The ninth edition of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker started this week at the Bicycle in Los Angeles. The poker tournament attracted a total of 462 poker players, 66 percent more than last year when 279 players entered the event. However, since the buy-in was lowered from $10,000 to $5,000, the prize pool went from $2.63 million to $2.15 million.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker started with 7,319 poker players, including poker players from 92 different countries, 18 former world champions and 150 bracelet holders. The final table, to be played in November, is finally complete after more than 78 hours of excitement, some surprises and also some disappointments and great poker playing.