While a good number of online grinders opted to play on Day 1A so they could stay home and play the Sunday majors online today, others didn’t make it to the Rio in time and were forced to play on Day 2.  Both Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen and Jason “JCarver” Somerville (pictured at right) expressed their [...]

Players have only recently returned from their one hour dinner break, but the action has been fast and furious towards the beginning of Level 10.  Tyler Smith is the new tournament chipleader after he and Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen got it all-in preflop with Smith holding pocket kings to Rosen’s A-K.  Jamie’s 150K stack was shipped [...]

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 [...]

With less than an hour left in Level 5, play has slowed significantly, which doesn’t bode well for tomorrow.  You see, the event’s schedule says that play will continue tomorrow until only 36 players are left.  With just under 200 players still left in the field, that means tomorrow is going to be a LONG [...]

Now that Level One and late registration have come to a close, the numbers are in and this event has a solid 283 runners, which means they will play four more levels today.
There are several notable PocketFivers spread throughout the tournament area and some tables have more than their fair share of internet pros.  Preliminary event [...]