When we realized that we were going to have the Fourth of July weekend off together we figured, what better to do than head north to Vegas to catch a little poker! We arrived just in time for the Main Event's Day 1b. There are so many registrants that they have to have 4 Day 1's and 2 Day 2's. This year they had nearly 6500 players each paying $10,000 each for the opportunity to play to win $8.5 million!We got to see many professional poker players including:
5-Time bracelet winner the Prince of Poker, Scotty Nguyen,
the Flying Dutchman, Marcel Luske,
2-Time Bracelet winner the Shark, Humberto Brenes,
and the Mad Genius, Mike Caro plus many others that we saw walking the halls including 8-Time Bracelet winner Eric Seidel. Although it was a thrill to see all of these famous and successful players there is one person that definitely took the cake.......
10-Time Bracelet winner Texas Dolly, Doyle Brunson! We were able to watch him play for a while at the ESPN Feature Table. Unfortunately, he busted out of the Main Event later in the day. 
$10,000, $20,000, $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 ............ wow, there is a lot of money in this room.
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