Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (pictured left) both crossed the million chip mark in the past hour.
Crowe was the first, and after doing so he was involved in the first million chip pot of the tournament. After six bets, Owen and Brian “snagglepuss” Powell who had 700K got it all in pre-flop. [...]

Cameras crowded around the table featuring Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck (pictured left) and her PokerStars teammate and former World Champion Joe Hachem when the duo clashed in the last hand before break. We missed the preflop action, but Mayrinck and Hachem went heads-up to a flop of 643. Both players checked and Maria checked [...]

Andy “BKiCe” Seth and Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (pictured at left) are seated right next to each other in the $3K NLHE Triple Chance event, and they’ve clashed a few times as of late.
On a flop of Q95, Seth led out for 7.7K and Carroll called. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. [...]

Event #52 is off and running in the Amazon Room, but it seems as if all eyes are on the FIFA Confederations Cup Championship match between the United States and Brazil. The game is tied 2-2 and the room is tense.
“How is this even possible?” Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck blurted. “We’re Brazil!”
Christian “charder30″ Harder is standing [...]

Mere minutes after heads-up play began between Peter “Belabacsi” Traply and Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger (pictured right), the two online pros got it all-in preflop in a classic race situation with Andrew holding AQ to Peter’s 66. Lichtenberger, who held the slight chip lead at the start of the hand, looked poised to grab his [...]