After day 1 of the massive $50k HORSE event, James “mig.com” Mackey (pictured right) is the chip leader going into day two with 214k. In a field filled with big name pros, online players are definitely making their presence known such as recent bracelet winner Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond who starts today with 161k. Other players still in the hunt include [...]

The Event #33 $5K Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship tournament marched on with an ante and bring-in of 500, now at 2K/4K limits. PocketFives caught up with Barry Greenstein looking for a spot to make a move, as his 18K chip stack sat well below the average of 51K.
Playing extremely tight, Greenstein [...]

Event #27’s $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em race for the bracelet has concluded for the evening with 18 players remaining in the field. Barry “BarryGS” Schultz sits near the top of the chip count with over 850K, now representing PocketFives in his logo t-shirt.
We caught up with Barry as he was raising preflop from the hijack [...]

Many online titans survived the early stages of the 1.5k PLO WSOP Event #19, as roughly two thirds of the 759 player field has been elimated by the fourth level.
Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan is in positon to make a run with 16.5k with 100-200 blinds.
Gavin Smith busted out early in the level when he went all-on over a cut-off raiser [...]

Play was very methodical as expected in the early rounds of the 1.5k NL Shootout WSOP Event #17.
Most tables didn’t have more than a few recognizable faces but one table in particularly was stacked with live pro’s including Greg “FBT” Mueller, David Williams, Nick Schulman, and Carlos Mortensen.
Garrett “GBecks” Beckman drew one of the [...]