For the fourth consecutive year PocketFivesLive will be covering the Legends of Poker Main Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, CA. Last year the event drew 373 players and John Phan emerged as the victor after defeating Amit “Amak316″ Makhija in heads up play.
On August 26th a new Legends of Poker champion [...]

Amit “amak316″ Makhija’s table broke midway through Level 14 and quickly regretted even taking his seat. Just moments after getting his 32K chips stacked up, Makhija raised to 6K from under the gun and the button raised to 15K, leaving 17K behind. Amith moved all in and his opponent snap called. It was your typical [...]

Amit “amak316″ Makhija, pictured left, picked up a near-double up on the last hand before break. We missed the preflop action, but Amit told us one player raised and got called in 2 other spots. The initial raiser bet out on the Q43 flop, Makhija raised to around 1.3K, the initial raiser 3-bet [...]

Tournament officials announced that the cap for today’s  $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em Event (#51) was 2,790 players but the total number has mysteriously increased to 2,791. We’re guessing either Pope Benedict XVI or Phil Ivey showed up late and was allowed to sneak in.
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin is in attendance and seems more than pleased with today’s turnout. “Poker is [...]

The $10K Pot Limit Hold ‘em World Championship has certainly drawn the “who’s-who” in poker today. Every table is stacked with prominent poker superstars and we’re expecting many more to saunter in late. Each player starts with 30K in chips and the blinds began at 100/200. Just to give you an idea, here’s a look [...]