A quick start in a poker tournament is always nice, but often it doesn’t mean much.  Day 1 chip leaders rarely go on to win a tournament, or even make the final table.  So if a day ending chip lead means relatively little a lead during the first level of a tournament is worth even [...]

Nick “fu_15″ Maimone’s unbelievable run of fortune on Day 8 came to an end just moments ago as the Charlotte native was sent home in 15th place. After building his stack as high as 12 million earlier in the day Maimone (pictured left) lost a couple sizable pots in the past level and then played [...]

Joe “LatestLines2″ Ward is now among the chip leaders with Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp in the Main Event. Yes, the online sit-and-go grinder that plays just a handful of live multi-table tournament per year has increased his stack to more than 10 million following a three-way all-in confrontation that created a huge stir in the Amazon [...]

Joe Sebok got the last of his short stack all-in preflop and Frank “Round42″ Rusnak called him with AQ. Sebok held 55 which looked good on the 887 flop. The turn was the 3 and the river the 9 to double Joe up to 350K. He moved all-in just a couple of [...]

It took just 15 minutes after the dinner break for Grayson “gray31″ Ramage for get involved in two separate all-in confrontations at his table. Luckily the one that he lost didn’t cost much. With the blinds at 15K/30K ante 4K Kenny Tran moved all in for his remaining 250K and Ramage called from the big [...]