Since we last checked in with you regarding the $5K NLHE Shootout, the momentum swung back in the direction of Peter “Belabacsi” Traply (pictured left). He managed to regain the chip lead over Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger and pulled to a nearly 3:1 chip advantage over his opponent and was able to put the match [...]

With the deep starting stacks it is taking big hands in the early levels to bring about the larger pots.  Andy Bloch picked up a huge pot in the first level when he made a straight flush.  The other player got away from his hand, but was left with less than 20k and on major [...]

One of the tournament director’s predicted 140 players would make it through the day.  “Do I get promoted to Legend status,” he asked with the board showing 153 remaining players and a little over 40 minutes left in the day.  His estimate was much lower than most people thought would be the actual number, with [...]

After a draw to see how many more hands will be played, each table will play out that set number of hands and then be done for the day. The Bellagio does this to prevent stalling at the end of the day. With somewhere around 20 minutes left in the day they draw [...]

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 [...]