December 21 2011, Josh Bell

Make sure you download Poker770 now and you could celebrating this holiday season with a share of $15,000!

The $15,000 Xmas Tournament on Poker770 will take place a couple of days before Christmas, on Dec. 23 at 2000 CET, and is exclusive to PokerNews players.

Merry Xmas from Poker770

There are only a few days before the $15,000 Xmas Tournament, so make sure you give yourself the best chance at celebrating this Christmas with a huge amount of cash.

Entry into the event is exclusive to PokerNews players and any depositing players will be able to buy in for only $7.70. The field is capped at 3,000 players and will run as a rebuy event, with rebuys limited to 10 per player. Each rebuy will cost only $7.70 and there will be one optional add-on available for the same cost as the first break.

Like the last two events PokerNews hosted on Poker770, the $15,000 Xmas Tournament is set to offer tremendous value yet again, and an overlay is almost a certainty.

In July, PokerNews hosted The PokerNews Giant, a similar tournament to the $15,000 Xmas Tournament, which ended up featuring a $15,000 overlay. A few months ago, PokerNews and Poker770 offered similar value yet again as the PokerNews $25K Showdown concluded with a similar overlay.

In fact, PokerNews players have been able to take advantage of over $200,000 worth of value during 2010 and 2011. The $15,000 Xmas Tournament is looking set to offer more incredible value, so make sure you don’t miss out on this event!

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November 20 2011, Paul Oresteen

Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe Main Event is in the books after two starting flights. The first flight saw 224 players take to the felt and the second flight had 97 entrants for a total of 321 runners. Of those, only 184 players will return for Day 2. Ron McMillen (143,400) leads the field overall and the second flight’s chip leader was Mark “P0ker H0” Kroon with 92,400.

Moving on to Day 2 are Matt Keikoan (120,000), Sam Barnhart (80,400), Gary DeBernardi (43,000) and JC Tran (26,400).Notables who played but aren’t advancing on to Day 2 are Mark “Pegasus” Smith, Tahoe Andrew, Drew Caseri and Joe Mongkol-ua-aree.

McMillen earned a giant portion of his tournament-leading stack in a hand where he called two players who moved all-in. He had them both covered and the board ran out . One player held for flopped trips, the other held pocket threes for a flopped full house and McMillen held pocket sixes the bigger full house.

Keikoan flew under the radar for most the day, not finding our attention until Level 8, mostly due to being seated close to the gorgeous Annie LePage. Keikoan broke the century mark when found trip eights against an opponent’s pair of aces.

Tran’s early levels in the tournament couldn’t have been better for the two-time WSOP bracelet winner. He ran over his first table, chipping up to over 50,000 before the first break. His day didn’t continue that way, however and at the end of the night, he bagged just over the starting stack.

Kroon busted early in the first flight but then returned for a much more successful second flight. He put on a one-man show in the second flight, entertaining all the tables around him within earshot. At one point he attempted to convince his table that this was his first tournament and only minutes later he began a sentence with, “When I won my second bracelet…” (Editor’s Note: Kroon doesn’t have any WSOP bracelets.)

Day 2 gets under way promptly at 1200 PST (2000 GMT) on Sunday and the players will play 14 levels, or until a final table of nine, whichever comes first. Follow all the WSOPC action live on Pokernews.com.

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