Last PartyPoker.com online qualifier bus...

As reported by PokerNews. Miika Puumalainen Eliminated in 59th Place ($108,047) It took two hands to eliminate Miika Puumalainen from this year’s Main Event, but they came in rapid succession. It was the first hand that was most damaging. Action folded to Puumalainen in the small blind. He limped into the pot in front of big blind Francois Balmigere, who raised to...

Day Six at the WSOP Main Event...

PartyPoker.com still has three runners: Miika Puumalainen 2,894,000 Aaron Coulthard 901,000 Maurizio Saieva 837,000 Maurizio is a member of the Italian Poker Team and with only four Italians left in the event – three of them are on the same table today. Miika starts on the ESPN feature table. Pictures and more information to follow later. All players receive bonuses for...

Bubble bursts at WSOP Main Event...

The bubble has burst at the WSOP Main Event. Sitting pretty sixth in chips is PartyPoker.com qualifier Miika Puumalainen from Finland. London’s James Akenhead, who has played in PartyPoker.com events in London, and is backed by popular British pro Neil Channing, is fourth in chips. Newly signed grassroots team member Remy Biechel makes it through to Day 5 but is short-stacked with...

PartyPoker WSOP – Day 3...

After the luxury of the day off, the remaining 2044 players in the years Main Event will play 5 levels today which should see us get close to the bubble. PartyPoker had 26 players still in the tournament and there was a definite air of nervous excitement in the Mike Sexton Suite this morning as the players arrived for breakfast. Our highest placed player was Miika from Finland who was...

PartyPoker – WSOP Day 1 D gets ove...

The big news for Day 1 D was simply the amount of players trying to register themselves for the main event. The tournament organisers were expecting it to be busy, possibly even selling out but they surely could not have expected the scenes that greeted us yesterday as we arrived at The Rio at 10am. There were at least 300 people queuing past The Mike Sexton Suite all the way up to the...

Day 1c Report and Chip Counts...

Despite Phil Hellmuth rather typically brash and tasteless entrance today which managed to attract all the media’s full attention, there was actually a poker tournament going on inside. Day 1 C attracted a total of 1696 players including 5 of last years “November Nine”. This was about double yesterdays number which shows that many players decided not to play on the 4th of July...

Phil Hellmuth makes a dramatic entrance ...

Day 1C The Phil Hellmuth show rolled into town today. The rumour buzzed around quite quickly that Phil and his entourage would soon be arriving so I grabbed a camera and joined the waiting throng. There were lots of camera crews and photographers waiting and yet current WSOP main event champion Peter Eastgate managed to walk in the door and past all of them without anyone recognizing...

PartyPoker at the WSOP – Day 1B...

Day 1 B was a much quieter affair with only 873 players sitting down. This was possibly because it was 4th of July and a big holiday weekend here in the US. PartyPoker had 23 players starting their journey towards WSOP fame and fortune. For some it was the first time they have played in a big live tournament. One guy has made his way to Las Vegas for a cost of only $8 and won his way...

World Series of Poker Day 1 chip counts...

Day 1 started with over 1100 players starting their dream of WSOP success and riches. By the time the chips were bagged, 812 remained to come back again for day 2A on 7th July. With only 4 levels each day we are expecting a larger percentage of players to make it through to Day 2 than previous years. Many of the PartyPoker players had a good start to their tournament and most of those...

Photos From the WSOP...

The boys from Norway in some new clothes. (the cases have still not arrived) Andreas welcomes Katja from Norway and Pia from Denmark to the party.   The Poker Italia Team make a very quiet entrance and pose for a team photo Ian Frazer, His charming wife, Padraig Parkinson and Eddie Hearn seem pleased when I ask if they would like another drink. The new PartyPoker Grassroots...