With a mind boggling 8,700 entrants, the main event of the World Series of Poker features a 12 million dollar first place prize this year. The field has been narrowed down to just 27 players, and the leader is Hollywood agent Jamie Gold (pictured), who has 13 million in chips, and a 6 million dollar lead as the event enters it's seventh day. I've got all the latest in this update, including which professionals are still alive, and a recap of the action thus far.

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He's baaaack. After a month long bender in Cali, Hiko makes another much welcomed appearance on the Blurbs. Dude is one of the naturally funniest people I've ever met, either in person or with the keyboard. In his latest, Hiko unleashes his frustration at the boredom of the months leading into football season. An absolutely hysterical read.

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Last night we were treated to a spectacle from two of the games emerging young sluggers that many Indians fans don't get to see that often. Cris Sykes feels the HR Derby has evolved into the best of the All Stars skills challenges, and provides a recap of what went down last night.

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In an effort to try and persuade people to join the growing community of sports talkers on the Swerbs Blurbs message boards, I randomly select one forum member each 90 days to win a $50 gift certificate to the restaraunt or retailer of their choice. Our most recent winner was "jd jr" who chose Dinos III on E 305 in Willowick as his destination of choice. Register for the boards now ... it takes about five seconds, and there are no strings attached.

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