The final 10 (pictured) sat with a full table for a while, but once the blinds made it to 30k / 60k and a 5k ante the action picked up and there were three eliminations during the last level bringing the field down to 7 players and one from making the televised final table of [...]

The three shortest stacks to start the day were all able to win all in hands to survive in the early going on the playdown day and Larry Berg (right) ended up being the 11th place finisher in brutal fashion when he was all in with QJ offsuit against the QJ of Tommy Vedes. [...]

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 [...]

After 8 levels and 12 full hours of play time spread over two days the registration at the Festa al Lago WPT event is now all but officially closed. Players have through the end of the 15 minutes break to sign up to play and once the clock starts on level 9 no more [...]