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The Official WSOP Photo BlogSelect Year:
Don't Forget About Me, Baby! The attention has been on Phil Ivey, who is making his third final table in six days. Meanwhile, Scotty Nguyen is quietly putting himself in a position to win his sixth gold bracelet. Have You Been to the Gun Show? Xuan Liu gets a good laugh out of Kirk Morrison during Day 1 of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. He's Gone and Done it Again.... Phil Ivey has done it again. He is the chip leader going into the final table of the $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event and is going for Gold Bracelet #9. A Huge Field In the Daily Deepstack The Pavilion Room was packed today as over 1,100 players entered the 2pm Daily Deepstack event, creating a first place prize of over $46,000 for only a $235 buy-in. Studs Cliff Josephy and Jonathan Duhamel face off in a 7-Stud round of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. Not Even the Final Table The $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split event features some of the biggest names in the game. At the start of Day 3, one table saw the likes of Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, Scotty Nguyen and Joe Cassidy. Take it to the Limit Three bracelets in three years. Few players are more consistent than Matt Matros and he already has a Gold Bracelet this year in the $1,500 NLHE Six-Max event. Today, he goes for yet another in the $1,500 Limit Hold 'em Shootout. Photo Op At the end of Day 2 of the $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split, Phil Ivey took a moment to sign some autographs and let some fans snap a rare picture with the superstar. Ivey begins the third and final day of play in the event with a substantial chip lead. Juicy Not only did Phil Ivey bag a chip-leading 446,500 chips after Day 2 in the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event, but his gum spent the night at the Rio as well. 98 Rounds Before a KO In boxing, an hour of fighting comprises 15 rounds. By that measurement, the six and a half hour heads-up battle between Randy Ohel (left) and Benjamin Lazer (right)in the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw event went for 98 rounds before a winner was determined. In one of the longest fixed bet heads-up matches in WSOP history, Randy Ohel rallied from a 15-1 chip to claim the title. There are 1400 entries in the photo blog.
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