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One of the best places to follow the action at the WSOP $50,000 Poker Player's Championship is the players' Twitter feeds. Don't have time to follow all the players? Don't worry. We've put together the top-10 tweets from this year's $50K event, through Day 2.

Jonathan Epstein finished in ninth place in the $1,500 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em event. The "last man standing" from Tustin, Calif., was booed by spectators at every opportunity, and Vin Narayanan says he get just what he deserved.

While the atmosphere was subdued compared to previous years, the uptick in attendance in the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship at the World Series of Poker spelled Day 1 success for the big buy-in, pro-laden field.

The current World Series of Poker is on track to shatter several all-time records despite concerns of a drop in participation due to Black Friday.

The World Series of Poker is holding non-stop mega satellites for the Main Event beginning on July 4.

World Series of Poker Media Director Nolan Dalla is universally loved by poker pros and journalists alike for his affable attitude and his remarkably descriptive tournament summaries. Aaron Todd details his favorite quotes from Dalla's official tournament write-ups at this year's WSOP.

Seven months after his finishing eighth in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, Matt Jarvis won his first WSOP title, the $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em title, and $808,538. Jarvis won the $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em championship, held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

John Juanda earned his fifth gold bracelet earlier this month and is currently leading the World Series of Poker's Player of the Year standings.

John Monnette, a 29-year-old professional poker player from Palmdale, Calif., won the world's largest eight-game mix tournament in history, beating a field of 489 players in the $2,500 event at the World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to claim the $278,144 first-place prize.

Geffrey Klein, a 44-year-old gynecologist from Houston, won the largest six-handed no-limit Hold’em tournament in history to claim $544,388 at the World Series of Poker after pulling off a stunning comeback during heads-up play and won what must be considered one of the most unlikely victories so far at the 2011 WSOP.

After two British players won WSOP gold bracelets the previous week, Sean Getzwiller, from Las Vegas, Nev., won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker to claim $611,185.

If you're going to be in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, the opportunity to check out some of the Top-10 other things Las Vegas has to offer this summer.

Allen Bari won the biggest cash prize of any WSOP winner so far in 2011, earning a whopping $874,116 in first-place prize money.

Sean R. Drake, from Folsom, Calif., won the $500 Casino Employees Championship and $82,292 in prize money at the World Series of Poker

Frank Kassela was named the World Series of Poker's Player of the Year in 2010 after winning two events and almost $1.26 million.

With the World Series of Poker kicking off Tuesday, Casino City's Aaron Todd delivers his top-10 storylines to watch for this year.

World Series of Poker officials say the federal government's crackdown on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker won't hurt participation in this year's tournament.

The World Series of Poker has teamed with Prevent Cancer Foundation and the Nevada Cancer Institute, to offer the “First Annual Bad Beat Seminar Series.”