Matt “mcmatto” Affleck is on a rush that most only dream about.
After winning a 750K pot by cracking aces with JT (made a straight on the turn after the chips went in), Affleck got involved in a hand with actor and comedian Lou Diamond Phillips that would increase his stack to 1.7 million, putting him [...]

Stephane “FouTight” Bisson moved all-in for his last 13.3K from the button with the blinds at 1K/2K ante 300 and then proceeded to beg.
 
“Just muck it,” he told the small blind.  “If you have a better hand I’ll get there.”  It looked as though the player was about to fold, but right as Stephane said [...]

Just shy of 3:30 a.m. Las Vegas time, the epic heads up battle between Shawn “sbuck21″ Buchanan and Craig “craigthedeac” Boyd finally ended, sending Buchanan to the second round of the $1.5K limit hold’em shoot and Boyd walking quickly toward the doors of the Brasillia Room.
At different points in the match each player was down [...]

Play has stopped for the evening in Event #49 and Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis (pictured left) has one of the bigger stacks in the room.
Billirakis battled a tough table with players such as Greyg “fossilman” Raymer, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Brett Richey and fellow P5er Justin Bonomo. Steve ended the day with 223K in chips.
Bonomo did not [...]

The cards are in the air in the latest $1.5K NLHE at the World Series. We spotted a few PocketFivers getting into the action early.
Darryll “DFish” Fish (pictured at left) made the only pre-flop re-raise we’ve seen so far. After the player in seat five raised to 150, Fish made it 275 more to call [...]