The playdown day didn’t go exactly as Jason “StatusUp” Lavallee (right) would have liked. He came into the day with over 4 million chips and the lead in the tournament but by the time the field was down to the final 6 Lavallee had dropped back to 2 million and went into the final [...]

The stage is set for the final table at the Festa al Lago World Poker Tour event. The 275 entrants have been whittled down to the final 6 and all the preliminary activities that go along with a televised final table are about wrapped up, leaving just the poker to determine the champion.
Freddy Deeb [...]

A seventh place finish on the World Poker Tour is one of the more brutal bubbles in tournament poker. The pay jump from 7th to 6th is usually significant, but for many of those that play major tournament poker the exposure of a TV table is something that is desired on a personal level [...]

The final 10 (pictured) sat with a full table for a while, but once the blinds made it to 30k / 60k and a 5k ante the action picked up and there were three eliminations during the last level bringing the field down to 7 players and one from making the televised final table of [...]