Here's what we saw in our last run through of the Pavilion section. Jesse Silvia had 19,000 and Brian Hastings 18,000 as their table was three handed. John Racener was part of a four handed table, but he's short with 8,500. Jordan Morgan is heads up but at a disadvantage, holding just 14,500. Adam Friedman has 9,000 and Aaron Jones 15,000 in a three way matchup at their table. And Mike Leah has 15,000, while Brian Rast has just 4,000, at their table which is also four handed.
The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Maxim Lykov is heads up with a 25,000 to 20,000 lead on his opponent. Robert Cheong is heads up but down 16,000 to 29,000. Tim Adams and Taylor Paur are both heads up at their tables with nearly all the chips in play, as their opponents each just have about 3,000. And Amanda Musumeci is heads up with about 30,000 to her opponent's 15,000. Eric Baldwin is three handed, but has a long way to go with just 9,000.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier () and another player () were all in when the board came to give ElkY a pair of tens and eliminating his opponent. With this elimination, the stage was set for a heads up match between Greg Mueller and ElkY.
) and another player (
) were all in when the board came 
to give ElkY a pair of tens and eliminating his opponent. With this elimination, the stage was set for a heads up match between Greg Mueller and ElkY.
