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Jostens of Minneapolis have created the bracelets for the last two years and the Main Event jewellery features 40 uniquely-cast parts crafted with 427 grams of white and yellow gold.

Some players apparently cheered Lederer’s departure – the thought that the disgraced former Full Tilt founder might take down the most prestigious event of the series being too much even for his most committed supporters.

What happened with his online cash legacy that made him famous throughout the world? Is he still grinding the cash tables?

Getting frustrated at the poker table - “going on tilt” - is so common that anyone who has ever spent even a little bit of time at the poker table knows exactly what it feels like.

It wasn’t that long ago that the poker game of choice in rooms across the nation was mostly 7-card Stud High. And even if Hold’em was known to players, it was treated more as an object of reverence than as a game to be played on a daily basis.

What happened? What’s really stopping online poker in the United States? And more importantly, is there any chance that something will change in the future and launch that next poker boom that we are all hoping for?

Two years after so called ‘Black Friday’, Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the writers behind Rounders, watched as their take on the Full Tilt scandal hit the big screen.

The Canadian maestro is incensed at Ferguson’s refusal to apologise, answer press questions or even give statement on his role in the Full Tilt scandal, a debacle which saw over $440million of player funds disappear into a black hole.

There is no bigger spectacle than at the World Series of Poker and many a classic all-in moment has taken place there.

Spoiler alert: while it may suck to have these things happen to you, it can be equally as hilarious to watch them happen to someone else.

The Canadian pro is heading to the courts hoping to win back the cash which he paid to Philippe Rouas and the Frenchman’s ill-fated Poker World Society Inc.

For 27 year-old Brit Benny Glaser, wish came true and he has become the 2016 success story of the WSOP so far.

Jessica’s tweet achieved the likely intention which was to stir some debate about reality television and Poker. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment that was later clarified after she received some criticism from other Twitter users.

Razz’s oddities definitely shouldn’t turn you off the game; the average holdemist might find that those oddities allow you to sharpen up a few specifics in your game, and a more open mind might just enjoy razz for it’s own sake.