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 [...]

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 [...]

Zak “traction” Gilbert (pictured at left) will begin day two of the $1.5K Stud Hi-Low event with one of the biggest stacks in the field. He bagged 36.3K in chips at the end of the night.
Gilbert and fellow PocketFiver Brett “Gank” Jungblut played this hand during the final level of the night with the limits [...]

Scott “gunning4you” Seiver was very disappointed when his table in the $1.5K Stud Hi-Low event, which included Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, was broken. He jokingly tried to convince the floor that his table was playing a sit-and-go and was not part of the tournament.
“I sit and they go,” said Seiver, who has built up an impressive [...]

Andy “BKiCe” Seth and Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (pictured at left) are seated right next to each other in the $3K NLHE Triple Chance event, and they’ve clashed a few times as of late.
On a flop of Q95, Seth led out for 7.7K and Carroll called. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. [...]