As the $1.5K NLHE Shootout went into the second break, we saw that several tables were already completed while several others were quickly progressing towards a winner.  Here are some of the P5ers still playing in the event:
-Jeff “YoungSupremacy” Hakim and Kyle “dumpingkgb” Brossia are battling heads-up
-Thayer Rasmussen is the slight short stack in the [...]

The final table is set in the $2.5K six-max no-limit hold’em event, and three of the six finalists are PocketFivers. Brock “t soprano” Parker, Clayton “Clayton27″ Newman (pictured at left) and Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane have all moved there chip stacks over the ESPN final table area and will resume play shortly.
Joe Serock, who did most [...]

Scott “BigRiskky” Clements came up just short of winning his third World Series of Poker bracelet this evening. Clements took second place in the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better World Championship to Daniel Alaei, who earned $445,898 for the win.
In just the second hand of heads up action Clements raised and Alaei three bet, Clements four-bet [...]

Most poker players only dream of taking home a $300,000+ payday in a tournament.
Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong is inching closer toward doing just that — for a second time this year.
Granted, there are still 55 players remaining in the $1,000 No Limit Hold ‘em Stimulus event (a field that began with more than 6,000 runners), but [...]

Jeff “jpapola” Papola was the last roommate standing in the WSOP Main Event after his good friend Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane (pictured at right) busted out in Level 4. Crain raised his opponents turn bet all-in with a gutterball on a Q-5-5-9 board and ran into A-Q. Crain got 3-bet preflop and called his opponent’s bet [...]