Latest bulletin from the registration desk says 7,200 players have already signed up - there is a good chance it will fill up with 9,000 when the last players enter Monday morning to play Day 1d!

ABC News claimed a chimpanzee had been trained to play poker and would be competing in the main event. Tournament management has denied that.

Gus Hansen has joined Team Full Tilt. Last year Gus sold his own poker server PokerChamps, and now is he free of his competition clause.

Anger is mounting over the new law prohibiting US citizens to gamble on-line, as well as playing poker. A new grassroot organization headed by Raymer and Ferguson (among others) are trying to mobilize members and will be lobbying against the law before it hits the senate.