Event #2 is underway. Players began with 3k in starting chips with the hour-long blinds starting at 25/50. When tournament play began, the Amazon room was overflowing with players, so much so that some have been relocated to other parts of the Rio for the early levels of play.
Many familiar faces stood out [...]

The first day of the WSOP wrapped up well after midnight last night, Eli Elezra leading the field with an official chip count of 302,900. Trailing just behind with 251,100, Amit “Amak316″ Makhija ended the day to Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers’ 216,700. Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar rounds out the top ten chip stacks with 194K. Day 2 [...]

Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi was knocked out when his AK got rivered by another players JT. The player holding JT pushed all in following Mizzi’s raise. Mizzi called the all in and when he saw the other players cards he asked “Are you rich?”. The other player responded with, “Well I needed to double up.” Unfortunately [...]

With the blinds at 800/1,600 and only one level left in the evening, Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers opened pre-flop to 4K. The player on the button re-raised to 15K, leaving few chips behind. Casually tossing more chips from his growing stack into the middle, Sowers put his opponent all in. The button called and showed KQ [...]