In the second to last hand of the night in Event #13 $2.5K NLHE, Brett “threatnasty” Switzer raised from middle position. The action folded to Phil Ivey in the small blind, and he pushed all in. The big blind folded, and Switzer called with AK. Ivey tabled AT, but his hand did not improve and [...]

Over half the players left in the field at the WPT Championship will make the money.  With 90 left and the top 50 making the money there are now more players that will make the money than won’t.  For the 40 that come up short getting close will be no consolation though.

Phil “USCPhildo” Collins (right) [...]

The start of day 3 at the World Poker Tour Championship has seen a lot of 3, 4 and 5 betting preflop.  162 players made it to the start of day 3, and as the action continues on deeper and deeper into the tournament the size of pots and intensity over each hand is increasing.  [...]

The last four hands of the second level of the day were full of action. For Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg it was a mad rush of collecting chips at his table, while the other tables saw the eliminations of Gavin Smith and Phil Ivey, dropping the field to only 20 remaining players as the time [...]