Is poker a sport?  Many would say no, we say yes…Hell Yes!  Can you sit for hours on end mentally sharp, doing complex math problems, reading your opponents tells, and in general staying in the game even when the chips are down?   Today the nine best players in the world sit down to play the game/sport they love until there is only one left.  The first place finisher goes home with just over $8.5 million.  First player to walk away from this table of 9 goes home with just over $1.2 million.

Play starts today with $120,000-$240,000 blinds and $30,000 antes.  In the photo above Phil Ivey and Darvin Moon count and set up their chips.  Mark is rooting for Ivey and I think Moon is going to take it.  Darvin Moon has a fan club that rivals Dennis Phillips club from last year.

Davin Moon is in seat one with top chip stack at $58,930,000, holding 30% of the chips in play.  This is his first WSOP event and he is the true Cinderella story this year.  Darvin is a self employed logger from Oakland Maryland.  He has never played online poker, doesn’t own a computer, and doesn’t even have an email address.

Phil Ivey is the home town favorite.  He is often refered to as the “Tiger Woods of Poker” and holds 7 WSOP gold bracelets.  Phil Ivey is regarded by most as the world’s greatest poker player and is expected to take this event.

All hands are on deck for this big event.  “The Associate” above is pictured at the final table befor play started.  The Associate helped to set up all the video and the audio for the main table.  We have also set up a special interview for “The Ace Reporter” in St. Louis……wanna guess with who?

We will bring you more updates as we get them.