Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer — sunglasses off for the first time all match, hands clenched atop his head — was facing an all in on the turn from Roberto Romanello in fourth round of the $10K heads-up championship.
“I have, like, stone nothing, but I still want to call,” he said. “I can always suck out.”
The [...]

At the beginning of the day, seven of the seventeen remaining players in Event #15 were P5ers. Now, only one remains.
A few hands before dinner break, Danny “dannyills” Illingworth (pictured left) open shoved 685K all-in from early position and was called by Thomas Keller in the big blind. They tabled their cards:
Keller:AK
Illingworth A8
Illingworth gained a [...]

Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista was eliminated on the final hand before the dinner break of the $40,000 No Limit Hold ‘em event. The action was raised preflop, and on a board of J 3 2 Batista check-raised Greg “fossilman” Raymer to 175K. Raymer tanked for quite a while before asking for a chip count. Batista pushed the remainder [...]

Day 2A has come to a close here at the Amazon Room; congratulations to the 465 who remain for Day 3! The last level of the evening brought both glory and heartbreak to PocketFivers as their run for the bracelet and the huge main event prize pool continued. Day 2B begins tomorrow at [...]

Justin “looshle” Pechie (pictured at left) managed to double up shortly before the last break of the evening.  With the blinds at 500/1,000 ante 100 a player raised to 2.5K preflop and Pechie called on the button with pocket tens.  The flop came 322 and the initial raiser checked to Justin who bet 6K, which [...]