The remaining players get one more 15 minute break before coming back to play the last level of the day.  The blinds will be 800 / 1,600 with a 200 chip ante.  After the completion of that level play will be paused for the night and everyone with chips will return tomorrow at 3pm for [...]

The final numbers at the Bike tallied up to only 279 entrants, almost 100 players short of a year ago and well shy of the field sizes from a few years back.  Last year John Phan defeated a field of 373 players, but this year he and all the other defending Legends of Poker champions [...]

Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp’s Day Six hot streak continues. After opening four consecutive pots for a raise, Kopp raised to 105K from late position with the blinds at 20K/40K ante 5K. Dennis Phillips called behind him and 2008 Main Event Champion Peter Eastagate reraised all-in from the small blind for an additional 340K. [...]

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 [...]

Matt “mcmatto” Affleck is on a rush that most only dream about.
After winning a 750K pot by cracking aces with JT (made a straight on the turn after the chips went in), Affleck got involved in a hand with actor and comedian Lou Diamond Phillips that would increase his stack to 1.7 million, putting him [...]