For someone who ran into a set over situation in back to back hands with the same player, Jason “JCarver” Somerville (pictured left) is in remarkably high spirits. We missed the craziness, but Jason kindly filled us in on his misfortune. First, he picked up pocket nines and he and the other [...]

We just witnessed something bizarre on the last hand before the first break of Day 2A. As the Amazon Room was clearing out Ludovic “Cutsss” Lacay was involved in a big hand against another player. With the board reading 8559J Lacay (pictured left) fired out 15K into a pot of 25K. His opponent, who had [...]

Steve “thorladen” Weinstein (pictured left) lost over the course of the first two levels, but a big pot and a little luck changed that for him. There was 1,750 in the pot and three players who saw the flop fall 642. The small blind and a player in early position checked to Weinstein [...]

If you walk past Table 39 in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room you can hear Barry Greenstein sharing stories with Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers and Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista. Batista, pictured left, and Sowers eagerly listen to the Bear’s tales and are quick to pose questions about them. Greenstein retold his hand with Vitaly Lunkin [...]

Event #36 has restarted in the Green Section of the Amazon Room, and there have already been four eliminations today. With every elimination Jack “doctor_fun” Powell, Joe “Dyzalot” Morneau, Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith and Jonathan “therookieqq9″ Plens (pictured left) inch closer to the final table.
Smith padded his stack with a recent knockout. Jonathan opened to [...]