And this is on top of the minimum $1,263,602 Joe makes for making it to the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table. Like all of the “November Nine”, including the crowd and odds-makers’ favorite Phil Ivey, Joe is hoping for that $8,546,435 top prize

Joe says that between now and Nov 7, besides playing online every Sunday, he will also be entering the WPT Legends of Poker event at the Bell Gardens, California Bicycle Casino from August 22 to 26.

For $200 + $16 up to 81 players at a time can compete in a twice-daily shootout (at 3:30 pm and 9:30 pm ET) with the top prize being a seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker main event. For a varying range of buy-ins and stakes, Full Tilt will also be running 5 weekly WSOP qualifiers, one each on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

There will also be ways to win one of 50 free seats in the 2009 World Series of Poker main event for free, with an ongoing series of daily freerolls. Win a round 1 freeroll and then place in the top two in a round 2 freeroll and you’ll qualify to compete in the Main Event Race Finals Freeroll held each Sunday. A $12,000 WSOP main event prize package will be awarded to the players coming in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each.

And finally, on Sunday, June 21, Full Tilt will be running a one-time only tournament awarding $12,000 main event prize packages to the 150 top finishers. Buy-in is $500 + $35.

Party Poker WSOP Satellites are also running now to give you even more opportunities to qualify for this years Main Event.  Party Poker has slightly different WSOP qualifiers and you can find more about them at this post: Party Poker WSOP.