Both Tom “titantom32″ Braband (pictured left) and Nick “Grip” Grippo suffered early blows in the restart of Event #15 $5K NLHE, and were eliminated soon after.
Braband’s blow was dealt by Danny “dannyills” Illingworth, who got off to a rough start himself. Illingworth double barreled into Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron with just ace high, and Baron called [...]

Peter “number1pen” Neff’s (pictured at right) tournament life ended shortly before the 90-minute dinner break which began at 7:15pm PST. In the hand that knocked him to the rail, the player on the button made it 135K to go preflop. Peter, in the small blind, shoved all-in for his remaining 850K short stack. [...]

Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki and Peter “number1pen” Neff can’t seem to get enough of each other.  If you’ve been following our coverage throughout the Main Event, you may recall that both Klodnicki (pictured left) and Neff were seated at Day 2A’s Table of Doom together.  They have been reunited as a result of the latest table redraw [...]

Although he survived the last few days never having more than slightly less than an average stack, Jeff “jpapola” Papola (pictured right) couldn’t fade being outchipped forever.
After watching him since Day 3 with less than an average stack, it seemed like a distinct possibilty that he would continue to advance beyond Day 5 of the Main [...]

Garrett “GBecks” Beckman doubled his stack in the last level before dinner break. And while he is still below the average stack of 1.4 million, the mere thought of Beckman with enough chips to maneuver should have his tablemates concerned. Just ask Adam “Roothlus” Levy, who is still at his table.
With blinds at 10K/20K/3K ante, Beckman raised to [...]