Day 2 play at the Bellagio came to a close with each table playing out 6 more hands.  The action was paused with about 20 minutes left on the clock and the random draw came out with a 6 so each table finished up that amount of hands before the players bagged their chips for [...]

The poker Gods may have forgotten yesterday that it was Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke’s (right) 22nd birthday but they made up for it today during the 4th level of play.  Jimmy was able to grind his way to around 115k and then he doubled through Matt “Mattg1983″ Graham when his AK outran Matt’s pocket queens.
After that [...]

As the day continues on the players are starting to drop out.  The blinds recently went up to 800 / 1,600 with a 200 ante and the previous 600 / 1,200 level was also enough to put some pressure on players and resulted in some eliminations.  The field has dropped under 220 players with less [...]

With 301 players starting the day the action had to be split between the Fontana Lounge and the main poker room at the Bellagio.  As the first couple of levels drop players from the field the tables in the poker room are being broken and players are moving into the Fontana Lounge.  In the first [...]