Darryll “DFish” Fish took a small hit in the $10K PLHE event since we last checked in, but regained those chips in a pot against Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren. We missed the pre-flop action and when we arrived the board read T84. Lindgren checked and Fish bet half the pot. Lindgren raised to near [...]

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 [...]

So we had incorrectly reported Devin “tranquilchaos” Porter (pictured right) had been eliminated on Day One.  We regret to inform you that he has in fact been eliminated this time.  It’s affirmative.  We poked him.  He was dead.  Porter had been nursing a short stack most of the afternoon or, as he and Full Tilt [...]

Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh (pictured at left) likes to play big pots, at least according to Thor Hansen. Hansen walked over to a nearby table to share this opinion with Slaubaugh’s neighbor, Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby, in the middle of this hand.
With the blinds at 500/1K, Slaubaugh re-raised the player on the button 9.5K more. The button [...]

Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer and Roberto Romanello have finally finished battling in the $10K heads-up championship. O’Dwyer has officially joined the final eight participants in the event.
O’Dwyer got a couple of much-needed double-ups since our last update, each of which gave him back the chip lead in a match that last almost four hours.
All the money [...]