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. [...]

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 [...]

When we asked Andy “BKiCe” Seth (pictured left) how he got so many chips, here is what he said:
“I made the nuts.  Repeatedly.”
Andy didn’t have the stone cold nuts in the hand he told us about, but it was still a pretty substantial nearly 30K pot.  Seth raised preflop and another player just called.  The [...]

After navigating through a sea of Dennis Phillips fans dressed up in white shirts and Cardinals caps, we came upon Clayton “clayton27″ Newman (pictured left) in the midst of what would be a very big hand.  We missed the preflop action, but we watched as the player under the gun checked to Newman on a [...]