Tables around the Brasillia Room are starting to empty as the winners are being determined in the first round of the $1.5K limit hold’em shootout event.
We haven’t seen any PocketFivers advance to the second round just yet (though we might have missed someone), but several players are closing in on tomorrow’s play and the money. [...]

So close yet again. Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki’s shot at his first gold bracelet came up short as he finished third in the $2.5K Mixed Games event. Klodnicki (pictured left) fought back after taking a horrendous beat on Day 2 to reach the final table with an opportunity to capture the title. Alas, he was knocked [...]

Since we last checked in with you regarding the $5K NLHE Shootout, the momentum swung back in the direction of Peter “Belabacsi” Traply (pictured left). He managed to regain the chip lead over Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger and pulled to a nearly 3:1 chip advantage over his opponent and was able to put the match [...]

Ray “WirdPair” Foley (pictured at left) had never sat at a WSOP final table before today. Now he owns his own gold bracelet.
Foley saw his tournament life flash before his eyes when he got it all in against Brandon Cantu holding A-7. Cantu had A-Q, but the 558 flop gave Foley chop outs and the [...]

After returning from a quick break in Event #40, Vitaly Lunkin raised to 120K from middle position and was called by Barry Greenstein (pictured left) and Josh Arieh in the blinds. The flop fell 962 and both Greenstein and Arieh checked. Lunkin led out for 200K and Greenstein raised to 800K. Arieh folded and Vitaly [...]