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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.

As we have mentioned last week, the 2014 World Series of Poker Final table will take place tonight! Check out our article with links to WSOP episodes leading up to the final table, the schedule, and a live stream link!

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.

888poker is really trying to capitalize on the amazing stories of this year's November Niners, and has signed professional foosball player Billy Pappas and back-to-back Main Event finalist Mark Newhouse, after signing Brazilian Bruno Politano in September.

As we have reported, the changes in the PokerStars rake system have caused a massive outrage in the online poker community, with many games becoming pretty much unbeatable because of the rake increases, which in certain cases are as big as 400%. Now several high stakes professionals have shared their opinion with PokerNews regarding the matter, including Phil Galfond, Ola "Odd_Oddsen" Amundsgard and Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald.

The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel tribe in California has announced that they will soon offer real money poker games to California residents back in July, but there has not been much new information ever since regarding the launch date. Now they have launched a real-money bingo client, with real-money poker to follow "in days".

Alexander ''PostflopAction'' Kostritsyn, who plays on PokerStars under the screenname ''joiso'', was the biggest winner in the high stakes games in October. With Gus Hansen and Viktor ''Isildur1'' Blom leaving the Full Tilt Professionals team, the highest stakes games have dried up, so noone had a chance to catch the Russian mix game specialist.

Phil Ivey has launched an appeal in the Crockfords edge-sorting case, after the High Court ruled that edge-sorting is considered cheating, and that Ivey has to forfeit his winnings of £7,3 million. Ivey's lawyer stated that the judge has evaluated some of the facts wrong, and has thus made an unlawful ruling.

High Plains Scuba from Colorado decided to host an Underwater Poker Tournament and Silent Auction which benefits the Veterans Helping Veterans Now foundation. The event is held on November 7 - 8, so if you are in the neighborhood and want to truly experience what it is to play with fish and sharks, be sure to attend!

Steve O'Dwyer had his biggest live tournament score ever after defeating a star-studded final table that included Joseph Cheong, Ryan Fee and Daniel Colman.

The final table of the HK$500,000 buy-in Super High Roller at the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker is one of the strongest final tables ever. The chipleader to start the day is Joseph Cheong, but Steve O'Dwyer, Davidi Kitai, and the beast of the high rollers, Daniel Colman are all in contest for the $1.8 million first prize.