Ferguson put his tournament on the line twice Tuesday at the WSOP

The main event winner from 2000, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson stayed in contention Tuesday after catching miracle cards twice to save him from elimination and doubling him up to around 84,000 in chips.

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Ferguson's pocket kings came from behind to beat two pair, queens and fives, when the board paired. Earlier, he also doubled up to about 40,000 as he paired his ace on a river card to beat a lower pair.

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Hutch resident survives first day of WSOP in Vegas

Hutchinson resident David Zeh survived his first day of the $10,000 main event at the World Series of Poker. At noon Wednesday, Zeh will start Day 2b of the main event, with $12,000 in chips.

He and 2,159 others began play just after noon Sunday with $10,000. At 2:58 a.m. Monday, the day ended with 861 remaining. If Zeh advances past Wednesday, he'll return with about 1,400 others at noon Friday to the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. A total of 8,773 people entered the main event this year, an increase of more than 3,000 over 2005.

Ex Boxing Champ doesn't make it past Day 1

Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis was spotted at the tables of the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker. Reports are that the former champ had fun but he failed to make it past day one of the WSOP main event.

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This years WSOP has drawn almost 9,000 players and Lewis was considered a long shot to win it all. Lennox Lewis was sent to the rail by Cecilia Mortensen, wife of poker pro Carlos Mortensen, when his Ace-10 was out hooked by Mortensen's Ace-Queen. "In boxing you know what cards are going to be dealt. In this you don't " - Lennox Lewis, describing the difference between poker and pugilism.

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