Steve Albini shipped Event #31 $1,500 Seven Card Stud at a star-packed table that included Jesus Ferguson, whom he busted in fourth place. Aussie pro Jeff Lisandro was seeking his seventh bracelet but the record producer of Nirvana's In Utero and punk musician Steve Albini stood in his way. Albini denied Lisandro's quest for numero seven and Albini won his first bracelet, plus $105,629 in cash.

Busy weekend at the Rio. Couple more bracelets were awarded to first-time winners. Hahn Tran took down Event #29 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw. WSOP Circuit ring winner Gal Yifrach needed a fourth day to win Event #28 $3,000 NL 6-Handed for a hefty score worth $461,798.

Johnny World Hennigan won his fifth WSOP bracelet when he outlasted a field of 166 runners in Event #27 $10,000 HORSE. Hennigan beat Bakes heads-up for the win and walked away with $415K in cash. Australian pro Michael Addamo won the long-distance Marathon event and survived a tough table that included 2014 WSOP Main Event Champ Martin Jacobson. Addamo shipped his first bracelet with a victory in Event #24 $2,620 NL Marathon for $653,581.

The WSOP handed out three bracelets to first-time winners. German Arne Kern banked $1,173,223 for winning the 2018 WSOP Millionaire Maker. Event #21 $1,500 NL attracted 7,361 runners and the total prize pool topped $9.9 million. Meanwhile, Filippos Stavrakis took down Event #26 $1,000 PLO, and British pro Benjamin Dobson won Event #25 $1,500 Stud Hi/Lo.

Brian Rast won his fourth bracelet when he shipped WSOP Event #23 $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Championship. The legendary Doyle Brunson made the final table and finished in sixth place. Brunson confirmed that this would be his last WSOP event before he retired. Brunson missed a bracelet by a few spots, but he rode off into the sunset before making one last cameo at a WSOP final table in Las Vegas. Happy trails, Tex Dolly.

Two more first-time winners at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Philip Long won WSOP Event #22 $1,500 Eight Game Mix for his first bracelet and thwarted Daniel Negreanu's run for his seventh bracelet. Also, Jeremy Wien shipped WSOP Event #20 Big Blind Antes $5,000 NL. Wein, a derivatives trader from New York City had to call in sick to work to finish the marathon heads-up battle that lasted five-plus hours and extended the three-day tournament to an additional fourth day.

Three more bracelets were up for grabs at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. Adam Friedman proved to be the master of 20 mixed games when he won WSOP Event #18 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed for his second bracelet. Bulgaria's Ognyan Dimov shipped Event #17 $1,500 NL 6-Handed and outlasted a tough final table that included four bracelet winners. Lastly, Colorado's Craig Varnell took down Event #19 $565 PLO for his first bracelet.

Andrey Zhigalov needed a fourth day of action to win WSOP Event #15 $1,500 HORSE for his first bracelet. Zhigalov defeated Tim Frazin heads-up for the bracelet and survived a final table that included two-time bracelet winner Scott 'BigRiskky' Clements. Zhigalov banked $202,787 for surviving 731 players.

Can anyone stop Justin Bonomo? The pro won seven heads-up matches en route to a victory in WSOP Event #16 $10,000 Heads-Up NL Championship. In the last 2 weeks, Bonomo won the Super High Roller Bowl, 2 $25Ks at the Aria, and now a WSOP bracelet in a $10K event. Bonomo won his first WSOP bracelet in 2018 and he added another piece of bling to his most recent horde. Since late March 2018, Bonomo has won $15M in tournaments. Also, cash-game specialist Ben Moon won Event #13 Big Blind Antes NL for a score worth $315K.

Paul Volpe binked Event #9 $10,000 Omaha 8 Championship for a score worth nearly $420K. That marked his third-career bracelet since 2014. Meanwhile, Jeremy Harkin won Event #12 $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-handed and defeated Frankie O'Dell heads-up for the victory.

Two more WSOP bracelet winners were crowned at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, including two South Americans. Daniel Ospina, a pro from Colombia won Event #14 NL 2-7 Lowball, and Roberly Felicio, a restaurant owner from Brazil, shipped Event #9 $565 NL Colossus for a cool million.

The first seven days of the 2018 WSOP is in the books. Johannes Becker from Germany won the Lowball bracelet in Event #8 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball. Becker banked $180,455 for first place. Also, William 'Twooopair' Reymond shipped the first online event of the year with a win in Event #10 $365 WSOP.com ONLINE NL for a score worth $154,996.

Nick Petrangelo earned his second-career bracelet after he outlasted a field of 105 runners to win the 2018 WSOP 100K High Roller. Petrangelo banked $2,910,227 for first place. The 100K High Roller final table also Elio Fox, Andrea Eiler, Bryn Kenney, Stephen Chidwick, Jason Koon, Adrien Mateos, and Fedor Holz. Petrangelo prevented Elio Fox from winning his second bracelet this summer. Fox earned $1.7 million for second place.

Julien Martini became the first non-American to win a bracelet this summer. It's also the first win by a French player in Las Vegas since 2014. Martini defeated Kate Hoang heads-up to win Event #4 $1,500 Omaha 8 and a score worth $239,771. Martini needed an additional fourth day to finish off the victory.

The 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion, Joe Cada, won his third bracelet with a victory in Event #3 $3,000 NL Shootout. Cada outlasted 363 players and won $226,218 for first place. Former world champ Joe McKeehen finished in third place.

The 2018 World Series of Poker kicked off at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas this week. So far, we have two events in the books. Jordan Hufty won the first non-open event with a victory in Event #1 $565 Casino Employees. The 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event Champion Elio Fox won his second-career bracelet when he outlasted 243 other players to win Event #2 $10,000 NL Super Turbo Bounty for almost $394K.

It's official! Justin Bonomo won the $300,000 buy-in 2018 Super High Roller Bowl at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas. Bonomo faded 48 runners and banked $5 million for first place. Daniel Negreanu finished in second place and won $3 million. Jason Koon took third for $2.1 million.

Six players are still alive at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas for the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl. The $300,000 buy-in SHR affair attracted 48 runners. First place was guaranteed to win $5 million, with the top 5 places paying out at least seven figures. Defending champion Christoph Vogelsang is still alive, albeit as the short stack. Mikita Badziakouski bagged up the chip lead, with Daniel Negreanu and Justin Bonomo right behind. Jason Koon and Nick Petrangelo round out the final table.

Matt Waxman won the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas. Waxman outlasted a field of 80 players to win $463,375. Waxman beat Matas Cimbolas heads-up for the title. Darren Elias finished in third place and David Benyamine took fourth place.