A number of Full Tilt Pros have seen immense success in the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) thus far, but the online poker room is running out of Full Tilt Pros in the 2008 World Series of Poker. The WSOP Main Event kicked off July 3rd as a field of 6,844 took to the tables. Those numbers have since dwindled to 1,308 as of Thursday, July 10.

Monday morning, many Full Tilt Pros were still running strong as David Oppenheim held the 8th highest chip stack, followed by Gus Hansen in 22nd. Phil Gordon was in a low position, but holding on. Jennifer Harman and Allen Cunningham were tied with low stacks while Howard Lederer had enough to maintain table presence for a time.

By the closing of Wednesday's WSOP Main Event Day 2B, the Full Tilt Pros had dwindled to four. Starting off Thursday's table line-up will be Full Tilt Pro Phil Gordon with 168,900 chips - well below the leader Brian Schaedlich, with 801,000, but certainly enough to make a comeback. Allen Cunningham holds a stack of 126,500, also substantial enough to make a run for the WSOP Main Event from behind.

Full Tilt Pro Gus Hansen is also on the war path, but finds himself low on ammo with 95,100. Bringing up the rear is Jennifer Harman, who will need a very quick miracle to stay alive in Day 3, clinging on to a stack of 20,000.

Since last Sunday's action came to a close, Howard Lederer and David Oppenheim, who held the 8th highest stack going in Day 2A Tuesday, were both eliminated from the competition, joining their fellow Full Tilt Pros – Andy Bloch, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey – all of which were ousted from the 2008 WSOP Main Event very early on.

Phil Ivey’s story is an interesting one, if not a bit depressing for the 5-time WSOP Bracelet winner. While Ivey cashed three times for more than $200,000 in this year’s preliminary events, he is suspected to have taken the most significant losses throughout the tournament. Phil’s buy-ins, re-buys and add-ons, not to mention Bracelet prop bets, have cost him substantially more than he’s earned at the tables. To top it off, a rumor that the Full Tilt Pro lost $2 million betting on the Lakers to win the NBA Finals could put Ivey in the hole for quite some time.

The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event will conclude on July 14.