Tournament officials announced that the cap for today’s  $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em Event (#51) was 2,790 players but the total number has mysteriously increased to 2,791. We’re guessing either Pope Benedict XVI or Phil Ivey showed up late and was allowed to sneak in.
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin is in attendance and seems more than pleased with today’s turnout. “Poker is [...]

In the course of two hands Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin went from being poised to pick up his second bracelet of the year to third place finisher in the $10K PLHE event. Baldwin was sitting on the chip lead with 3.2 million chips and the blinds at 60K/120K when Kirill Gerasimov raised to 300K from [...]

The enormous blinds in the $10K PLHE Championship have really forced the action. They are currently at 50K/100K, meaning even if a player has a million chips, they are still not in great shape. JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado was sitting on 1.5 million when he minraised to 200K and John Kabbaj reraised to 700K total. [...]

Event #51, the $1.5K HORSE tournament is well under way with a strong online presence. Play continued to spread across multiple sections of the Amazon room as well as the Brasilia room. PocketFives spotted Shannon Shorr, Brett “Gank” Jungblut, Matt “SamENole” Smith, Justin Bonomo, and Eric “jakz101″ Crain amongst the field.
David “seal” Eisenstein [...]

Because play ended last night in the $2k NLHE event #48 right after the bubble burst, the “all-in fest” that usually occurs immediately following was saved for today. Less than 30 minutes after play began two tables had already been broken and David “ComptonMasta” Barter and Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin are amongst the early casualties.
Bryan “Devo” [...]