Joe Sebok has been battling the nasty cold that has circulated its way around the Rio the past week or so. After starting the day with 120K he dropped as low as 30K and was feeling pretty terrible to boot. Apparently a little rest and some food can work wonders for a guy though, [...]

Louis “MrBeeks” Werman (pictured left) doubled up for a second time today when a player in early position raised to 5.5K with the blinds at 1K/2K ante 300 and Werman moved all-in for 34.8K total. It folded around to the initial raiser and he thought briefly before calling with 66. When Louis turned [...]

Stephane “FouTight” Bisson moved all-in for his last 13.3K from the button with the blinds at 1K/2K ante 300 and then proceeded to beg.
 
“Just muck it,” he told the small blind.  “If you have a better hand I’ll get there.”  It looked as though the player was about to fold, but right as Stephane said [...]

“Not a bad way to end the night,” Jason “JCarver” Somerville (pictured at left) said to us as he finished bagging up his chips for the day. We’d have to agree after watching him pull in a 100K pot on the last hand before play concluded.
 
We caught up with Somerville betting 40K into an 80K [...]

Players have bagged their chips up for the night and Day 1D of the 2009 World Series of Poker is now complete. A record field of 2,809 filled the Rio and around 500 players were turned away as registration closed this morning. Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet told us that he received one af the last [...]