Adjusting to a new school is one of many challenges facing Karam Mashour, who left his hometown of Nazareth, Israel, this year for unfamiliar surroundings in Las Vegas.
Jonathan Duhamel, a 23-year-old from Canada, won the World Series of Poker’s premier event, the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship on Monday night at the Rio, besting a field of 7,319 players.