photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Vince Neal gives the command “Shuffle Up and Deal” to begin the final Heads-Up match of the 2009 WSOP Click photo for gallery image Only three weeks remain before the Big Poker Show comes to town. The 2010 World Series of Poker will once again fill the Pavilion Expo Center at Harrah’s Rio Resort in Las Vegas with thousands of poker players from around the world, movie stars, sports celebrities, throngs of clamoring fans armed with point-and-shoots, millions and millions of dollars in cash, and a few gold bracelets

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Chau Giang seen during the 2009 WSOP Main Event Chau Giang outlasted the field of poker pros and celebrities to claim the 2010 WSOP $10,000 Main Event seat and the Curtis & Co. custom watch. Included in the mix was well known Full Tilters Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman and Eric Seidel joined WSOP champions Doyle Brunson and Tom McElvoy in support of this annual SPCA charity poker tournament.

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com 2010 DSE I at The Venetian Poker Room 2010 Deep Stack Extravaganza (DSE) series is currently running the first installment through February 24 at the Venetian Poker Room. Stop by on Friday before the High Noon start time with your $340 buy-in and play in the most popular (and copied) Las Vegas poker tournaments especially designed to give the average bankrolled players the same experience as the high dollar events. More starting chips and longer play at limit levels ensure your poker skills will definitely become a factor

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Daniel Alaei walked away with $1.4 million after winning the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas Daniel Christopher Alaei outlasted a poker pro rich field of 328 players to claim his first World Poker Tour title. The high-stakes poker player has won two WSOP bracelets, 2006 and 2009. His best WSOP Main Event finish was 25th in 2007

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Bellagio Resort on the Las Vegas strip The Bellagio’s holiday poker tournament, The Five Diamond World Poker Classic, is up and running at the luxurious Bellagio Resort on the Las Vegas strip. Satellites and the first event begin Friday, November 27, and continues with daily events through the final table of the Doyle Brunson Classic championship event on December 19.