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Sense of urgency picks up at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS - Thursday was moving day at the World Series of Poker Main Event, with players jockeying to keep up with the rising chip stacks in the Amazon and Pavilion rooms in the Rio.And even though the bulk of short stacks exited the field on Monday and Tuesday, chips were flying across the felt like it was an Angry Birds game...read more

Ben Lamb grabs the lead on Day 2B of the WSOP Main Event

Day 2B of the World Series of Poker Main Event began at noon Tuesday with 2,490 players. Four hours of play later, 582 players had been eliminated. That's an elimination rate of 2.425 players per minute. After 10 hours of play, the elimination rate was 2.35 players per minute.If you're thinking that 2.425 (or 2.35) eliminations per minute seems pretty hectic, you're right.Calls of "Seat open" became white noise in the first hour...read more

Featured tables stay empty on Day 2B

LAS VEGAS -- Both the ESPN featured table and the secondary featured table were not in use for the first time in this year's Main Event on Day 2B, but it had nothing to do with the lack of quality players in the field.Patrik Antonius, Phil Galfond, Barry Greenstein, Joe Hachem, Phil Laak, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow and Vanessa Rousso were among the many players competing on Day 2B who had plenty of experience in front of the ESPN cameras...read more

Christian Harder adjusts to life after Black Friday

LAS VEGAS -- Christian Harder knows he’s pretty fortunate -- especially in comparison to most American online poker players after Black Friday.The Maryland-based professional, known by his online handle "charder30", has over $3 million in online tournament winnings, according to Bluff Magazine...read more

A no-go for Gill at WSOP Main Event

LAS VEGAS -- Carter Gill's World Series of Poker Main Event hopes were dashed yesterday after he was unable to overturn a decision by Caesars Entertainment that saw him banned from all of the company's properties. As I reported yesterday, Gill said on Twitter over the weekend that he was banned from all Caesars properties (which includes the Rio) after an alleged incident with a girl in a hotel room...read more

Top-10 WSOP Main Event storylines so far

LAS VEGAS – The World Series of Poker wrapped up the fourth of its Day 1s early Monday morning as an opening field of 6,865 players (combined) was whittled down to 4,521. This has been a banner year for the WSOP as it has seemingly seen no ill effects from Black Friday...read more

Hellmuth fighting back from costly error

LAS VEGAS -- Phil Hellmuth made another late entrance at the World Series of Poker Main Event Monday. But this one wasn't planned -- and it almost knocked him out of the tournament.Hellmuth ended Day 1C on Saturday with 11,800 after making his usual highly choreographed late arrival...read more

Cheong, Jarvis come full circle at Main Event

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Two breakout stars of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, Matt Jarvis and Joseph Cheong, both began their quest to make it back to the November Nine on Sunday.Jarvis and Cheong burst onto the poker scene last year after reaching the Main Event final table...read more

WSOP Main Event draws third-largest field despite Black Friday

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker Main Event is like the Energizer bunny -- no matter what you do to it, it keeps on going. This year's Main Event drew 6,865 players, the third-largest field in the event's history. The Main Event champion will win $8,711,956.And while that first-place prize money is significant, what the size of this year's field says about the strength and stability of the WSOP is even more important.When the U.S...read more

Player banned from Harrah's properities may lose WSOP seat

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The unfortunate predicament of Carter Gill was a topic of discussion among some poker players late in Day 1D of the World Series of Poker Main Event.Gill competed on Saturday and advanced to Day 2A. He’s scheduled to be seated in the Pavilion at table 23, seat 10, with 49,000 in chips.But his chances of sitting at that table, or even entering the Rio, are in serious jeopardy...read more