And just like that, we are one day removed from the end of preliminary events here at the 2009 WSOP. While this final event isn’t over just yet, the vibe at the Rio is one of anticipation for the Main Event just around the corner. Still, there were 25 or so players with [...]

The backslide for Shaun Deeb continued during Level 19. After taking a big loss earlier in the level, Deeb got the remainder of his stack (around 250K) all-in with A-9 against another player’s A-J. The A-8-7-J-K board failed to spare Shaun and he was sent to the rail. On the bright side [...]

They are down to the final 27 players in the $5K NLHE 6-Max Event and some of the most recent casualities were P5ers. Andy “BKiCe” Seth was able to double up his five big blind stack through Shaun Deeb earlier this level, but history did not repeat itself when Andy moved all-in and Deeb [...]

Qinghai Pan tried to put in a raise at the 4K/8K ante 1K level, but instead threw out 11K. Since the amount in the pot was less than half the size of a raise, it was ruled a call. Peter “Nordberg” Feldman completed in the small blind and Frank “Frank1the1Tank” Calo checked his [...]

The field is growing increasingly smaller in the $5K NLHE 6-Max Event and the tournament area feels a little like a neighborhood block party as players wander from table to table when they are not involved in hands to check up on their friends and competitors and just say hello and stretch their legs.
Josh “brikdog24″ [...]