Inside The Big Game

Anyone can take a shot at winning the World Series of Poker, but only the most elite poker players in the world can sit down in the big game at Bellagio. Players like Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, and Jen Harman are regulars in a game which moves more money around the table than I see in a year.
Other than Michael Craig's absolutely brilliant book The Professor, The Banker and The Suicide King, nobody has been able to get particularly close to the big game, but Steve Rosenbloom, author of The Best Hand I Ever Played and colmunist for ESPN.com, recently did:
I get so many questions about the "big game'' at the Bellagio -- the one with Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Chip Reese, Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang, Jennifer Harman and others -- that I thought it would be beneficial to take three e-mails on the topic and send them to Greenstein. And naturally, Greenstein, author of "Ace on the River,'' a terrific book born out of playing in these types of games, supplied answers and insight.