Keven “stamdogg” Stammen has taken a sizable chip lead into the dinner break of the $2.5K NLHE event. He was already captaining the table, opening a lot of pots and taking them down without a contest, before this big hand happened.
The first player to act raised to 72K with the blinds at 15K/30K with an [...]

As day 2 winds down, more and more all in pots are emerging.  The result, barring a chopped pot or some other weird occurence, are either a double up or an elimination.  For Markus “LURPED” Gonsalves and James “mig.com” Mackey the double up has been the method of choice and both have seen their stock [...]

With a mere 31 players left in the Southern Poker Championship Main Event, it feels like Day 2 is coming to a close.  In reality, there is likely still a ways to go as players approach the money bubble.
One player who is taking advantage of bubble play is Stewart “Stuman123″ Yancik (pictured left) who doubled [...]

The tournament clock will be paused at 6:30PM for the dinner break.  When players return, they will play out the remaining 20 minutes or so of Level 9 (800/1600 ante 200).
Keven “stamdogg” Stammen (pictured right) is trying to build up his stack as much as he can in the final minutes before break.  He took [...]

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 [...]