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 [...]

The first starting day of the Bellagio Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic has just kicked off. The players have filled most of the empty seats in the Fontana lounge and players are in the first level with blinds of 50 and 100 with deep starting stacks of 45k.
In the first 20 minutes [...]

With the lights, cameras and TV crews swarming around it is somewhere between dificult and impossible to get into the area right around the feature table to see what is going on.  The multi-leveled Empire Casino does provide some views of the table, though none from a vantage point where cards or bet amounts could [...]

The second flight of day 1 play at the Legends of Poker is now complete and all players still in have made it to day 2. The field will be combined tomorrow at 2pm PST for day 2 play. After playing 5 levels on day 1, there has been an extra level added [...]

With only 5 levels of play scheduled for day 1 action, players are now at the halfway point of day 1B. Today’s larger field was expected to result in larger stacks, and the flurry of bust outs in the first level all at the same table seemed to make it even more likely a [...]