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LAS VEGAS -- Daniel Negreanu is a poker hall-of-famer and two-time World Series of Poker player of the year. But hes never made it to the final table in the tournaments marquee Main Event in Las Vegas. Twice, in 2001 and 2015, he missed by just two seats.This weekend, the 41-year-old who lives in Las Vegas will give it a 19th try.As long as I live, Ill never miss the Main Event, Negreanu said this week as play continued at the 47th annual tournament at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.Its such a spectacle, he said. Its the one the mainstream media pays attention to, and everyones eyeballs in the industry are on that one event.Tournament officials project that as many as 7,000 players will ante up $10,000 each to buy in to the no-limit Texas Hold `Em competition when play begins with three opening stages Saturday, Sunday and Monday.A final table of nine players is scheduled to emerge July 18 -- and then take a break until Oct. 30, when theyll return for the Main Event championship through Nov. 1. Dates were moved this year to avoid conflicting with the U.S. presidential election, tournament official Seth Palansky said.Poker pro Joe McKeehen, 25, of North Wales, Pennsylvania, won the gold bracelet last year and a $7.68 million top prize.This years Main Event is expected to attract past winners including Phil Hellmuth (1989), Scotty Nguyen (1998) and possibly Chris Ferguson (2000), along with other notables from the poker, sports and entertainment worlds, Palansky said.Brazilian soccer star Neymar has qualified, and former Australian cricket star Shane Warne could play. Screen and television actors who may return include James Woods, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett and Jennifer Tilly, winner of a World Series of Poker womens event in 2005.Women have done very well in this tournament, but it has been 15 years since a woman made the final table, Palansky said. Will this be the year?The top-rated female poker pro in the world, Vanessa Selbst of Brooklyn, New York, could be a player to watch, Palansky said, along with Kristen Bicknell, from Ontario, Canada, and Loni Harwood of Staten Island, New York.Bicknell already won a gold bracelet this year, topping a field of more than 2,100 players in the tournaments $1,500 no-limit holdem bounty event.Negreanu said it will be harder to navigate through a field of 7,000 players than in years past, when the field was several hundred. Just 350 players entered the first year he played, in 1998.The winner also needs a little luck, he said.Palansky said players this year will start with a stack of 50,000 chips, compared with 30,000 last year. Players like chips, he said. Chips have no monetary value in the tournament, but a player is eliminated when his or hers are gone.The pool of winners will be 1,000 -- like last year -- or 15 percent of the entry field, whichever is greater.We paid 1,000 places in the Main Event last year for the first time, he said. It was so successful, we introduced it to all (69) events this year. This should have a nice halo effect for the Main Event, as more people should have the money to get into the granddaddy of all poker tournaments.Palansky said officials wont know until the final tables begin play on Monday whether the tournament will be affected by fluctuating values of the Euro and Canadian and Australian dollars following the United Kingdom vote last month to leave the European Union.He said a large number of Main Event players come from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- third behind the U.S. and Canada.We draw a lot of players from the United Kingdom, Palansky said. 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Harbaugh said Speight is playing so well he should be mentioned as someone who could be voted the nations most outstanding college football player.Its time to throw his hat into the ring, Harbaugh said.Speight helped the Wolverines (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten, No. 2 AP) scored touchdowns on all five of their drives in the first half.You need a great quarterback to succeed the way we are, said Jake Butt, who had five receptions for 76 yards and set a school record for yards receiving (1,521) in a career by a tight end.Speight, cool in the pocket and crafty with his feet when he had to move, completed 19 of 24 passes and had a 10-yard TD run. He set a first-half team record with 292 yards passing, connecting on 13 of 16 passes before halftime.Thats the best half of football Ive ever seen a Michigan quarterback play, Harbaugh said.And while Speight said it was cool, Harbaugh put him in the conversion for the Heisman, he doesnt want to take away from Peppers chance to get invited to the award ceremony for what he does on defense, offense and special teams.Jabrill deserves to be there in New York, Speight said.The Terrapins (5-4, 2-4) had no answer for Speight. On offense, they moved the ball with some success without making a mark where it mattered on the scoreboard.Marylands Adam Greene missed a 29-yard field goal, hitting the right upright, after his team drove to the Michigan 1 only to lose 10 yards on two plays and a penalty in the second quarter. The Terrrapins came up 1 yard short of a TD at the end of the first half.dddddddddddd. They failed to convert a trio of fourth downs.Its disheartening that we didnt compete, Maryland coach DJ Durkin said Its hard for me to say that and to even acknowledge that.THE TAKEAWAYMaryland: Durkin knows a lot about Michigan because he was its defensive coordinator last season, but his knowledge didnt seem to help the overmatched Terrapins very much on defense.Nothing in terms of preparation was affected by coming back, Durkin said. It was business as usual.Michigan: The Wolverines found a way to get receiver Jehu Chesson more involved. He matched a season high with five receptions and had a season-high 112 yards receiving, including a 33-yard TD catch that made it 35-0 toward the end of the first half and a 40-yard reception on a double-pass in the first quarter.POLL IMPLICATIONSUnless top-ranked Alabama loses at LSU, the Wolverines will likely stay where they are in The Associated Press College football poll and College Football Playoff rankings.TAKING HIS TURNMichigans DeVeon Smith had a season-high 114 yards rushing and a career-high three TDs, getting 19 carries while the rest of the Wolverines combined for 20 carries.HARD KNOCKSMaryland quarterback Perry Hills was knocked out of the game by Chase Winovich, who hit Hills and drove his left shoulder into the turf in the second quarter. Caleb Rowe replaced him and threw an interception on his first pass of the second half. It went directly toward safety Delano Hill, who had another interception later in the game.Rowe, who was 12 of 23 for 203 yards, helped Maryland throw for 289 yards -- the most Michigan has given up this season.It felt good to help the team, Rowe said. ' ' '