Golf Central

Believe it or not, there other sports in this world apart from golf and there is, for that matter, more to the weekend than simply hacking your way around 18 holes or plonking yourself in front of the box and watching the pros do it. This weekend, get yourselves over to Harrah's Casino in Las Vegas for the 2008 World Series Of Poker Main Event.

The highlight of every poker player's year, the WSOP Main Event is a $10,000 buy-in, no-limit hold 'em event. There will be 12,000 players calling, folding and bluffing their way to the coveted gold bracelet, not to forget a winner's cheque worth well over $8 million.

In such a massive field, it's unlikely that reigning champion Jerry Yang will win again, but stranger things have happened. The Main Event started on Thursday and goes on for seven days, with the final table being played, somewhat bizzarely, in November. A few players to look out for that are left in the field include Scotty Nguyen, Bill Gazes, Paul Wasicka and Harry Demetriou.