Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier (pictured left) appeared to have a rough Level Eight. When we last saw him he had moved all-in for his last 4,550 chips at the 300/600 ante 75 level. Another player at the table called with AK which had Mercier’s K7 in a pinch. The 984JJ board failed to [...]

Play in the $1.5K NLHE event is on their 90-minute dinner break (and so are we). Some players were able to chip up before heading out to get some grub. Craig “MrCasino” Gray picked up a nice pot at the 150/300 ante 50 blind level when he raised to 900 from middle position [...]

Jonathan “apestyles” Van Fleet (pictured at left) was all in on the flop against Kevin “ImALucSac” MacPhee we walked up to their table in the $3K NLHE Triple Chance event. MacPhee had apparently led out for 6.6K on the J83 flop because the chips were still out in front of his stack. It didn’t look [...]

He may have had a rough morning, but luckily for Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh (pictured left), his day has gotten much better since he arrived at the Rio. Slaubaugh, who is playing day one of the $1.5K NLHE event in the Miranda Room, told us he blew out a tire for the second time in a [...]

The final $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em event of the 2009 World Series of Poker begins today. We’re expecting another sellout field here at the Rio and therefore a whole lot of PocketFivers hitting the felt.
Matt “mattster24″ Sterling (pictured at left), fresh off his final table finish in the $1.5K limit hold’em tournament, is expected to [...]