After 8 levels and 12 full hours of play time spread over two days the registration at the Festa al Lago WPT event is now all but officially closed. Players have through the end of the 15 minutes break to sign up to play and once the clock starts on level 9 no more [...]

With 15 minutes left on the clock play was paused and  card was drawn to see how many more hands would be played for the night.  Seven more hands at each table was the magic number and after the completion of the set number of hands the players were done for the night.  Chips were [...]

On a normal day Adam “Roothlus” Levy would be livid if 9-4 cracked his queens to knock him out of a tournament.
Today, however, the players are more concerned with having fun and raising money for a good cause. We listed some players in attendance earlier, but throughout the day we also spotted Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers, [...]

At first it looked like Table 72 was breaking, which didn’t make sense. Only one player, Steve Zolotov, has been eliminated, and all the other tables are filled.
All the players, including Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein and Pat “TorontoToro” Pezzin (pictured left), proceeded to move to a different table near the back of the Orange Section. Greenstein [...]

Matt “mattg1983″ Graham has claimed his second World Series of Poker bracelet, winning the $10K World Championship of Pot-Limit Omaha.
Graham outlasted Vitaly Lunkin heads up despite facing 9-to-1 chip count at one point and losing two all-in pots that would have given him the victory if he’d won them, an experience that he later [...]