(image from Pokernews.com) The Minnesota Twins are currently coming up short each night in their first series of the year with the superstars of the New York Yankees. I suppose there's a reason why the ballplayers from the Bronx are paid a little more as their ability to come from behind with class and talent has been shown during the games for the past few nights.

Poker is no different, as the stars of the game will make the final table of any given tournament time and time again just because they have been there before, and take a (generally) calm demeanor towards advancing to the big cash spots in the final nine.

According to many sites today (see Friday's post for links to the World Series of Poker online coverage) there's all-star lineup for Event #1's $10,000 buy in Pot-Limit Hold Em' tourney:

From Tao of Poker:

Seat 1: Mike Sowers - 675,000 Seat 2: Chris Bell - 455,000 Seat 3: Amit Makhija - 525,000 Seat 4: Patrik Antonius - 230,000 Seat 5: Andy Bloch - 2,115,000 Seat 6: Mike Sexton - 1,130,000 Seat 7: Phil Laak - 425,000 Seat 8: Nenad Medic - 1,200,000 Seat 9: Kathy Liebert - 285,000

I bet the boys at Wicked Chops will be watching Kathy Liebert very closely today as she is a woman and is just 8 knockouts away from the bracelet.