No poker professional has won the World Series main event since 2001, when Carlos Mortensen, holding a suited K-Q, cracked fellow pro Dewey Tomko's pocket aces to take the championship.

When the main event of the 39th annual WSOP fires up this week in Las Vegas, two prevailing patterns will clash head-on: A string of six straight titles won by amateurs versus this year's extraordinary number of pros who have won bracelets leading up to the final event.

So far this summer, about ...

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