The poker world started off the year watching an online whiz kid make incredible reads and work magic en route to a title at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Galen Hall earned $2.3 million for his victory in the Bahamas and immediately set himself on a path of poker success. Four days into the World Poker Tour Championship, a $25,000 buy-in event in Las Vegas, Hall is leading the way (3.4 million in chips) and is hoping to capture his second major of the year.

"The event has been good, really…