Amit “amak316″ Makhija was the lone P5er sent to the raill during the first two levels of the $5K NLHE Shootout Round 2. Lex “Raszi” Veldhuis eliminated the first two players at their table but it was Maxim Lykov who got the best of Amit. Lykov raised on the button and Makhija moved his short [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After a long and hard fought battle heads-up Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger finally prevailed and advanced to Day Two. With the blinds at 800/1,600 ante 200, Andrew raised to 4K from the button and his opponent moved all-in for his last 30K or so. Andrew double checked his hole cards before calling with 99. [...]