The final four came back from the dinner break and it didn’t take longs for the chips to be in the middle. After Daniel Negreanu and Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier split a pot where both were holding K9 the next major action was between local favorite Praz Bansi and Barry Shulman.
Bansi had raised [...]

There was a discussion of foregoing the dinner break and the players agreed. The plan was quickly nixed by the working crews, who insisted on the break. Without much arguement the final four headed out on dinner break, and if they haven’t had enough of each other already they could all head over [...]

After the slow start the elimination of Jame Akenhead seems to have broken the ice and a flurry of activity ensued. Or maybe the blinds being up to 20k / 40k 5k ante helped to motivate the action. Or maybe it is the upcoming dinner break and an attitude of chip up or [...]

It took a while but the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair has seen the first final table elimination.  The 12k / 24k level went off without a hitch, chips moving around but everyone pretty much holding serve and no eliminations.  The 15k / 30k with a 4k ante level was much of [...]

In the early going Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier picked up a few pots and tournament director Jack Effel did his best to get the crowd to liven up.  In one sequence Jason bet to win a pot and the room was eerily silent.  Over the loud speaker Effel announced “Jason wins the pot.”  After the silence [...]