Las Vegas

I told you we were going to lose some folks this last level. We are down to just 6 players. Sam Holden was the first out when he ran As-Js into the Ah-Kc of Ben Lamb. Lamb caught clubs on the flop and turn to flush Holden out of the event.

We're still at 9 players going into the second break in the November Nine.   Pius Heinz has be far been the biggest surprise in my opinion.   He has skyrocketed to the chip leadership with 49. 95 Million in chips.

The day is here!  Fans are now filing in for the 2011 WSOP November Nine and from all reports, they are already getting rowdy. Here is a sneak peek of the final table set courtesy of Bernard Lee's twitter[http://twitter. com/#%21/BernardLeePoker]. As mentioned before, the crowd are already getting a bit rowdy.

The November Nine kicks off tomorrow, November 6 at the Rio in Las Vegas.   As during the rest of the 2011 WSOP, I'll be following along all of the action and bringing you blogs and recaps from the event. Remember that the final table will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN3 starting at 3:30 PM tomorrow.  Hole cards will be shown at the completion of each and every hand for the major players involved in the hands.

I told you so. Today, the World Series of Poker announced that Barry Johnson and Linda Johnson will be the newest inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame. Barry seemed the obvious choice to me. He had the best pedigree of those on the finalist list in regards to overall poker prowess.