An interesting dynamic has been added to the $5K NLHE Shootout event, but it makes a lot of sense if you stop to think about it. Since each player is supposed to start with the same amount of chips every round, there are several unattended stacks throughout the room in order to have the [...]

The Southern Poker Championship Main Event appears to have a new chip leader and that man is Stewart “Stuman123″ Yancik (pictured left).  When we last checked in with him he had around 75K, but several key pots in Level 8 have sent his chip stack soaring up to 260K.  While we weren’t there to catch [...]

Arguably one of the most stacked tables in the room boasts a lineup of Danny Wong, Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen, Ryan “youngluc” Young (pictured left), and Shawn “sbuck21″ Buchanan— oh, and the quartet are sitting all in a row.  Throw the unpredictable Chuck Kelly in the mix and you have quite the interesting table.  First, Rosen [...]

As the final installment of Day 1 of the Main Event came to a close just before 1AM PST, nearly 1,400 players remain from today’s field of 2,461. After calculations from Rio tournament staff, the net prize pool now stands at $64,333,600 with total registration of 6,844 entrants. This figure is almost 500 [...]

Ryan “youngluck” Young is sitting a little prettier than he was earlier. Young raised to 550 from under the gun and a player in late position called. The small blind raised to 2k and Young made the call but the other player folded. The flop came 852 and the small blind checked over to Young [...]