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Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina hosts the WSOP Circuit August 6–17 with a $2 million Main Event prize-pool guarantee. Our desk files written updates from the floor — reports and counts, no live hole cards.
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A 22-year-old from Spokane, Washington, who beat Finland’s Lauri Saaskilahti heads-up at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on August 5 to become one of the youngest World Champions in the game’s history.
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