“If I win this tournament, my liver’s going to explode,” J.C. “PrtyPSux” Alvarado (pictured at left) said during the last few hands of the night as the players at his table were enjoying a round of shots. “I’ll be drinking shots till November.”
The ESPN cameras came over to catch the fun, prompting Antonio Esfandiari [...]

Kyle “kwob20″ Bowker (pictured left) couldn’t have been thrilled when he took his seat this afternoon. Not only did he begin play with just over 10,000 in chips, but also seated at his table were JC Tran, Lee Markholt, and P5ers Andy “BadgerPro” Shultz and Brandy “Parligod” Savage.
Fortunately his mood improved just minutes into the [...]

The players are on a short break in Event #52 so that all the remaining re-buy chips can be exchanged in the Amazon Room. One player who will not be returning after the break is David “The Maven” Chicotsky
Chicotsky, pictured left, was crippled in a hand against Ivan Demidov and another opponent who was [...]

The enormous blinds in the $10K PLHE Championship have really forced the action. They are currently at 50K/100K, meaning even if a player has a million chips, they are still not in great shape. JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado was sitting on 1.5 million when he minraised to 200K and John Kabbaj reraised to 700K total. [...]

Josh “SDouble” Schlein’s downward slide continued after our last post and with the betting limits moving up to 60K/120K he was left with less than two big bets. He eventually got his remaining 110K in the middle with 5-5-6-7 against Derek Raymond’s Q-10-4-3. The A-Q-6 flop didn’t offer much help for Schlein and [...]