2016 World Series of Poker

Well, another successful season at the WSOP has ended, and once again, Punters Loungers have dominated proceedings. Of the 52 bracelets on offer, 51 went the way of the PL - unfortunately Event no. 38, the No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/re-buys wasn't won by a PL'er, as no-one could understand the title.
The first event - the employee event went the way of Gotafancy (The WSOP chief statistician) after an epic battle with the Cloud (WSOP Official blogger).
Early events went to a variety of Pl'ers - including Slapdash, BurnleyJoe, Heniek and Pistonbroke - and Mike and Lou Saban made history by both winning bracelets.
An interesting heads-up in event 13, when legend Doyle Brunson took on Jaded - and Jaded won. Brunson later complained about "Jaded's strange all-in strategy".
Pocket Lady took down her husband -Valiant heads-up in event 16, and other winners included Newbie, Jeffers, Laidbackbloke, Robilaruk and Phillosify.
The first big event won was the $100,000 entry H.O.R.S.E event. The final table was all Punters Lounge, with the bracelet being won in a furious tussle between Phil Ivey, The Quiet Man, Morlspin and Gazza271 . Phil Ivey, who joined the Punters Lounge in 2011, said, "I became a much better player after joining the PL."
Galronix, Eltrev, Washman and the Croc all won bracelets, as did Penelopeys, Avongirl, Hedonist, Tax Monkey and Teaulc.
Staffy won event no 43, in a game marred with controversy. One of the final table players got thrown out after taking an item of clothing off every time he lost a hand. Swampster protested his innocence - "Last time I won a competition, everyone was doing it!!!".
Red Fear, Hodgey, 6ooner, Moface, SlickMick, BigAndy, Runadrum, Pokerose, Kevshat and Sharpe1ne all won bracelets in the run up to the main event.
The main event was the biggest ever again - 34,000 runners over 4 and a half weeks. Last years champion, McGoatski, went out early - and the final table saw such poker luminaries as The Quiet Man, Ronay, Slapdash, Laidbackbloke, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Valiant 23, Staffy and Gotafancy - as expected, an all Punters Lounge table.
"A big step up from the dollar up!" comment from Phil Hellmuth had the table in stitches.
The final table, televised live for the first time on PLTV, was a resounding success - with a mix of some outstanding play, and some strange raises with 2 7 off, which were always shown. The event was finally won by Daniel Negreanu (says Cloud sitting on the fence), when his KK held up aginst against Phil Hellmuth's AQ.
"The whole event was a fantastic experience for everyone," said new WSOP commisioner Paul Ross.