Because play ended last night in the $2k NLHE event #48 right after the bubble burst, the “all-in fest” that usually occurs immediately following was saved for today. Less than 30 minutes after play began two tables had already been broken and David “ComptonMasta” Barter and Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin are amongst the early casualties.
Bryan “Devo” [...]

In Event #30, the $10K Limit Hold’em Championship, Barry Greenstein (pictured at left) recently returned to his stack after sitting out for a long time. Amazingly enough, 11K of his stack remained at the table, despite blinding away for hours. He shouldn’t be too disappointed, however, since while his stack was thinning, he [...]

Play is finally underway for Round Two of the $1.5K NLHE Shootout event after the final, marathon heads up session of Round One came to a close.  The original plan was to break for one hour after the last table was completed, but when that table ran so late, they shortened the break to around [...]

In the $5k shootout it was a “battle of Phils” between Phil “USCphildo” Collins (pictured right) and Phil Laak. Collins got all his chips in preflop with the KT and Laak showed 66. The flop seemed promising for both as it came KT3 giving Collins two pair and Laak a flush draw. The Q on the turn completed [...]

Jared “TheWacoKidd� Hamby (pictured right) is going to have to work hard to improve his stack as day 2 of the $1.5k NLHE/Six Handed tournament starts. Hamby doubled at the end of day one to stay alive, but with only 26k in chips and the blinds at 800/1,600 at the start of play today he will need to [...]