There’s an influx of men in hawaiian shirts at the Rio today. That must mean it’s time for the Senior’s event. More than 2,500 players have already registered for the $1K buy-in Event #43, which is normally the number we have for a $1.5K NLHE event. We hope to find at least a couple of [...]

As we were wandering the room with play winding down in the $2.5K Mixed Game event, a voice echoed through the room as it screamed out, “Yes!!!” victoriously. We turned around to see none other than Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar (pictured left) jumping up and down at his table, pumping his fists in the air. Obviously, [...]

What a wild level for Shawn “sprstoner” Glines. He took an almost unimaginable beat during Level 19 of the $1.5K NLHE event in which he lost an opportunity to become the overall chip leader. Glines got it all in preflop with two other players, including Zac “traction” Gilbert:
Glines: AA
Gilbert: QQ
Lucksack: AQ
The king-high flop brought two [...]

We didn’t see the hand, but it sounds like Kevin “ImaLucSack” MacPhee brought out the bulldozer in the past level of the $1.5K No Limit Hold ‘em event. MacPhee’s friend, Dylan “ImaLucSac” Linde, gave us the scoop:
With the blinds at 4K/8K a player in late position raised and MacPhee called in position. The flop brought [...]

Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania is a contender once again in the $1.5K NLHE event. Charania doubled up via a blind-versus-blind confrontation during the past level that put him back above the tournament chip average. With blinds at 3K/6K action folded around to the small blind who raised to 15K. Charania made the call from the big [...]