After eight levels of play during Day 1, which took place yesterday, there are now only 84 players remaining, including Bodog Poker pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo. Bonomo has found himself near the top of the leaderboard with, according to his Twitter (@JustinBonomo), 87,900 in chips, while Williams is just above average with 48,000 in chips, also according to his Twitter (@dwbodogpro). Also among those still in the field are Jimmy Fricke, Theo Tran, Dutch Boyd, Kelly Kim, Toto Leonidas, Brandon Cantu, John Phan, Alan Smurfit, Lee Markholt and a bunch more.

Play resumes at Noon today Vegas time and will continue until the final table is set. Players will all be chasing the $246,928 first-place prize as well as the 2009 Caesars Palace Classic trophy. Stay tuned for more updates and download Bodog Poker to get in on some poker tournament action of your own, or play against either Bonomo or Williams at their own online poker tables.

Bodog Poker pro David Williams was recently back in Las Vegas after playing in the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes, France, and talks about his deep run in the event and his experience at the EPT Barcelona. After a friends wedding in Vegas, he's now in London for the 2009 WSOP Europe and will then play the EPT London event. Once back on this side of the pond, he's off to a MAGIC tournament in Austin, Texas. Check out the video above for all of his updates, and don't forget that you can play against DW in the Bodog Poker room. So, download Bodog Poker now and test your skills against one of the best players in the world.

For Bellande, today is not only the "getting prepped for the WSOP Europe" day, but it is also his birthday. So, happy birthday to Jean-Robert. Looks like to celebrate this erstwhile occasion, Bellande is heading to the famous London shopping mecca Harrod's to get decked out for a Jay-Z concert tonight. Per his Twitter account (@BrokeLivingJRB):

Going to meet @back2backflack, Danny A, and Joe C at Harrods.  Need some gear from tonights Jay-Z show.  Cool B-day!

While DW has been fairly silent on his Twitter (@dwbodogpro OR @dwpoker) for the past few days (except to share this gem of a video), we do know that the last we heard he was wrapping up the EPT Barcelona and planning on being in London for the WSOP Europe:

Made a mental error and I'm out. One misstep is all it takes in this game. WSOPE up next for me.

Based on what we know about DW, we wouldn't be surprised if he ran into Bellande tonight at the Jay-Z show. We'll have to keep an eye on Twitter to see what rock star antics these two get up to in London. You can check in on the Bodog Poker pros as they live the Bodog lifestyle and play in the WSOP Europe but following them on Twitter.

If you think you've got what it takes to take on a Bodog Poker pro across the virtual felt of an online poker table, then download Bodog Poker and take on each one of them at their own table.

Let's start with DW. In the past month alone, he has been in Cannes, France, to play the Partouche Poker Tour championship event, Barcelona, Spain, to play in the EPT Barcelona event and will now be in London in a few days to play in the WSOP Europe.

Bellande has been playing in the Bellagio poker room for a few weeks building up a bankroll and also made the trip to Cannes with DW for the PPT event. He is now in Cyprus for the WPT Merit Cyprus Championship and, based on his Twitter updates, looks like he could be heading to Tel Aviv any day now.

On the other hand, Bonomo is on this side of the pond and taking a bit of a break from poker. He's been out to concerts (Kings of Leon for one) and to UFC fights. And now, as we speak, he is in Mexico City with some friends to watch Mexico play Honduras in a World Cup qualifier match.

While Evy has been mostly in Vegas, she is moving from her super nice condo poolside at Panorama to a really sick place on the 37th floor at Panorama that has an amazing view of the strip. She's also been playing ridiculous amount of Guitar Hero 5 and the new Rock Band: Beatles and also attended a Red Octane (makers of Guitar Hero) function for the new game DJ Hero.

You can keep up with all of the Bodog Poker pros as they jet-set all over the world on Twitter:

Evy – @evybabee
DW – @dwpoker or @dwbodogpro
Justin – @justinbonomo
Jean-Robert – @brokelivingjrb

Also don't forget to check out their video blogs on the Bodog YouTube channel.

If you want to match your poker skills against them on the virtual felt of the Bodog Poker room, then download Bodog Poker now and play each of them at their own table.

Among the players who were not lost too quickly yesterday was Bodog Poker pro David Williams, who is already back at the tables today for Day 3, looking to make it into the top 52 and walk away with a little something for his troubles. Today has been a rollercoaster for DW so far in just a short time as evidenced by his last two tweets:

30 minutes into day 3 and I ran KK into AA. Down to 13k.

Back up to 45k. Still grinding and not gonna quit. 1k2k blinds.

With a little more than 22 big blinds left in his stack, DW still has plenty of room to play and we expect that he'll make the most of it.

On the line for all of the remaining players is the €1,000,000 ($1.42 million) first-place prize, but unfortunately that won't be awarded until November. It seems that the Partouche Poker Tour has taken a page out of the WSOP playbook and is playing their final table in November as well. However, with three days of poker still left on the schedule, plus the final table, they could end up adding a day or two to the break if they keep losing players at the rate they have.

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Bodog Poker pro David Williams caught up with RawVegas.tv to chat about his upcoming schedule, which includes the WPT Legends of Poker event at the Bicycle Casino, the Partouche Poker Tour event in Cannes, France, the WSOP Europe in London, England, playing Magic: The Gathering at GenCon and Phil Ivey's place among the WSOP November Nine. Needless to say, he's got a busy schedule and a lot on his mind. Check out the video to get the lowdown on all of this and download Bodog Poker to play with David online.

At the end of Day 1B last night, Williams posted this quick update:

Ok day 1b over. Finished with 106k. Which is about double average. Somewhere around 300 players remaining so still a long way to go!

Followed up by a revised version this morning with more up to date numbers:

Day 2 beginning. I have 106k chips. Good for 22nd place of 298 remaining. Don't recognize anyone at my table. And no big stacks.

Once play started, Williams started with the regular tournament updates:

End of level 2 of 6. I'm up to 140k. Smooth sailing. Matusow is at my table and running bad.

192 players left. Average is 82k

Since we are the l33t tournament reporters, we dug around and found some more information to go along with these brief updates from DW. There are still several notable players left in the field, including Antoine Saout (298,850), Alex Kravchenko (170,000), Ivan Demidov (155,000), Erik Seidel (98,000) and Mike Matusow (75,507).

The payouts have been released and include the promised €1,000,000 ($1.42 million) guaranteed first-place prize. Here are the payouts for the final table finishers:

1st: €1,000,000
2nd: €606,700
3rd: €357,200
4th: €262,400
5th: €211,800
6th: €155,800
7th: €133,600
8th: €118,700
9th: €102,30

That's about all we've got for now, but you can keep up with DW at the event by following his tournament updates account, @DWbodogpro, on Twitter. If you want to join him at a major poker tournament in Europe, then check out how to qualify online for the 2009 Lido Dutch International Open through the Bodog Flight Club promotion.

With its guaranteed €3 million prize pool and €1 million guaranteed for first place, this event is one of the richest on the European poker circuit and has drawn in a large number of well-known players. Spotted in among the 259 entrants who ponied up their €8,500 to play in Day 1A were Antonio Esfandiari, Erick Seidel, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Tily, Noah Schwartz and Phil Laak.

Many more are expected to turn out today for Day 1B. In fact, according to DW's Twitter just a couple of hours ago:

Playing the Partouche Poker Tour 8k euro buyin main event. 500 players. Today is 1b. Started with 30k in chips

So, it looks like they won't need to overlay on the guarantee for the whole prize pool or the first-place prize. The winner will receive a pretty nice chunk of change. The latest from DW an hour ago was this:

After 2 levels and 1hr of a 3rd I'm at 21k. Ran a straight into a flush. Was as low as 11k but fighting back. They aren't making it too hard

You can keep up with DW at the event by following his tournament updates account, @DWbodogpro, on Twitter. If you want to join him at a major poker tournament in Europe, then check out how to qualify online for the 2009 Lido Dutch International Open through the Bodog Flight Club promotion.

Ok, so yeh… this is a couple of weeks old, but whatever. We've been recovering from our stint at the 2009 WSOP for a little while, so lay off. Anyway, in the above video, Bodog Poker pros Justin Bonomo, David Williams and Evelyn Ng caught up with RawVegas.tv for their last video blog of the 2009 WSOP. They describe their summer in three words and then talk about the Dream Team Poker event that they are playing, hence their matching outfits. Enjoy.

Bodog Poker pro David Williams took some time while hanging out at the Bodog Social last night to update RawVegas.tv on his 2009 WSOP Main Event plans. Basically, they revolve around the fact that Jay-Z is playing on the nights of July 3 and 4 over at the Palms, so he will be playing Day 1D on Monday to make sure that he can fully recover from the show.