The number of participants has reached 2,500 players in today’s $1.5K NLHE event. We noticed some interesting table draws while scoping out the Amazon Room during the first level. Bracelet winner Rami “arbianight” Boukai (pictured left), Tony “Bond18″ Dunst and Bryan Micon are seated together right near the room’s entrance. Scott “gunning4you” Seiver and Jordan [...]

After hanging on as one of the short stacks all the way through day 2 and late into day 3, Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn (left) has been eliminated from the tourney short of the money.  As players continue to fall the money bubble gets closer and closer, and with 83 players left only 20 more [...]

Play concluded in Event #52, the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament just before 1AM PST with 228 players remaining in the field. Several PocketFivers will return at 2PM tomorrow to contend for the bracelet and the $625,443 payout; amongst them are Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh, Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan, and Alvin “alsmooth” Zeidenfeld.
We caught [...]

The bubble just burst in the $1.5k NLHE tournament and while Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan, and Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn have all made the money, Scott “gunning4you” Seiver bust out just a couple spots shy of earning a payday.
When the blinds were at 500/1,000/100, Scott (pictured right) called a short stacked player’s all-in [...]

The play in Event #52, the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament, has finally condensed into the blue section of the Amazon room and is down to nine-handed tables as they approach the money. The field reduced to 350 of 2,693 at the end of Level 8; the money bubble should burst when 270 players remain.
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