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 [...]

All you can do in poker is put yourself in good spots and hope for the best. Both Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark and Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn were all in with pocket jacks against smaller pairs for a shot at a 400k plus pot. One now has tournament chips and will almost assuredly make it [...]

With 40 players left, money bubble play is ramping up. Players are walking around the room checking out other tables, scoping out the short stacks, and planning their strategy for the money bubble. Chip leaders Matt “Mattg1983″ Graham and Amit “Amak316″ Makhija have both doubled up opponents, while Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn was able [...]

The money bubble gets continues to approach as the Legends of Poker is down to the final 50 players. Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein (left) was among the short stacks, hanging on with just under 50k while the blinds jumped to 2k / 4k with a 500 ante. He was all in, and all out, [...]