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=== World Series === Former [[Celebrity Poker Showdown]] host and USARPS Head Referee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usarps.com/tourney-info/roshs-blog/article/view/master-roshs-analysis-of-the-final-match/97/|title=Master Rosh's Analysis of the Final Match|date=2005-06-28|access-date=2009-07-31|work=USARPS Leagues|publisher=USARPS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175551/http://www.usarps.com/tourney-info/roshs-blog/article/view/master-roshs-analysis-of-the-final-match/97/|archive-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> [[Phil Gordon (poker player)|Phil Gordon]] has hosted an annual $500 World Series of Rock Paper Scissors event in conjunction with the [[World Series of Poker]] since 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/world/americas/14iht-rock.1.5699920.html|title=Las Vegas's latest game: Rock, paper, scissors|last=Friess|first=Steven|newspaper=NY Times|date=2007-05-14|access-date=2009-07-23|archive-date=2014-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207134529/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/world/americas/14iht-rock.1.5699920.html?|url-status=live}}</ref> The winner of the WSORPS receives an entry into the [[List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions|WSOP Main Event]]. The event is an annual fundraiser for the "Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation" via Gordon's charity ''Bad Beat on Cancer''. Poker player [[Annie Duke]] won the Second Annual World Series of Rock Paper Scissors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2540622&type=blogEntry|title=Where's Annie?|work=ESPN.com|date=2006-08-05|access-date=2009-07-24|archive-date=2017-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708092135/http://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2540622&type=blogEntry|url-status=live}}</ref> The tournament is taped by ESPN and highlights are covered during "The Nuts" section of ESPN's annual WSOP broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/06/the-real-championship-wsop.htm|title=The REAL championship at the World Series of Poker|last=Caldwell|first=John|publisher=Poker News|date=2005-06-15|access-date=2009-07-24|archive-date=2009-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621064223/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2005/06/the-real-championship-wsop.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=86|title=WSOP Schedule Whiplash|date=2005-06-14|access-date=2009-07-24|publisher=Poker Pages|archive-date=2009-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805211211/http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=86|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pokerworks.com/blogs/craigsjournal/2006/07/27/exclusive-coverage-roshambo-the-rematch/ |title=EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE: Roshambo β The Rematch |last=Craig |first=Michael |publisher=Pokerworks |access-date=2009-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805095547/http://pokerworks.com/blogs/craigsjournal/2006/07/27/exclusive-coverage-roshambo-the-rematch/ |archive-date=2009-08-05 }}</ref> 2009 was the fifth year of the tournament.
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