Christian “da_professional” Iacobellis picked up a nice double up when a player raised from under the gun to 750 with the blinds at 150/300. It folded around to Christian in the big blind and he called. The flop came down J32 and Iacobellis checked to his opponent who bet 1,225. Iacobellis [...]

After play had ended for the night in the $5K NLHE six-max event, we walked up to David “DavidP18″ Peters (pictured at left) and asked whether or not we had been correct to report that he had been under 5K at one point. He affirmed that we were correct an that just a few hours [...]

WSOP 2009 Event #47: $2.5K Mixed Hold’em

Several players couldn’t wait to get back from break to double up their short stacks during the NLHE portion of the level. While some, like Tristan “Cre8ive” Wade were successful, others, like Joe Sebok and Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista (pictured right) were not as fortunate.
We watched as the [...]

If you walk past Table 39 in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room you can hear Barry Greenstein sharing stories with Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers and Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista. Batista, pictured left, and Sowers eagerly listen to the Bear’s tales and are quick to pose questions about them. Greenstein retold his hand with Vitaly Lunkin [...]

With Peter “Belabacsi” Traply’s bracelet win yesterday in the $5K NLHE Shootout our bracelet tally is sitting at a robust thirteen. For those of you who are superstitious, might we suggest you win another one for Team P5s to help push our tally even higher?
There are some P5ers with potential to do just that today. [...]