Jamie Gold wins World Series of Poker

The annual World Series of Poker main event has concluded for 2006, and former talent agent Jamie Gold has been crowned World Champion scooping the largest prize in poker history, $12,000,000. He also collected a coveted WSOP bracelet.

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Gold pulled off his best acting job ever early Friday, bluffing his way to victory. He somehow convinced Paul Wasicka he had a weaker hand, getting him to push all his chips in the pot. The 36-year-old Gold screamed for joy to see Wasicka's pocket 10s to his pair of queens.

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Third season for High Stakes Poker

Poker fans that enjoyed the last season of the televised cash game poker series "High Stakes Poker" can look forward to a third season this week following the announcement by Game Show Network that it intends to again take up its option for a further season.

The second season of the show, taped at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, is currently airing on GSN on Monday evenings. Several well-known professional poker players have appeared in the first two seasons of the show including Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, and Johnny Chan.

World Series of Poker Was Born in Reno

While the finals begin Thursday in the world series of poker, most would be surprised to know that the tournament actually didn't begin here in Las Vegas. The pop culture phenomenon actually started in Reno.

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In 1969, Holiday Hotel owner Tom Moore invited a small group of the world's best players for a poker competition. They decided to make it an annual event, which was originally called the Texas Gamblers Convention. In 1970, Moore sold his hotel and Benny Binion took over the rights to the tournament. That's when Binion moved the tournament to Las Vegas and changed the name to the World Series of Poker.

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