On a board showing 8 7 2 A Ben Grundy checked, Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul bet 6500 and Grundy made the call.  The river brought the 7 and Grundy checked again.  Saul bet 11, 700 and Grundy called, showing pocket deuces for a full house.  Kevin Saul tabled pocket threes and dropped to around 25k in chips. 
Shawn Keller [...]

On the last hand of level 2, Scott “BigRiskky” Clements got it all in on a rainbow flop of 5-6-7 with pocket 10s. His opponent flipped over a set of fives, which held, forcing Scott to the rail.
Shane “shaniac ” Schleger, shortacked with only a few big blinds remaining, got involved in a three-way all [...]

The first event of the World Series of Poker is off and under way.  Players entered in the $10k event started with 20k in chips, thought the blinds did start at 100 / 200.  In the past the WSOP has kicked off with smaller buyin events, resulting in massive fields, and mass confusion.  This year [...]

The World Series of Poker is finally here!  Tournament play begins at noon today with the $10k Pot Limit Hold ‘Em Championship.  Players are beginning to filter into the Rio’s Amazon Room, where cash games and satellites have already been running for the past couple of days.  With the larger buy in, today’s field will [...]