About the Author

Curtis Mayfield III

Curtis Mayfield III is a freelance poker writer with several years of online and live experience.

He is also the son of R&B superstar Curtis Mayfield. As a player Curtis excels in all forms of poker and prefers No Limit Deep Stacks tournaments.

Curtis is author of the Do or Die Poker blog

He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and 2 daughters.

Favorite Quote: “In order to live, you must be willing to die!” –Amir Vahedi

WSOP Main Event Broadcast of Final 27

I spent last night catching up with the ESPN broadcast of the Main Event. They played down to the final 27 players last night and it was fun watching the excitement escalate with every player that dropped out of the tournament. By now Phil Ivey is among the top four players in the field and is cruising while others are fighting to survive from hand to hand. Antonio Esfandiari was also very entertaining as he made his run toward pokers biggest final table but didn't quite get there.

One can only imagine what goes through a players mind after getting busted after being so close to making the final table. Guys like Darvin Moon are virtually guaranteed of making the final table at this point barring any major mistakes as he took down big pot after big pot with big cards. That has been the one constant during this tournament about Darvin. He does not play anything short of the best hand. I suppose we could all learn a less from him on that. He has also been running extremely well as anyone that is to win this should. As they have gotten closer to the final table the broadcasts have become more intriguing for me. Sure, I know who made the final table but I want to see HOW they made it. It's been a great ride for all. A few more days and we can watch the final table take place. How cool is that?!