With a well earned reputation for being tight it can be hard to catch Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar (pictured) in a hand.  He did play one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far though, and eliminated November Niner Steven Begleiter in the process.  What would it take for Aguiar to be involved in such [...]

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 [...]

After a long night of bagging chips and inputting counts into the computer, the final numbers on day 1 play at the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Challenge are out. 376 players out of the original 496 made it to day 2 play, with Paul Niemela holding a considerable chip lead over second [...]

As play works well into the 4th level of the day and the blinds have increased to 200 / 400 with a 50 ante there has been enough time for chips to move around the room and for players to start building stacks, and for others to see their chip counts diminish or be eliminated [...]