So, my close personal friend (reference Sid Hartman) Alec Torelli busted today in 6th place in the WSOP event #2 $40k buy in tournament for $389k. I am anxious to hear his thoughts on this. Alec seems like the kind of guy that would take this finish in stride even after being the chipleader yesterday [...]

As of Cardplayer’s last update, he is 2nd in chips with 11 players left. First place is 1.875 Million! Go Alec!

I’ve been to the WSOP many times. I’ve never played in it (yet), but I’ve been there. I’ve felt the electricity in the air, and the excitement, as thousands of hopefuls make their way down to the Amazon room at the Rio. Every single one of them with the same goal, and the same [...]

Hey, just thought I would share a pic of our last radio show guest Alec Torelli in action at the WSOP…..good luck!

Here are the remaining players and their chip counts after day one courtesy of poker pages.com. There were 201 players entering the event. The winner will take home $1.8m. Talk about a who’s who of big poker names……….

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