As of the writing of this post, there are 189 players remaining in the Main Event at this years World Series of Poker. Here are the chip leaders right now:

Player: Jeremy Joseph
Chip Stack: 2,187,000

Player: Nikolay Losev
Chip Stack: 2,110,000

Player: Cristian Dragomir
Chip Stack: 2,065,000

Player: Brandon Cantu
Chip Stack: 1,981,000

Player: Davor Lanini
Chip Stack: 1,958,000

Player: David Rheem
Chip Stack: 1,851,000

Player: Andrew Rosskamm
Chip Stack: 1,764,000

Player: James McManus
Chip Stack: 1,761,000

Player: Geoffrey Herzog
Chip Stack: 1,695,000

Player: Albert Kim
Chip Stack: 1,688,000

Player: David Benefield
Chip Stack: 1,372,000

Will any of these players be among the “November 9″ to make the final table. As you may or may not know, the final table at this years Main Event will be delayed until November. This has created a lot of talk among players and observers about how good of an idea this gamble will turn out to be. I personally like the old format better but I could change my mind if this increases the excitement and interest in this great game.

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Here we are with another WSOP Update. Scotty Nguyen took down one of the most coveted bracelets - the World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event - by beating out 147 of the world’s best poker players (each one ponying up $50k). Congratulations Scotty! I’m sure the first prize of $1.9 Million will help pay a few bills.

As of today, the Main Event is on day 1D (the event has so many players that the first day of play had to be broken down into 4 seperate days). Let’s get you caught up on events 42 through 53.

Check back for more updates soon.

Event 42 - Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Dan Lacourse
Prize Amount - $368,832

Event 43 - Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Martin Klaser
Prize Amount - $216,249

Event 44 - No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys (Buy-in $1,000)
Winner: Maxwell Greenwood
Prize Amount - $693,392

Event 45 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Buy-in $50,000)
Winner: Scotty Nguyen
Prize Amount - $1,989,120

Event 46 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Buy-in $50,000)
Winner: Scotty Nguyen
Prize Amount - $1,989,120

Event 47 - Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Ryan Hughes
Prize Amount - $183,368

Event 48 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Alexandre Gomes
Prize Amount - $770,540

Event 49 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: J.C. Tran
Prize Amount - $631,170

Event 50 - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: Marty Smyth
Prize Amount - $859,549

Event 51 - H.O.R.S.E. Omaha (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: James Schaaf
Prize Amount - $256,412

Event 52 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: David Daneshgar
Prize Amount - $625,443

Event 53 - Limit Hold’em Shootout (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Matthew Graham
Prize Amount - $278,180

Did You Know? The 2008 World Series of Poker has awarded $180,248,273 in total prize money!