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It is now a mere 2 days until the main event of the WSOP begins.

Established in 1968, it was originally little more than a home game as the players had to receive the nod before they could attend. Clearly this was against the spirit of poker. Benny Binion, casino owner and card sharp, hauled it to over to Binion’s Horseshoe and started the process that caused it to evolve to the current format.

In 1971, there were only 6 entrants and the first prize was a mere $30,000. In 2006, swelled by online qualifiers, the tournament saw 8,773 hopefuls contribute a $10,000 entry fee which ultimately handed Jamie Gold a 12m dollar pay day.

It is big business and it appeals …

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He´s got the pace of John Prescott wearing divers lead boots but that doesn´t seem to be any deterrent to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. And at 27 he isn´t going to be getting any faster, unless of course he knows any hooky professional cycling chemists.

Spurs are talking in terms of a swap deal for Peter Crouch plus cash.

I´ve always been an admirer of Robbie Keane but Benitez must have been on the methylated spirits if he thinks the Irishman will turn his club into Premiership contenders.

Andrei Arshavin or David Villa maybe, but not Keane. Anyone who knows anything about football will know that Keane´s valuation reached its ceiling when he joined Tottenham from Leeds for £7m in August 2002.

Then again …

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 … Lampard out? Well, that’s what most Chelsea fans will be thinking today after the news that Luiz Scolari has recruited one of his old Portuguese favourites on his first day in charge at Stamford Bridge. If that pic of a smarmy-looking Peter Kenyon grinning and shaking hands with Deco doesn’t spell the end for Lampard, we’ll crawl all the way from Beat Towers to Stamford Bridge on our knees in the rain.

Deco’s alright. Well, he’s a bit more than alright – after all, this is a guy who’s been playing his footy for Barcelona for the last few years, and doing pretty well for Portugal at international level too. He may be 30 and knocking on a bit, but …

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It’s time to dust off the Grolsch bottle tops, add some rips to your stonewash denim and get ready for some high pitched screaming because Bros might be joining the comeback circuit.

Matt Goss revealed that Bros could soon be making a comeback in an interview with the Press Association at the premiere of Hellboy III, starring twin brother and Bros drummer Luke.

Apparently Matt, Luke and even Craig Logan, have had a chat and think it could be a plan.  He said, "Being in a band is like being a politician, you’ve got to make sure everyone is happy. But Luke, Craig [Logan] and definitely myself - we’re all up for it.”

"If we can make the numbers work and the …

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