Day 5 of the Main Event is about to kick off as the remaining 407 players have their eyes focused on the $8.5 million first prize that comes with the title of World Champion. Matt “mcmatto” Affleck is the overall chip leader going into the day with 1,819,000 chips while fellow P5er Ludovic “Cutsss” Lacay [...]

We just witnessed something bizarre on the last hand before the first break of Day 2A. As the Amazon Room was clearing out Ludovic “Cutsss” Lacay was involved in a big hand against another player. With the board reading 8559J Lacay (pictured left) fired out 15K into a pot of 25K. His opponent, who had [...]

Steve “thorladen” Weinstein (pictured left) lost over the course of the first two levels, but a big pot and a little luck changed that for him. There was 1,750 in the pot and three players who saw the flop fall 642. The small blind and a player in early position checked to Weinstein [...]