Before play started today Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer came by and said “You know what is a good sign?” and after a brief pause answered his own question with “The 100k chips are purple and gold!” in a reference to the colors of the East Carolina University Pirates, where O’Dwyer went to college.  So far it [...]

Table 16 in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room is having some fun during Event #15 $5K NLHE. The cast of characters at the table includes Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko (pictured left), Amanda “Mandy_B” Baker, Andy Black and Lars Bonding. When we neared the table, it was apparent they were playing the [...]

After the money was reached the rest of the level saw a player drop out about every 10 mintes for the remaining time in the level.  Seven players busted before the end of the fourth level of the day, leaving only 29 players.  The final 29 are on break and will return to play one [...]

The setup here at the Empire Casino is a little different than most major poker tournaments, or most U.S. based poker tournaments at least. Instead of being located inside one large, conference / ballroom type area with all the poker tables pretty much in the same place, the Empire has had to work around [...]