WSOP - Record entry and a seriously big winner's check for someone

World Series of Poker action continued to dominate the weekend, with many poker pros signing up for different events, in many cases going from an elimination in one event such as the $5 000 Mixed Hold 'Em to the $1 500 buy-in No Limit Hold 'Em, which attracted a record field of 2 998 players - many of them top-ranking pros or experienced online tournament players. Last year's entry for the event boasted a starting field 222 smaller.

Transferring their action to the $1 500 event after being eliminated in the Mixed Hold 'Em were names such as J.J. Lieu, Roland De Wolfe, Allen Cunningham, Layne Flack, Kathy Liebert and Daniel Negreanu. Better known in Internet competitions were Isaac Haxton, who still awaits the Neteller release of his big PokerStar.com Caribbean Poker Adventure winnings earlier this year, Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo and Sorrel "Imper1um" Mizzi.

The prize-pool is certainly attractive at $4 092 270, ensuring a cash bubble reaching all the way down to 308 players and that gigantic winner's paycheck of over $700 000.

As we went to press play was at level 19 with blinds of $15 000/$30 000 and 17 players still duking it out on 2 remaining tables.