Play has just gotten underway in day two of the $1.5K NLHE event. Darryll “DFish” Fish (pictured at left) had been in his seat in the Brasillia Room for just a few minutes when he raised to 3K before the flop in first position with the blinds at 600/1200 with an ante of 100. The [...]

Event #7 $1.5K NLHE is now playing hand for hand with the bubble nearing. Ben “Bfineman” Fineman just suffered a brutal beat though, and will be missing the money. We caught up with the action on the flop, but we were informed later than Fineman raised the action preflop. The only caller was a player [...]

The first of nine $1,500 No Limit Hold’ em events at the World Series of Poker has kicked off here at the Rio. Close to 2,800 players have already registered, with more expected during the first two levels of play.
P5er Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle (pictured at right) won this event last year, taking home $831,462 and his [...]

Some say that “666″ is the number of the Devil himself, but for Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle (pictured at right), it worked miracles at the final table of Event #23, the $2K No-Limit Hold’em tournament. When the players were 3-handed, Hinkle raised his button and Daniel O’Brien raised all in. Hinkle debated and then called but [...]

The enormous field of Event #2 - $1.5K NLHE has finally been whittled down from 3929 to one.  During heads up play with Grant Hinkle (pictured at left) and James Akenhead, Hinkle raised from the button, Akenhead reraised, and Hinkle moved all-in.  James made the call with A K and Grant tabled T 4.  It looked [...]