2006 August 04 Poker News, Events and Happenings

There has been quite a bit of action as the blinds have increased (to a 400 ante with 800/1600 blinds) in the mid-afternoon at the Main Event at the World Series of Poker….

‘They got me,’ says Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, answering the fans’ questions repeatedly as he slowly works his way through the crowd at the rail. Ferguson started the day with about $55,000 in chips, but those didn’t last long….

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Highlights from Friday’s main draw at the World Series of Poker:

In golf, it’s called making the cut. In poker, it’s called being in the money and at the World Series of Poker, it means the difference between a player winning back some of a $10,000 buy-in, or going home with nothing. This year, a new formet designed to stop slow play seems to have worked as players were rewarded.

Just a quick review for those of you just tuning in for the WSOP Main Event. For the past six weeks I have been following three players: Liz Lieu, Gavin Smith and Tony G.

Three members of Team PokerNews are still fighting for their place in poker history. Our biggest stack at the start of play today is Per Erik Loeff. Per is from Norway, and started the day with 177,000 chips…

As the players assembled into the tournament room for day three, the duct tape that had been applied to cover ‘.com’ logoing had a new cousin. WSOP floor staff were circulating the room sticking stickers…