After getting into the money the next hour and a half of action saw plenty of all ins and plenty of bustouts. By the end of the 18th level of play, and third level for today, only 18 players were left in the Festa al Lago WPT tournament. Play for today will continue [...]

The early chiplead in a turnout doesn’t always correspond to success later in the event. For Jason “JCarver” Somerville his chip leading stack earlier in the tournament only carried him to the money bubble where he ended up busting in 29th place, only two spots away from making it into the money. Somerville [...]

Early in the tournament Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy (right) was down below 20k chips, but got lucky in a hand to double up and went on to build his stack back to a reasonable amount and work his way all the way into the fourth day of play. He had fallen back among the short [...]

The third day of play is complete and the 37 remaining players are closing in on the money bubble.  Play will start tomorrow with the blinds at 5k / 10k and a 1k ante and the first order of business will be getting into the top 27 and the money.  After that play will continue [...]