After almost a complete level with no bustouts, the last three ended up not taking that long. Marc “Myst” Karam (pictured below right) and Ryan “Gotskillz” Fisler (left) both survived and prospered on the way to the final table and will be joined by well known pros Gavin Smith and Kathy Liebert, along with [...]

Over an hour after returning from the dinner break it took almost an hour and a half and a full level of play before the first elimination.  Gavin Smith was able to bust Dominic Staniscia in 9th place.  With the blinds at 12k / 24k Gavin limped from late position and Marc “Myst” Karam called [...]

The decision was made to send the remaining 9 players on dinner break at the completion of the last level. With 3 more eliminations needed to end the day things could be over in just a few minutes or it could go late into the night. In preparation for a worst case scenario [...]

With the elimination of Erik Seidel (right) in 10th place the field is now down to only one remaining table. The final 9 players are now fighting it out for the six coveted seats at the North American Poker Championship televised final table.
Seidel was all in with pocket queens against Marc “Myst” Karam’s AK. [...]

After Jason “JP_OSU” Potter (left) opened for 52k from late position and Ryan “Gotskillz” Fisler called from the button Matt Matros raised to 220k. Potter, sensing a squeeze, moved in for the rest of his stack at around 750k. Fisler folded but Matros quickly made the call with his black aces. Potter [...]