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 [...]

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 [...]

We just witnessed the biggest pot of Event #45 take place between Bryn Kenney (pictured left) and John Kabbaj. Kenney opened from early position to 28K and action folded to Kabbaj in the small blind. John proceeded to re-raise to 83K. The big blinded opted to skip out on the fun and action landed back [...]

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 [...]