With the 2.5k Pot-Limit hold-em/Omaha tournament about to start, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan (pictured right) made a bold move preflop that will likely keep him out of WSOP Event #24.

During level 5 with blinds at 150-300-25, an early position raiser made it 1k and Nick “fu_15″ Maimone called. Ryan went all-in for 4.5k only to have a player behind him reraise all-in.

The action clear out back to Ryan who was up against about the best possible hand he could be up against given the action, with his AT not far behind his opponents 99.

As the player’s cards were exposed a player at the table mentioned that now Ryan could go play in that other tournament if he lost.

Ryan’s wish to play the mixed event was likely vanished when the board ran out 863T5. Ryan could still make the tournament if he busts before the end of the first break.

Playing to Ryan’s immediate was Maimone, who’s accumulated one of the bigger stacks of the tournament at 28k.

“I didn’t want to have like nine big blinds and just miss out on the tournament,” said Ryan, mentioning that he doesn’t really like AT in that spot.

Jason “JCarver” Somerville busted when he shoved A8 in late position for 2100 and ran into Theo Tran’s KK in blind.

Here are some other key chip counts near the end of level 5.

Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby - 30k
Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle - 16k
Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar - 12k
Brock “t_soprano” Parker - 12k
Court Harrington - 12k
Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter - 7k
Phil Hellmuth - 4k

• June 13, 2008 -- Harrington on Helium
• June 12, 2008 -- Greenstein Cracks Competition, Somerville Sinking
• June 13, 2008 -- Titan Tom
• June 26, 2008 -- Six-Handed Players Making Moves