The 150 / 300 level of play at the WSOPE is complete, but players will come back for another 90 minutes of similar blinds with a 25 ante tacked on to up the pot sizes.  After that level is complete the players will then be off to take a 90 minute dinner break before returning [...]

The money bubble at the North American Poker Championship was quick and painless, well, painless for everyone except Mike “Timex” McDonald and Steve Sung. McDonald was eliminated in 47th place, setting up hand for hand play, but before the other tables could finish their current hands so hand for hand could start Steve Sung [...]

For the third time in this tournament Ryan “Gotskillz” Fisler has had pocket kings against pocket aces. All three times all (or almost all) the chips went in preflop and each time Fisler has hit a king on the flop. Most recently Fisler was able to eliminate Matt “All In at 420″ Stout [...]

The schedule for today is up in the air. It has been said to be 7 levels with a dinner break or down to 99. Five levels no matter what. Six levels and no dinner break. Who knows? Well, obviously the tournament officials are keeping their options open, but it [...]

The 30k starting stack, with no chips larger than 1k in play, means a lot of chips are in action from the get go, with every player having around 2 full stacks of chips to start play. As some players have busted and chips have moved around the room, a lot of large stacks [...]