The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is back in action in its 2009 edition and so is Team 888, 888.com's poker team, which is aiming to capture the largest cash prize in poker. The poker tournament is taking place at the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada where Day one has already been completed.

This year's tournament is bigger than ever, with 6,494 poker players claiming their seat at the table. A total cash prize pool of $61,043,600 will be handed out to 648 lucky winners, with the first place earning a total of $8,548,435.

Twenty-two players from 12 countries representing Team 888 are taking part in the 2009 WSOP. Among this distinguished list of players are a representative from the Tower Torneos platform, along with sponsored professionals, Shane Warne and Jeff Fenechfrom Australia, Michael Keiner from Germany and Spain's Leo Margets.

Germany is represented by a total of four players, followed by Australia andEngland with three players each. Argentina, The Netherlands and Denmark are represented each by two players, with Estonia, Sweden, Spain, Serbia, Russia and Canada, with one representative each.

Day one of the 2009 WSOP took four days to complete due to the sheer size of the playing field and after these four eventful days, Team 888 has achieved noteworthy success with 17 out of our 22 players moving on to play in Day two of the tournament.

Aussie cricket legend and team captain, Shane Warne is proving his talent not only on the cricket ground, leading the team after Day one with 87,625 in chips. He is closely followed by Denmark's Anders Skellaridis with 68,300 and Argentinean Fernando Gordo with 64,650. Not far behind are Englishmen William Frye with 52,775 in chips, Estonian Kristjan Abakanov (50,450) and Germany's Michael Keiner (50,175). Rounding the list off are Mark Lee from England, Aussie Matt Downing, Canadian Kevin Mignon, Anthony Fraser from England, Spaniard Leo Margets, Germany's Michael Clees, Argentina's Alberto Salvatierra, Sweden's Chen Zhiyong, Robert Hauke and Sarnow Florian from Germany and Bojan Gledovic from Serbia.

Team 888 will be back in action during Day two of the tournament, which is to be played today and tomorrow.

Itai Pazner, 888.com's Senior Vice President Regions, said:

"We all wish all our players in team 888 the best of luck. We're confident that under the leadership of our team captain Shane Warne, the team will achieve further success in the WSOP over the next few days."