With the elimination of Ben Grundy in third place, P5er Rami “arbianight’ Boukai (pictured left) was heads-up with Najib Bennani for the bracelet and nearly $250K first place prize. Heads-up play began virtually even stacked, but on the first hand of play Boukai took down a big pot to pick up a 2 to 1 chip [...]

Ryan “late_entry” Gentry just won a half-million dollar pot in dramatic fashion in the $2K NLHE event. We caught up with the action after both players were all in before the flop. Gentry showed KK while the other player turned over A9. The flop was A62, giving his opponent the lead. However, the turn was [...]

We’ve lost a couple of P5ers in the early goings of Day 2 here in the $2K NLHE event. Adam “akat11″ Katz made an early exit, as did Austin “quietwinner” McCormick when he ran his A-Q into pocket aces all-in preflop. Michael “benvo123″ Benvenuti (pictured left) was also knocked out shortly after he lost around [...]

As usual, we’ve got a full slate of action for you today at the Rio.
Steve “McNallyville” McNally and Robby “PlayaPlz” Lipkin were eliminated just before play ended on Day 2 of the $1,500 Six-handed event, leaving eight players to return for the final table which kicks off at 1 pm PT today. One of them [...]

They are down to two tables in the $2K mixed pot-limit hold’em and Ohama tournament. Action had been incredibly hard to come by over the last hour or so as the players played short-handed at three tables, but Rami “arbianight” Boukai (pictured at left) just did his part to change that.
After one player had already [...]