Players in the $1.5K NLHE event were sent on their dinner break about a half an hour ago, but one person who won’t be joining them when they return is Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke.  On the second to last hand before break Jimmy got in a preflop raising war that resulted in all the chips going [...]

Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert came ever so close to picking up his first WSOP gold bracelet last year. Wolpert (pictured right) took third place in the $5K NLHE Shootout but felt a little empty even after adding $187,812 to his bankroll.
He has another shot at the ultimate goal today. Wolpert and seven others, including Steve [...]

The Round of 64 in the $10K NLHE Heads Uogot underway at 2:00 PM in the Miranda Room and many of the matches have already concluded. The winners have advanced to Round 4 with a minimum cash of $17,987. There will be one more round tonight as we’ll have our final 16 set for tomorrow.
Here’s [...]

The first round of the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship appears to be in the books and the players have a nice break before they have to return at 10PM for their second and final match of the night.
A few players will have a little shorter break than everyone else.  Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert (pictured left), Mohsin “chicagocards1″ [...]

733 players are now on their 90 minute dinner break and the tension in the air has been continuously rising as we get closer and closer to the money bubble of 666 players. The staff here at the Rio is somewhat going to be restricting media access to the tables as hand for hand play approaches [...]