The 2011 WSOP Main Event is underway, this year there have been 6,865 registered players with most of the players registering on the last two days. The total prize pool is set at more than $65 million with a decent $8,7 million for the Main Event Champion.

Here are the 2011 WSOP updates and highlights of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio Casino, in Las Vegas.

Watch the Main Event Live on ESPN from 14th July to see who will be crowned the 2011 World Series of Poker champion.

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Full Tilt Poker Pro Erik Seidel has been on the top of his game in 2011 living up to his poker ambassador reputation. This year alone he has achieved so much including the top spot in the poker all time money list after winning the 2011 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship this weekend.

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PokerStars Home Games is a great new addition to the Poker Stars software as it allows players to create their own private poker clubs and schedule their own tournaments or cash games with their friends.

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World Series of Poker have announced two new members for the Poker Hall of Fame, Erik Seidel and Dan Harrington will now make up the 40 members in this elite group of poker ambassadors. The new members will be inducted in a ceremony just before the WSOP final table in November.

There are now 18 living members of the initial 40 members elected, only one or two new members are elected each year.

Eight poker players were nominated for this years Poker Hall of Fame which include Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, Jennifer Harman, Linda Johnson and Tom McEvoy.

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Loose Cannon Russell Harlow returns for his second week to the PokerStars Big Game, the first ever Loose Cannon to return to the show. After turning a profit of $16k in week 7 Russell decide to come back and mix it up with the big boys. However in week 8 the competition is even stronger than ever with top poker pros Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Justin Bonomo and Lex Veldhuis at the table.

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