We actually made it through the scheduled five levels on Day 6 as the starting 185 players trimmed down to 64 when the tournament clock hit zero. Unbelievably, more than a quarter of the field is made up of P5ers, including Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp, who is among the chip leaders going into Day 7 with [...]

Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp’s Day Six hot streak continues. After opening four consecutive pots for a raise, Kopp raised to 105K from late position with the blinds at 20K/40K ante 5K. Dennis Phillips called behind him and 2008 Main Event Champion Peter Eastagate reraised all-in from the small blind for an additional 340K. [...]

Jordan “iMs0lucky0″ Morgan’s table broke during the first level and he joined a new table with Theo “pittrounder” Tran, Craig “craigthedeac” Boyd and Owen “ocrowe” Crowe. Unfortunately his visit was short-lived.
With the blinds at 8K/16K with a 2K ante Tim Kahlmeyer raised preflop and Morgan re-raised to 150K. Kahlmeyer put in a 4-bet and Morgan [...]

Day 5 is underway here at the Rio and a couple of P5ers have benefitted from early double-ups
When we arrived at Table 82 in the Orange Section, Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle had Jesse “thor” Haabak (pictured left) all in and both players tabled their cards. Haabak held KK which dominated Hinkle’s 99. The board ran [...]

According to Clayton “Clayton27” Newman, he runs good.
Newman, pictured right, told us he raised before the flop and got two callers. We walked up to his table as the flop of K98 was being dealt and watched Newman lead out for 4K. The player in seat nine was his only caller and the turn [...]