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) [...]

Day 2 play at the Bellagio came to a close with each table playing out 6 more hands.  The action was paused with about 20 minutes left on the clock and the random draw came out with a 6 so each table finished up that amount of hands before the players bagged their chips for [...]

After dropping below 5,000 chips it wasn’t long before Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul (right) was all in, and then all out.  He has been eliminated from the tournament just short of the dinner break.  Jason “JP_OSU” Potter was also all in, and needed a 3 outer to double up.  James “mig.com” Mackey was also in need [...]

With about 25 minutes left before the dinner break Adam “Roothlus” Levy (left) was eliminated from the LAPC, bringing the field down to 550 remaining players.  After clearing out the tent earlier in the day, enough eliminations have occurred to start breaking tables in the  main room.  As the tables along the outside edge clear [...]

Keven “stamdogg” Stammen (pictured right) has nearly tripled his starting stack of 30K after busting a player.  On a board of 8427 the two got into a raising war.  The other player eventually moved all in and Stammen quickly called.  He showed 44 for a flopped set while the other player tabled 7-8 for top [...]