Ben “98 Mute” Yerushalaim (pictured at left) struggled during the first two levels of play, floating under the starting stack of 30K. Finally, during Level 3, Yerushalaim gained some momentum.
We don’t know the exact numbers, but Yerushalaim called a raise in middle position and so too did a player in the blinds. The flop fell [...]

Zak “traction” Gilbert (pictured at left) will begin day two of the $1.5K Stud Hi-Low event with one of the biggest stacks in the field. He bagged 36.3K in chips at the end of the night.
Gilbert and fellow PocketFiver Brett “Gank” Jungblut played this hand during the final level of the night with the limits [...]

The $1.5K Pot-Limit Omaha, event #5 of this series, is down to the final nine. Four p5ers will be present at tomorrow’s final table: Kevin “Kice32″ Iacofano (pictured at left), Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, Matt “Hazards21″ Giannetti and Steve “PiKappRaider” Burkholder.
Iacofano increased his stack rapidly towards the end of Level 17, the last full level of [...]

Down to 900 chips in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #52, Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn (pictured left) didn’t have any problem doubling up off his roomate Markus “LURPED” Gonsalves.
Granted, looking down at AK will make any friend worth going to war against when you are short in a tournament but nevertheless, VanDuyn seemed to get great pleasure [...]

Event #51, the $1.5K HORSE tournament is well under way with a strong online presence. Play continued to spread across multiple sections of the Amazon room as well as the Brasilia room. PocketFives spotted Shannon Shorr, Brett “Gank” Jungblut, Matt “SamENole” Smith, Justin Bonomo, and Eric “jakz101″ Crain amongst the field.
David “seal” Eisenstein [...]