Fernanda Carriedo, a Palo Verde High graduate and UNLV nursing student, was one of five entries to win the Circa Survivor contest and $3.74 million each in prize money.
A professional poker player has spent months in a Las Vegas jail after he was accused of threatening a District Court judge and a World Poker Tour executive.
Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.
Michael Mizrachi claimed the $10 million first prize by winning the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame afterward.
Michael Mizrachi steamrolled the final table Tuesday and holds a massive chip lead with four players remaining in the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Leo Margets of Spain was eliminated from the WSOP Main Event on Tuesday at Horseshoe Las Vegas, while Michael Mizrachi gained a commanding chip lead.