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"The amount of chips I have right now doesn't really mean much." That's what PokerStars qualifier Amir Lehavot told the Associated Press. Yes, the Associated Press. That's the type of people who come calling when you come out of Day 2 of the WSOP with a massive chip lead over...more

In any other tournament in any other city around the world busting on day three would be the kind of achievement rewarded with significant financial compensation. Playing for that long is enough to wear down anyone, from full time pros to the once a week home gamer. It seems...more

Welcome back to the World Series of Poker. It's as though we had never been away. For the PokerStars players, reporters, friends and family members, today is the morning after the night before. After Nelly and co put on one of the finest parties at Rain at the Palms last...more

The combined chip counts for all the survivors heading into day three of the World Series have now been made available by tournament staff. The PokerStars qualifier Amir Levahot is the clear tournament leader with 610,500. The Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has significantly more than the average,...more

As of tomorrow what you see is what you get. After six days of play - the combination of four day ones and two day twos - the field unites. The tension will switch up a notch, opponents will eye each other more suspiciously and the careless will catch...more

There must be a disclaimer attached to the very top of this post. By the time you read what you are about to read, there is every chance it is wrong. At time of reporting what you are now reading, Ylon Schwartz was sitting in the Brasilia Room with about...more

Let's be honest. Poker players do not spring from a tradition of style. Sure, you have Amarillo Slim and his rattlesnake cap and a few other notables of poker's past, but by and large, poker players are a bunch of slobs. They're unshaven, sweatpants-wearing, and, as long as we're being...more

There's little difference in the process of flying to any EPT venue. The same airline, the same flying time (all EPT destinations are two hours away from London regardless of actual distance), the same early start. You also tend to spot the occasional player on their way to the...more

On day one of last year's World Series Main Event, Daniel Negreanu was positioned on the secondary feature table with three unknown PokerStars qualifiers. This table draw was responsible for one of the most criminally-laboured blog post analogies ever seen on PokerStars blog -- I thank you -- but...more

A short walk from the Amazon Room, past registrations and the souvenir shop, is the Brasilia Room. Ahh the Brasilia Room. It conjures up images of beaches, rain forests, palm trees, salsa, that kind of thing. In reality, and this may be hardly surprising, it's the same aircraft hanger...more

If Brazilian Team PokerStars Pro Maria Mayrinck is quiet, you know something is wrong. And not just kinda wrong. If she's quiet, suspect the worst (like, maybe she's not breathing). A couple of days ago, Mayrinck bemoaned her table draw. It put her at the same table as champion Joe...more

There's a massive field in the Rio today, and some massive names gracing it. At PokerStars blog, we tend to follow a lot of them, owing to the presence on Team PokerStars Pro of some of the games brightest stars. But the World Series also frequently gives previously unheralded...more

Day two. No free jerky now. This is serious. Close to 3,000 players meaning every last table, every last inch of space, every dealer pulled out of retirement, is in the employ of the main event. The sign outside the Rio pool reads "No Lifeguard on duty. No Diving."...more

It takes nearly ten minutes--literally--to walk from Table 1 to the last table in action. To make the walk, one must navigate the whole of the Amazon Room and the throngs of people in the corridor. You must skip past the Dream Team Poker booth, the Starbucks, the Sao Paulo...more

Day 2a of the World Series Main Event concluded late on Tuesday night, with more than 100 PokerStars players progressing to day three. The highest-ranked player is the qualifier Jerry Wong, followed by Brian Hansen, both from the United States. Ray Rahme, the Team PokerStars Pro from South Africa, will...more