The early chiplead in a turnout doesn’t always correspond to success later in the event. For Jason “JCarver” Somerville his chip leading stack earlier in the tournament only carried him to the money bubble where he ended up busting in 29th place, only two spots away from making it into the money. Somerville [...]

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 [...]

When the field dropped to 54 players the table on the stage was broken and Mike “goleafsgoeh” Leah, Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, Chad “M8kingmoves” Batista and Markus “LURPED” Gonsalves were all sent around the room to new tables.  For Leah the move came right before his demise while the other three are all still hanging in [...]

The top 27 make the money here at the Festa al Lago Bellagio WPT tournament. After 13 total levels of play and 3 of the 5 levels slated for day 3 complete the field is down to only 56 players, just over double the amount that makes the money. Steve “gboro780″ Gross (right), [...]