Steve “thorladen” Weinstein (pictured left) lost over the course of the first two levels, but a big pot and a little luck changed that for him. There was 1,750 in the pot and three players who saw the flop fall 642. The small blind and a player in early position checked to Weinstein [...]

Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania is a contender once again in the $1.5K NLHE event. Charania doubled up via a blind-versus-blind confrontation during the past level that put him back above the tournament chip average. With blinds at 3K/6K action folded around to the small blind who raised to 15K. Charania made the call from the big [...]

Joe “Dyzalot” Morneau (picture left) was on a roller coaster ride at the final table of Event #36. Morneau became a massive chip leader after dinner when he crippled the former chip leader; Pat Atchison. The two got it all-in before the flop, Morneau holding jacks and Atchison holding queens. The flop brought both a [...]

Keven “stamdogg” Stammen has taken a sizable chip lead into the dinner break of the $2.5K NLHE event. He was already captaining the table, opening a lot of pots and taking them down without a contest, before this big hand happened.
The first player to act raised to 72K with the blinds at 15K/30K with an [...]

Table 16 in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room is having some fun during Event #15 $5K NLHE. The cast of characters at the table includes Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko (pictured left), Amanda “Mandy_B” Baker, Andy Black and Lars Bonding. When we neared the table, it was apparent they were playing the [...]