With 10 minutes remaining in the third level of Day 4 tournament director Jack Effel announced that play would be halted for the day. The remaining players didn’t even reach their dinner break. That should give you an idea of how fast players were eliminated today.
The goal was to reach 400 players by the end [...]

We couldn’t see what Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle was up to during money bubble play from our spot on the rail, but apparently he’s been busy. His stack ballooned over the 1 million chip mark and we caught the following hand in which Hinkle busted a player to add even more chips to the pile. [...]

The money bubble has bursted in the 2009 WSOP Main Event and 648 players have earned a minimum of $21,365. The Amazon Room erupted when tournament director Jack Effel announced the elimination of Kia Hamadami, who was left empty-handed after three and a half days of hard work. However, as has been a custom in [...]

Shortly after returning from the first break of the day, players were instructed to begin Hand-for-Hand play with 653 players remaining (five away from the money bubble). One player who didn’t survive long enough to make it to bubble play was John “danglesauce” Sweeney. Sweeney lost a chunk of his stack in a [...]

Scott “stsitron” Sitron tipped the dealer after his most recent double up. It was that good.
With the blinds at 2K/4K ante 500 and the money bubble approaching, the big stack at Sitron’s table raised to 11K and Scott reraised to 55K, leaving 58K behind. The original raiser moved all in and Sitron snap-called:
Sitron: JJ
Opponent: AA
Sitron [...]