A few days ago, we mentioned poker player Liv Boeree, who began her poker career as a "presenter" (nee TV personality) but is making a splash at the tables -- in particular at the Bellagio Five Star Poker Classic currently going on in Las Vegas. Boeree (right) has two cashes in the series of events at the Bellagio (for nearly $23,000) and won a seat in the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship that started last weekend.  The prize pool for the big tournament is more than $8 million with $2.1 million to the winner.

That $25,00 buy-in obviously limits the field but the tournament attracts most of the big guns  because the event is both high stakes and prestigious.  Four rounds into the tournament, Boeree -- a native of the U.K. who has a degree from the University of Manchester in physics with astrophysics -- is still alive.  At last chip count, she was 34th (385K chips) out of 52 and just a few spots from making the money. But that changes by the minute, click here for updates. The top 50 spots get paid with $32,585 the bottom prize.

Also still in the hunt is former tennis great Boris Becker at 375K chips. Becker is trying a new career in poker.  Big names still in the tournament include Phil Ivey, Scott Nguyen and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and the list of major poker stars who busted out is much longer than that.  Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Dutch Boyd, Kathy Liebert and Sammy Farha went out just today.