Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach was all smiles as players went on their first break of the day. On the last hand of the level with blinds at 50/100 Forhenback raised to 350 from under the gun, the button called and the player in the small blind raised to 1,400. Fohrenbach called and the other player [...]

We gave you an long list of chip counts from the $5K NLHE six-max event before the players went on break, but here is some action we saw during the last level before dinner to tide you over until the players get back at around 8:30 p.m. Las Vegas time.
On a flop of 543, Dani [...]

Event #52 is off and running in the Amazon Room, but it seems as if all eyes are on the FIFA Confederations Cup Championship match between the United States and Brazil. The game is tied 2-2 and the room is tense.
“How is this even possible?” Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck blurted. “We’re Brazil!”
Christian “charder30″ Harder is standing [...]

Tournament officials announced that the cap for today’s  $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em Event (#51) was 2,790 players but the total number has mysteriously increased to 2,791. We’re guessing either Pope Benedict XVI or Phil Ivey showed up late and was allowed to sneak in.
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin is in attendance and seems more than pleased with today’s turnout. “Poker is [...]

In the course of two hands Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin went from being poised to pick up his second bracelet of the year to third place finisher in the $10K PLHE event. Baldwin was sitting on the chip lead with 3.2 million chips and the blinds at 60K/120K when Kirill Gerasimov raised to 300K from [...]