That is how Jason “JP_OSU” Potter (pictured right) explained Jamie “thecronic420″ Rosen’s meteoric rise to the top of the leaderboard in the $2.5K Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha event.  The official chip counts aren’t in for the 99 survivors of Day 1 of the event so we can’t be sure that he is the tournament chip leader, but [...]

Jason “JP_OSU” Potter (left) was able to double through Danny Wong to get back over 10k, but it wasn’t long before his chips were back in the middle.  He was in a coinflip situation with pocket jacks against AK and looked like he might go on a double up run like Joe Sebok did just [...]

After dropping below 5,000 chips it wasn’t long before Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul (right) was all in, and then all out.  He has been eliminated from the tournament just short of the dinner break.  Jason “JP_OSU” Potter was also all in, and needed a 3 outer to double up.  James “mig.com” Mackey was also in need [...]

Down to his final 36K, Scott “dorinvandy” Dorin moved all-in from the blinds with the blinds at 3K/6K ante 1K and Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan quickly called from the big blind with TT.  Dorin was drawing slim with his 78 and when the board ran out J933{5} Dorin was eliminated in 41st place.
Jason “JP_OSU” Potter got [...]

With less than 65 players the end of Day 2 seems not too far off, especially with the speedy rate that players have been dropping out of the event.  One of the most recent eliminations came when Hevad “Rain” Khan raised to 7.2K from under the gun with the blinds at 1.5K/3K ante 400 and [...]