With the start of Event 44, the $2,500 mixed hold 'em event, we are only two days away from the debut of WSOP coverage on ESPN3.com. Streaming live to your computer, ESPN3 allows fans to watch five WSOP final tables streamed live as they happen. Here's a look at the schedule:

• June 26: Event 44, $2,500 mixed hold 'em (limit/no-Limit)
• June 27: Event 45, $1,500 no-limit hold 'em
• June 30: Event 49, $1,500 no-limit hold 'em
• July 1: Event 51, $3,000 triple chance no-limit hold 'em
• July 3: Event 52, $25,000 six-handed no-limit hold 'em

You can head here to get to the poker page on ESPN3.com. After the events air live, don't forget that you can watch replays if you missed any of the action.

Straight from the felt:

Our friends at All360Poker.com have been working night and day collecting some of the magical moments at the WSOP. You'll see a lot of these clips in the recaps of many events found at the WSOP schedule and results page here.

In this clip, Event 23 champion Dutch Boyd breaks down his final table. You'll hear how he notices a tell on one of his opponents and how he's able to capitalize on it.

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For the 11th year in a row, we have a double-bracelet winner at the World Series of Poker. Frank Kassela earned that honor by winning Event 40, razz. Here's the fun part though: Both Vladimir Shchemelev and Jennifer Harman were at both of the final tables where Kassela won. What are the odds of that?

More history might be made on Thursday when Phil Hellmuth takes his seat in the pot-limit Omaha split eight-or-better event. With Barry Greenstein still left in the field, this is definitely the event to watch tonight.

Here's a look at the events in progress on Thursday:

Event 41, $1,500 pot-limit Omaha high-low split eight-or-better: Thursday might be the Phil Hellmuth show. Entering the action fourth out of 15, Hellmuth will try to earn his 12th bracelet and forever remind the poker world just how amazing he is. This could be Hellmuth's first non-hold 'em bracelet which should quiet some critics. He has two cashes this year, including a 15th-place finish in Event 8, but in his way is a big Bear -- Barry Greenstein that is. Greenstein enters ninth in chips and definitely won't let his opportunity for bracelet four go by easily. First place in this event pockets $245,871.

Event 42, $1,500 no-limit hold 'em: Day 2 of Event 42 kicks off with 278 players remaining and Jackson Zheng barely edging out Humberto Brenes for the chip lead. Bracelet winner and WSOP rookie Carter Phillips is in seventh place and 2008 November Nine bubble-boy Dean Hamrick is in 22nd. There's lots of play left in this one and a nice prize of $604,222 will go to the winner.

Event 43, $10,000 HORSE: The biggest HORSE event of the 2010 WSOP kicked off on Wednesday with 241 players in action. One hundred sixty-nine of them made it through to Day 2 where they'll be chasing Sergey Altbregin and Carlos Mortensen who sit at the top of the chip counts. Phil Ivey didn't make it through, but Doyle Brunson, Daniel Alaei, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Seiver were among those who did. The final table of this event will be played out on Friday.

The only event starting on Thursday is the aforementioned Event 44, $2,500 mixed hold 'em event.

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WSOPPhotos.comFrank Kassela became the first double-bracelet winner of the 2010 WSOP with his victory in Event 40.

Final thought: It still amazes me that we can consistently find a double-bracelet winner each year. Last year's first double-champ Brock Parker did it so quickly -- 19 events in -- that it was almost inconceivable. He was then followed by a flurry of players which made the accomplishment look like it was something simple to do. It's not. With only two weeks left of events in Vegas, I started wondering if this was the year in which the streak ended. Nope.

Before Kassela, lots of players had come close with first- and second-place finishes, but I feel that Kassela deserved this one. His comeback showed grit, focus and determination to finish up the tournament and the power going out at the Rio might have been the best thing to happen to him. It gave him the break that he needed to re-focus and take care of business when they started up again. There are still 17 more bracelets to be awarded in Vegas (and five in Europe), and I don't expect Kassela to stand alone this year. Despite the numbers that point to the idea that winning two events in a single WSOP should never happen, I'm not going to be shocked when someone else makes history this year and puts a bracelet on both wrists.