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The WSOP Main Event finalists living in London have saved $9.55 million total in taxes, the American players pay at least 40% of their winnings. Russ Fox from  Clayton Financial and Tax has  been writing reports about the taxation of the WSOP winners for years, and you can read the shocking excerpt from this years report below.

As we have recently reported, Daniel "mrgr33n13" Colman has called Phil Hellmuth a spineless whore and a cancer to this world. High stakes cash game player Dani "Ansky" Stern and Greg Merson, the 2012 WSOP Main Event champion have both given their opinion regarding the situation.

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom talked about participating in a live cash game organized by Unibet and about attending the Unibet Open in London this November, and rumors are he might join the company as a sponsored player soon.

 As we have previously reported, Phil Hellmuth was recently the guest of Brian Koppelmans popular podcast, The Moment. In the thread about the podcast on the 2+2 forums, one of the first commenters was Daniel Colman, who called Hellmuth a spineless whore and a cancer to the world.

Fedor ''CrownUpGuy'' Holz won the Main Event of the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker, for which he received $1.3 million, and he has been on a roll ever since, he has won two major Sunday tournaments and has successfully taken shots in the high stakes games at PokerStars aswell. He recently gave an interview to PocketFives about his results, you can read the excerpt from the interview below.

Brian Koppelman, the screenwriter of the legendary poker movie Rounders, was joined by 13-times WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth in his popular podcast called The Moment.

According to Financial Times Alphaville, Amaya Gaming has made a $1,2 billion offer on the purchase of bwin.party. After several media outlets published the story as a fact, bwin.party released a statment that denied the sale, but they admitted that they are negotiating with several companies regarding a deal.

As we have reported, Daniel Negreanu was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame along with tournament director legend Jack McCelland. The induction ceremony happened before the WSOP Main Event final table, and you can tell how happy the Candadian PokerStars Pro is with his Hall of Fame trophy.

As soon as the WSOP finished in Las Vegas, the organizers of the event, Caesars Entertainment, announced that the European leg of the Series, the WSOP Europe, will be held in Berlin in 2015.

As we have reported yesterday, there were only three players left standing (sitting) in the battle for the 2014 WSOP Main Event title and the $10 million first prize. Jorryt van Hoof and Felix Stephensen both played great poker, but neither of them could stop Swedish tournament legend Martin Jacobson, who has claimed the first major tournament win of his career.

Everyone is excited about winning the WSOP Main Event, but some forget the stunning gold bracelet that one receives for winning the title. This years bracelet was made by Jason of Beverly Hills , and consists of 300 grams of 14 karat white and yellow gold, and also has a secret compartment with a gold gaming chip.

Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Jacobson and Felix Stephensen are the three players left whose Main Event champion dreams are still alive, while Mark Newhouse busted in 9th place after busting in 9th in 2013 aswell.

Mike "timex" McDonald is one of the most accomplished tournament players in the world, having amassed over $10 million in winnings by the age of 25. It's safe to say he has no money problems, but people still send him thousands of dollars without any explanation.

Darren "darrenelias" Elias won the WPT Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City back in September, and has now followed it up with a win in the WPT Caribbean last Friday. With that he became the first player ever to win back-to-back WPT titles in the same season.

On November 10th and 11th, the most prestigious event in poker, the World Series of Poker Main Event final table will commence, and will pay out $10 million to the first place finisher. Today we are going to provide a short player profile for each of the nine gentlemen left standing.