A quick start in a poker tournament is always nice, but often it doesn’t mean much.  Day 1 chip leaders rarely go on to win a tournament, or even make the final table.  So if a day ending chip lead means relatively little a lead during the first level of a tournament is worth even [...]

Nick “fu_15″ Maimone’s unbelievable run of fortune on Day 8 came to an end just moments ago as the Charlotte native was sent home in 15th place. After building his stack as high as 12 million earlier in the day Maimone (pictured left) lost a couple sizable pots in the past level and then played [...]

It took just 15 minutes after the dinner break for Grayson “gray31″ Ramage for get involved in two separate all-in confrontations at his table. Luckily the one that he lost didn’t cost much. With the blinds at 15K/30K ante 4K Kenny Tran moved all in for his remaining 250K and Ramage called from the big [...]

Day 5 of the Main Event is about to kick off as the remaining 407 players have their eyes focused on the $8.5 million first prize that comes with the title of World Champion. Matt “mcmatto” Affleck is the overall chip leader going into the day with 1,819,000 chips while fellow P5er Ludovic “Cutsss” Lacay [...]

We just witnessed something bizarre on the last hand before the first break of Day 2A. As the Amazon Room was clearing out Ludovic “Cutsss” Lacay was involved in a big hand against another player. With the board reading 8559J Lacay (pictured left) fired out 15K into a pot of 25K. His opponent, who had [...]