The first level of day 3 play at the Festa al Lago saw a lot of pots with all the chips in the middle and cards still to come. For David “DavidP18″ Peters (right), Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo and Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson the first level of the day was the last level of their tournament. [...]

David Baker (pictured left) was involved in a huge hand with Kirill Gerasimov and Evan McNiff. All three players were all in preflop, and Baker found his QQ ahead of Gerasimov’s KJ and McNiff’s A8. The flop was less than friendly though, as Ax27 hit the felt. McNiff’s top pair jumped ahead of Baker, and [...]

With most of the players already on their 30 minute break, those still hanging around in the Amazon Room surrounded Table 74 as Christian “charder30″ Harder (pictured left) was involved in a hand with Jason Rosenkrantz. With blinds at 300/600/75, Harder raised in late position and Rosenkrantz reraised to 6K out of the blinds. Harder made the call [...]

Over half the players left in the field at the WPT Championship will make the money.  With 90 left and the top 50 making the money there are now more players that will make the money than won’t.  For the 40 that come up short getting close will be no consolation though.

Phil “USCPhildo” Collins (right) [...]

The start of day 3 at the World Poker Tour Championship has seen a lot of 3, 4 and 5 betting preflop.  162 players made it to the start of day 3, and as the action continues on deeper and deeper into the tournament the size of pots and intensity over each hand is increasing.  [...]