The pace of the action has been fast and furious and in no time at all the field went from 10 players all the way down to the final 6.  After losing the huge pot to Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka (right) it wasn’t long before Kohlberg was eliminated in 9th place.  After he fell it was [...]

The Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio is closing in on the final 6, but with some controversy along the way.  Before the hand in question that eliminated John Juanda and brought the field down to 10 players both Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers and Lee Salem were eliminated.
Sowers moved all in for [...]

The eliminations are becoming frequent as we approach the end of the day. Several P5ers have hit the rail as the blinds and antes have increased to 200/400/50 here in Level 5. Scott “BigRiskky” Clements, Alex “EC10″ Venovsky, Ben “Shankingyou” Palmer, Scott “emptyseat88″ Fischman, Brent “Astrolux85″ Roberts and two-time bracelet winner Brock t_soprano” Parker are [...]

Once three-handed play began in Event #56 fireworks began to fly.
The first explosion came when Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka and Matt Hawrilenko got their chips in the middle pre-flop after a raise and a three-bet. It was a classic race situation:
Hawrilenko: AK
Jaka: QQ
The entire pushed towards the table for the AJT flop. Hawrilenko’s camp cheered while [...]