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Tom Schneider, 2007 WSOP Player of the Year

The latest installment from ESPN of the 2010 WSOP Main Event tracks the march of eliminations on Day 2 that will finally become the November Nine for one of the nine seats at the most exclusive poker table ion the world, the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of poker.

Flipchip photos from the 2010 WSOP available with this link.  

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Joe Cada, 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion, $8.5 Million Winner

Tuesday night means another installment of the 2010 WSOP Main Event Championship.  Tuesday night at 9 PM ET on ESPN TV.  Two hours of top level poker featuring the greats, along with hoards of the not-so-greats, battling for some of the multi-millions in cash that will be passed out to the top 747 finishers.

For more of Flipchip's photos of the Main Event click here.

What is a "Throw Down," you ask? A quote from the press release for the May 7th & 8th charity poker tournament at the Peppermill Resort Casino in Reno says it best:

"... a unique team spirit, pitting casinos and card rooms across the Southwest against each other in a unique team competition. Yet, it still encourages individual player participation."

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com

Have you voted for the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions?

It's free to do so, and you can show your support for your favorite poker player.

If you have an extra $5,200 to spare, PokerStars' WCOOP Main Event takes place this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Vegas time).

The two-day tourney is hosted by Steve Paul-Ambrose

The cost is $5,000 plus a $200 tourney fee, with a guaranteed prize pool of $10 million.

As we write this, 540 people have entered, giving you a $7.3 million overlay! Okay, we're sure it won't be that much come tourney time, but it could be significant. Last year's prize pool was $10,925,000 with player ckingusc winning first place for $1,265,432.23.

So you invest $5 into a 50,000-player tournament on Sunday, win 1st place for $45,000, and what do you do?

Go back to grinding a $10 heads-up sit'n'go.

That's what Chicago-based breo40 did, coming down off Full Tilt's largest tournament in their history, which lasted almost 9 hours (the final table alone was 90 minutes).

That's dedication. We don't know if we'd have that much restraint and discipline not to jump into a higher limit game, you know, to parlay.