The Main Event is still a couple weeks away, but there have been a few interesting results from the early events so far.

Kid Poker, Daniel Negreanu, is off to a fast start. He nabbed two final tables in the first week of play, including 2nd place in the $10k Omaha hi-low championship.

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, who was among the most successful WSOP players about a half decade ago but hasn't done much recently, finished 2nd at the huge $111k High Roller for One Drop event. The guy who won that event was Doug Polk, who has an incredibly successful YouTube channel where he dissects interesting poker hands. It was Polk's 3rd career bracelet and he is clearly one of the bright young stars of poker (he's only 28). He made more than $3.6 million for the win.

John Racener, who came in second in the 2010 Main Event, won his first ever bracelet by taking the $10k Dealer's Choice tournament. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow came in 5th in that event. It was The Mouth's second final table so far as he finished 8th in the $10k Omaha event.

Still a long way to go... the $50k Poker Player Championship is over July 4th weekend with the Main Event starting on July 8th.

-Jason "wish I was there..." Evans