Players have gone on a 90-minute dinner break and will resume play at 8:16 p.m. Some P5ers, however, won’t be returning. Ben “fineman” Fineman and Annie Duke were eliminated in Level 3. Duke was short stacked for the entire level before getting her remaining chips in with A-K against pocket nines and couldn’t improve.
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“All in and a call on 239!”
We heard this and darted to the table to see Jason “JAKoon1985″ Koon (pictured at left) stick his last 11K in the middle. The board read 33QA and Koon’s opponent revealed 33. Jason tabled AQ and was drawing dead. He was collecting his things when the 5 rivered, and [...]

In what was the biggest pot of the tournament so far Stewart “Stuman123″ Yancik (pictured left) and Allen “AawwNutz” Carter clashed in a hand that would determine the chip lead early in Day 3.  With the blinds at 6K/12K ante 2K Carter raised to 31K from the button and Yancik reraised to 105K total from [...]

When we last updated the chipleader was local P5ers Tyler “Tydean” Smith.  Well, things have changed quite a bit here in Level 12 and a new chip leader has emerged with a sizable chip advantage over the rest of the field.   After taking down a monster pot off of Smith, Allen “AawwNutz” Carter (pictured right) [...]

Now that Level One and late registration have come to a close, the numbers are in and this event has a solid 283 runners, which means they will play four more levels today.
There are several notable PocketFivers spread throughout the tournament area and some tables have more than their fair share of internet pros.  Preliminary event [...]