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While Dennis Phillips was outlasting J.C. Tran, Joe Hachem and Peter Eastgate at one table, Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari moved into position to challenge for the championship as the Main Event field thinned to 64.

Tournament officials estimate 4,000 fans on average attended the event on Friday and Saturday.

By the end of Day 4, only 407 players remained in the Main Event and PokerStars has an estimated 77 online qualifiers and sponsored players remaining.

With the pressure of making the money off their shoulders, players at the Main Event Sunday focused on having fun -- and chipping up. Almost 80 players now have more than a million in chips, including Phil Ivey.

An electric Amazon Room broke out into applause when Kia Hamadani busted out of the World Series of Poker Main Event in 649th place, leaving 648 players in the money.

As the World Series of Poker Main Event field dwindled from over 2,000 to around 800 Friday night, the Amazon Room turned into a series of one-act plays, with a couple well-known pros serving as headliners.

Phil Ivey charged to up the leaderboard to place himself in contention for the WSOP Main Event title while Marlon Wayans earned the respect of fans and dealers before busting out late Wednesday.

Things grew more serious on Day 2A of the Main Event as players shifted gears from enjoying the WSOP experience to survival.

The World Series of Poker was forced to turn away hundreds of players after Day 1D of the Main Event "sold out." But the players that did register in time to make it to the felt provided plenty of entertainment.

Phil Hellmuth and Dennis Phillips made entrances to remember while Jeffrey Lisandro continued his hot WSOP run at the World Series of Poker Main Event Sunday.

After an unusual Day 1A at the World Series of Poker Main Event, Greg Raymer, Chris Ferguson and the Brunsons took center stage and stayed there -- for the most part.

With the strip clubs gone from the exhibit show that accompanies the World Series of Poker, fans have crowned the Inada Sogno massaging chairs as their favorite new attraction.

David Bach was exhausted and ecstatic as he celebrated this week's win in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at a bracelet and trophy presentation ceremony Friday.

Casino City's Gary Trask takes a closer look at first day of the WSOP Main Event, including the surprise appearance of Sasquatch.

Vitaly Lunkin didn't win the big H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series of Poker. And, technically, games can't win events either. But Casino City's Vin Narayanan thinks Lunkin and Razz were the big winners in nearly 19-hour final table that finished Wednesday morning.

David Bach came out on top at a final table that lasted nearly 19 hours, the second-longest in WSOP history

Interesting tidbits of information from our reporters' notebooks at the World Series of Poker.

Shawn David Baker spends each day at the World Series of Poker painstakingly sketching out the scenes he sees from his perch above the action. "Dogs Playing Poker" this isn't.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan takes us on an unfamiliar tour of Las Vegas, which ends up at the World Series of Poker where -- thankfully -- little has changed.

Popular poker pro Mike Matusow is now kinder, gentler, and happier after mellowing out.