In the $1.5k NLHE event #52, Scott “ssitron” Sitron is currently one of the chip leaders with nearly 600k in chips. In a recent hand, Scott (pictured left) was in the big blind and when the player on the button pushed all in for 22k. Already having 8k in the pot he wanted to call but his T3 wasn’t the best hand. He did eventually make the call only to find that he was way ahead of the button’s 53. The flop came with a ten and Scott knocked the other player out.

Alvin “alsmooth” Zeidenfeld was knocked out in 38th place when he open shoved 71.5K from the button at 4K/8K blinds and was called by the big blind with A8. Ziedenfeld’s QJ needed to improve, but the K7793 board didn’t help and he earned $10,660 for his deep finish.

Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaughbaugh has been building his stack up over the last couple of hours and now sits with 340k while David Daneshgar currently has around 190k.

In the $1.5k LHE Shootout, Matt “mattg1983″ Graham, Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke, Sasha “bikocruz” Rosewood and Blair Rodman are headed to round two while Justin “zeejustin” Bonomo was eliminated when he ran his J4 into his opponents J7 on a board of J932T. Round 1 is still in progress with two heads-up matches in play. Once Round 2 begins, play will go on until a winner at each table is decided or until 2:00 a.m. PT — whichever comes first.

• July 1, 2008 -- Sitron Making a Run in 1.5k NL
• July 2, 2008 -- Hold Your Fire
• July 1, 2008 -- Crain Drained
• July 3, 2008 -- Sitron Takes 2nd