The World Series of Poker Main Event played down from 64 players to 27 players Tuesday, and two of its brightest stars are still alive.

Phil Ivey is on Main Event cruise control

Antonio has a few tricks up his sleeve

Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari survived nearly 8 grueling hours of play to advance and will play for a seat in the final table Wednesday. The current chip leaders are Darvin Moon (20.16 million) and Billy Kopp (15.97 million). Ivey has 11.35 million in chips while Esfandiari has 4.47 million.