With 54 events in the books and the final table set, our summer here at the Rio has come to an end. Along the way numerous Pocket Fivers found themselves in the money, at final tables, and winning bracelets and we send our warmest congratulations to everyone. In the end, Pocket Fivers racked [...]

On a flop of 8 5 4 Andy Bloch and Nenad Medic got it all in and Medic had Bloch covered.  Nenad held 5 7 for a pair, gut shot straight draw, and flush draw versus Bloch’s 9 9 .  The J on the turn gave Nenad his flush, but also gave Bloch a higher [...]

Still no sign of Chris Savage (it’s more than likely a case of mistaken identity early on in the day) and there are several other players who have disappeared from the Amazon Room as play continued this evening. Some notable eliminations include Glen Chorny and Ezra Galston (pictured at right).
Play only continued for 16 [...]

At the final table of the PLHE tourney Mike Sexton raised to 110k and Mike Sowers (pictured at left) reraised to 390k from the big blind. Sexton moved all in and Sowers called. Sexton held the QQ while Sowers had the 94. The flop of K83 didn’t improve Sowers hand and after the turn showed [...]

Sowers seems to be running into hands against the same people, with both good and bad results.
Sowers bet 100k after a flop of AJT and after thinking for a while Eli Elezra raised to 300k putting Sowers all in. Sowers quickly called and tabled his KQ for a flopped straight while Elezra held A5 for [...]