While all are completely deserving, some players or contributors do get in over more deserving candidates.

Every year, popular players tend to dominate the final list of nominees regardless of whether they are deserving or not.

Brian Rast earned the largest score of his pro career over the weekend after winning the $500,000 Super High Roller Bowl at Aria.

Every year, there are things that occur at the WSOP that defy explanation and are the result of players not paying attention.

Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion, is the winner of the 2015 WSOP $111,111 ONE DROP High Roller.

Phil Ivey has finally showed up to the 2015 World Series of Poker. He played in Sunday's $111,111 ONE DROP High Roller and revealed where he's been all this time.

The Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout at Aria in Las Vegas kicks off this weekendwith top poker stars such as Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Vanessa Selbst along with celebs Don Cheadle and Norm Macdonald.

Today we look back at the start of the series and share five lessons learned thus far at the 2015 WSOP.

The World Poker Tour has been sold to Ourgame Holdings International for $35 million.

The WSOP is the standard bearer for poker tournaments worldwide and for some players it is the first time they've competed in a long tournament series.