Securing the Area
LAS VEGAS–We all heard the sound and paused for a moment … yep, that had to be what it was. A floorman dropped a rack of chips, right near the rail where spectators were gathered. Tourney officials handled it well, […]
A Few Updates
LAS VEGAS–Josh Evans has lost the chip lead … he\’s now 4th, with just fewer than 2 million. With 191 players left, that\’s about four times the average stack, so he\’s still in very fine position. The chip leader has
Josh Evans a (tourney-chip) Millionaire!
LAS VEGAS–A good way to start the day … From PokerNews: Josh Evans Doubles Through Phillip Liou After a flop of 10c-4s-3d, Phillip Liou bets 100,000, Josh Evans raises to 240,000, Liou pushes, and Evans calls all in for 582,000.
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Bubble Burstage
LAS VEGAS–Michele keeps reminding me that real players loathe talking to the media (or just about anyone for that matter) immediately after busting out of a tournament. But I wasn\’t going to let good taste get in the way of
Pokeratizen Watch
LAS VEGAS–Play has ended for the day, and Josh Evans is alive and well with exactly 400,000 chips — a still comfortably above average stack a slightly above average stack (briefly forgot they started with 20,000 this year), but way
North Texas Money Guys
LAS VEGAS–Josh Evans crossed over … he\’s got about 420k. So did Vandy Krouch, also with about 420k. Both guys are guaranteed more than $20,000 … and have a shot at $8.25 million. There were some other North Texas players
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Pressing Buttons
LAS VEGAS–Just learned from listening to Chris\’ podcast that Bellagio has instituted a new rule — 20 minute penalty for anyone who uses a cell phone (or Blackberry, or Treo, or Blackjack, or iPhone) at the table … whether they
Josh and Jerry Update
LAS VEGAS–Play is coming to a close for the night, and both Josh Evans and Jerry Randack look like they should make it to Day 3 … where the bubble will get crossed. Jerry will have his work cut out
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InstaWSOP 2
UPDATE: Players are headed to returning from dinner break. JOSH EVANS is up to roughly 360,000. JERRY RANDACK is hanging on with 50something-thousand. PRIMO appears to be out. Quite a few pros are thriving … over/under on the number of
InstaWSOP
UPDATE (4:39 pdt): JOSH EVANS still kicking ass. 300k in chips puts him near the top. LAS VEGAS–Day 2b action is well underway about to get underway. In fact, it probably already will be so by the time this post
