“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 [...]

The players are on a short break in Event #52 so that all the remaining re-buy chips can be exchanged in the Amazon Room. One player who will not be returning after the break is David “The Maven” Chicotsky
Chicotsky, pictured left, was crippled in a hand against Ivan Demidov and another opponent who was [...]

Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh’s self-proclaimed “donkslide” began when he reraised a player with A-6 and was priced in to call when the player moved all-in with A-K.  A few hands later, the two players tangled again, getting it all-in preflop with Cody holding pocket jacks to the other player’s pocket queens.  The queens held and Cody [...]

Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer and Roberto Romanello have finally finished battling in the $10K heads-up championship. O’Dwyer has officially joined the final eight participants in the event.
O’Dwyer got a couple of much-needed double-ups since our last update, each of which gave him back the chip lead in a match that last almost four hours.
All the money [...]

Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer — sunglasses off for the first time all match, hands clenched atop his head — was facing an all in on the turn from Roberto Romanello in fourth round of the $10K heads-up championship.
“I have, like, stone nothing, but I still want to call,” he said. “I can always suck out.”
The [...]