On the final hand of Event #34, Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin (pictured left) and Jonas Klausen got it all-in in a classic race situation:
Baldwin: TT
Klausen: AQ
The KJ6 flop gave Klausen two more outs, but the 6 on the turn took those outs away. The 5 on the river ended it all and Baldwin’s rail erupted. Klausen [...]

In the last $2K NLHE event before the one that started up on Thursday, Eric “whitE_mAmbA” Ladny made it all the way to the final table thanks in part to catching runner-runner flush in a 500K pot with T9 after flopping the second-best straight in the hand on day two of the event.
He was eliminated [...]

In our last post we reported about Bertrand “ElKy” Grospellier’s rise to the top of the $1.5K NLHE Event #34 leaderboard. His reign didn’t last very long.
Grospellier lost most of his stack to Steven Bradbury when he ran his pocket kings into Bradbury’s pocket aces preflop. He went into the 20-minute break with less than [...]

Jack Effel has given his customary “Shuffle Up and Deal” proclamation and cards are in the air in today’s $2K No Limit Hold ‘em Event. More than 1,400 players have registered and most have taken their seats in front of 6K starting chips. This is the third $2K NLHE of the 2009 World Series of [...]

We’ll find you eventually.
Granted, it took until the final level of Day 2 to identify Jonas “Klausen” Klausen as a P5er, but better late than never right? It’s probably a good thing we found him, too, as he’s the chip leader going into the final day of the $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em Event #34.
Tournament [...]