Hachem came in at 2nd to Russ Boyd from California, raking in an impressive $649,000.

Event #2, a $1,500 No-Limit Texas HoldEm tournament saw a record number of participants with officials trying to squeeze in alternates left and right. The event produced 2,750 participants, more than last years previous all time record of 2,305 poker players.

Australian Mark Vos grabs the 51st WSOP bracelet for FullTiltPoker.Com as he wins the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Holdem tournament. Vos is now one of the youngest World Series of Poker bracelet winners in history.

Australian Mark Vos joins the ranks with Joe Hachem in hitting it big at the 2006 WSOP. The 22 year-old raked in $1.08 million for placing first in a recent WSOP event.

Phil Hellmuth sets another WSOP record as the player with the most number of money cashes. Event #2 in the 2006 series saw him cashing in his 50th tournament.

Montclair gal Vanessa Selbt raked in $101,285 at the event #2 of the 2006 WSOP coming in at 7th place. The 21 year-old Yale graduate almost made it to the books as WSOPs 10th woman to hold a bracelet.

Russ Dutch Boyd won in the World Series of Poker No Limit Holdem Short Handed Tournament, earning his first WSOP bracelet. The Missouri University law school graduate raked in $475,000 from his win.

Reno-based Harrahs Entertainment, Inc., has unveiled the tour schedule of the World Series of Poker which is to take place is Harrahs nine establishments around the country, as well as a special prize for winners of holdem championships at one of their establishments.

FifthAlarm poker launches one of the largest online charity poker events in history on Aug. 7 at 8:30 pm EST. The event is being held for the benefit of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Dave Masters finished in the top three of the Scottish Poker Championship in Edinburgh, together with Duncan Meekison finishing at 5th. Both players are online qualifiers from PaddyPowerPoker.com.

The number of participants almost doubled at the ladies event of the 2006 WSOP from last years 600 to this years more than 1,100. The event was star studded as it featured defending champion actress Jennifer Tilly together with other Hollywood stars like Shannon Elizabeth and Anne Heche.

The ladies event of the 2006 drew the largest crowd of spectators by far as Hollywood stars graced the green felt. Shannon Elizabeth, Anne Heche and other stars join defending champion Jennifer Tilly.

FedEx employee Mark Schwartz joins poker pros at the 2006 WSOP after qualifying online through PartyPoker.com. Asked how far he might go in the tour, he modestly said, 'I dont have a clue'.

InterPoker.com brings poker to new heights with its new Extreme Poker Challenge entitled 'Losers Leap'. Poker pros shall be playing at 20,000 feet above Las Vegas and each eliminated player will have to take the, you guessed it, Losers Leap.

Jason Richards, a financial portfolio manager by day, has won a spot in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. Richards qualified by finishing in the top 23 of a tournament at PokerStars.com last month whcih earns him a seat in the No-Limit Texas Holdem World Championship.

University of Texas economics senior Andrew Webb is another online qualifier for the 2006 WSOP Main Event. The 21-year-old is excited to be facing off with poker greats, but he is also confident that he has what it takes to play among the best.

In a revenge of the underdog move, Chip Reese successfully bagged the 2006 H.O.R.S.E. championship. Reese and stiff opponent Andy Bloch battled it out for 7 hours, earning the record for the longest heads-up play in WSOP history and netting Reese the $50,000 prize.

Jason Lee, a University of Florida senior and online qualifier for the 2006 World Series of Poker, successfully waded past 5,000 other entrants before being eliminated from the Main Event. However, the young poker player is happy for the 'surreal' experience, and is planning to participate in years ...

After one day of the WSOPs widely recognized battle of endurance and guts H.O.R.S.E. tournament, nine players remain. Patrik Antonius, Jim Bechtel, Andy Bloch, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, Chip Reese, David Singer and Dewey Tomko joins Doyle Brunson in the battle for the H.O.R.S.E. gold bracelet.

The $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament in the 2006 WSOP was a stellar event, comprised by the brightest stars in the poker world. Barry Greenstein, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Andy Bloch and David Grey are some of the poker greats-- and thats just one table.

Aside from winning the World Cup, the Italians have another reason to celebrate. Max Pescatori, dubbed the 'Italian Pirate', has gone on to win the $2,500 No Limit Holdem at the 2006 WSOP.

Scott McQueston, 29, gave up his job which he earned 55,000 UK Pounds a year from about five years ago. He made his hobby, playing poker, his fulltime job and hobby at the same time, which gave him 150,000 UK Pounds in earnings in a typical year .

'Godfather of Costa Rican Players' Humberto Brenes has joined the roster of poker pros in team PokerStars. Brenes will be making his first public appearance as part of team PokerStars on the 2006 WSOP.

An April Fools Day joke is going to be turned into reality as a Dublin based bookmaker attempts to hold the worlds biggest strip poker tournament. Paddy Power is hoping that the event will make it to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Champions Joseph Hachem and Daniel Negreanu will be among the favorites at the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. The final table is expected to begin around August 10th and features a top prize of $11.7 million or more.