Doyles Room is hosting a charity tournament to benefit Juvenile Diabetes on October 26, 2008 at 5pm ET. This special event will be hosted by poker pro Hoyt Corkins. Doyles Room is one of the top online poker rooms listed here at The Gamblers Edge and we are excited to see such a respected poker room reach out to help children in need.

The tournment is a $5+$5 buy-in multi-table No Limit Hold’em tournament with rebuys for the first 30 minutes for another $5. All of the rebuy money as well as tournament fees goes to the charity. The charity for this event is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Las Vegas. Doyles Room is also throwing in an autographed Super System book set that consists of volume one and two of this incredible collection to the winner.

You can also make contributions directly by visiting the website JDRF website

Doyles Room players can register for the tournament from the tournament lobby - Scheduled Tournaments> Special> JDRF Charity Fundraiser.

The final table of this years World Series of Poker Main Event is set. The 9 finalists are affectionately known as the “November 9″. The Main Event was stopped on July 15th when the Deam Hamrick was eliminated in tenth place and the final nine players will take a break of about 3 months before the winner is crowned.

This final table is made up of players from all over the world including; Canadians, Danes, Russians and Americans. This truly is the World Series of Poker. The leader of the pack is a salesman names Dennis Phillips who will start the final table with $26,295,00. That is almost $2 Million ahead of his nearest competitor Ivan Demidov who will start with $24,400,000 in chips. Here is a breakdown of the remaining 7 players:

Scott Montgomery - $19,690,000
Peter Eastgate - $18,375,000
Ylon Schwartz - $12,525,000
Darus Suharto - $12,520,000
Chino Rheem - $10,230,000
Craig Marquis - $10,210,000
Kelly Kim - $2,620,000

Going by the video interviews after the final table was set, I would have to say that Dennis was the coolest and seemed determined to win it all. However, with so much time between the whittling down of players to the final 9 and the continuation of play, you can bet that most if not all of these players will be getting some serious coaching. This should make for a fantastic finish to this years biggest poker tournament.

You can watch all of the interviews and decide who you will pull for when the final table finally starts in November by visiting the official WSOP website.

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.

It’s not too early to get started working on your game for next years WSOP. Check out our certified online poker rooms and start preparing for your own bracelet in 2009!

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!

We have another 2008 World Series of Poker update. With 41 events in the book as of today, the WSOP has awarded over $86 Million in total prize money. Today also marks the start of one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year - the $50,000 buy-in World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event. This is the one that the pros really want to win as most see the Main Event as a crapshoot with so many players vying for the title.

H.O.R.S.E. is made up of rounds of the following 5 games; Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, 7-Card Stud and 8-or-Better Stud. Since the winner will have to show mastery of 5 different games, most consider this event as the one that crowns the very best poker player.

Check back for more updates soon.

Event 36 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Jesper Hougaard
Prize Amount - $610,304

Event 37 - World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Buy-in $10,000)
Winner: David Benyamine
Prize Amount - $535,687

Event 38 - Pot-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $2,000)
Winner: Davidi Kitai
Prize Amount - $244,583

Event 39 - No-Limit Hold’em (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: David Woo
Prize Amount - $631,550

Event 40 - 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Buy-in $2,500)
Winner: John “Razor” Phan
Prize Amount - $151,911

Event 41 - Mixed Hold’em - limit/no-limit (Buy-in $1,500)
Winner: Frank Gary
Prize Amount - $219,562