Day 5 is underway here at the Rio and a couple of P5ers have benefitted from early double-ups
When we arrived at Table 82 in the Orange Section, Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle had Jesse “thor” Haabak (pictured left) all in and both players tabled their cards. Haabak held KK which dominated Hinkle’s 99. The board ran [...]

Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (pictured left) both crossed the million chip mark in the past hour.
Crowe was the first, and after doing so he was involved in the first million chip pot of the tournament. After six bets, Owen and Brian “snagglepuss” Powell who had 700K got it all in pre-flop. [...]

For someone who ran into a set over situation in back to back hands with the same player, Jason “JCarver” Somerville (pictured left) is in remarkably high spirits. We missed the craziness, but Jason kindly filled us in on his misfortune. First, he picked up pocket nines and he and the other [...]

Joe “Dyzalot” Morneau (picture left) was on a roller coaster ride at the final table of Event #36. Morneau became a massive chip leader after dinner when he crippled the former chip leader; Pat Atchison. The two got it all-in before the flop, Morneau holding jacks and Atchison holding queens. The flop brought both a [...]

Event #36 has restarted in the Green Section of the Amazon Room, and there have already been four eliminations today. With every elimination Jack “doctor_fun” Powell, Joe “Dyzalot” Morneau, Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith and Jonathan “therookieqq9″ Plens (pictured left) inch closer to the final table.
Smith padded his stack with a recent knockout. Jonathan opened to [...]