Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach was all smiles as players went on their first break of the day. On the last hand of the level with blinds at 50/100 Forhenback raised to 350 from under the gun, the button called and the player in the small blind raised to 1,400. Fohrenbach called and the other player [...]

After outlasting Dean “StickyINC” Hamrich who was eliminated in 4th and Glenn “TheGFactor” McCaffrey who went out in 3rd, Andy “BKiCe” Seth (pictured left) started his heads-up match for the bracelet with a virtually identical stack as his opponent, Pete Vilandos. However, after getting it all-in preflop holding A-Q to Vilandos’ A-K, Seth was left at [...]

Several P5ers have decided to give the evening HORSE event a go even though they haven’t played the game all that often in their lifetime.  During the first break, Dan “Wretchy” Martin told us his entire table was making fun of how terrible he was, yet he has somehow managed to work his 9K starting [...]

Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki (pictured right) started day 2 of the $2.5K 6-Handed NLHE event in the middle of the pack, but a series of hands early today have sent him chip stack soaring.  First, Klodnicki picked up pocket aces at the right time and got it all-in preflop against A-K to win a 40K pot [...]

Jeff “ActionJeff” Garza is on his way out of the Rio. Garza, whose stack had been dwindling since the dinner break, got the last of his chips in preflop with AQ but found himself in trouble against the AK of Phil Galfond. The board ran out 82239 and Garza was eliminated.
David “Bakes” Baker let out [...]