Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby had been nursing a short stack since dinner break here on Day 1 of Event #34. But when we last saw him, he had run his stack up to 30K. Hamby was kind enough to enlighten us on his recent rush. According to Jared, he first doubled with two red eights. A [...]

Garrett “Gbecks” Beckman (pictured right) is rarely outspoken at the poker table. Many see Beckman with his hood up, carefully studying the game and the players around him. Garrett opened up a bit in a hand against a very outspoken player, Mark Seif. Seif limped from early position and action folded to the small blind [...]

Event #24, a $1.5K NLHE tourney, is down to four tables in the Orange Section of the Amazon Room. Play will continue this evening until they reach a final table or the clock hits 3 a.m.
We are expecting the latter.
David “The Maven” Chicotsky (pictured at left) won’t be making either unfortunately. When we walked over [...]

More than half of today’s returning players from the $1.5K NLHE event have already been eliminated and it’s really no wonder. We caught several big hands during the past hour and it seems many players (especially amateurs) are playing too fast for their own good.
Darryll “DFish” Fish, who began the day second in chips, has added [...]

Event #24 $1.5K NLHE has picked up right where it left off yesterday, with bust-outs left and right. With a hundred eliminations in the first two hours, over a third of the returning field is gone.
One of those eliminations was Scott “Seth” Montgomery. Scott signed his name “Seth” when bagging his chips last night, and [...]