The money bubble burst in the $2K and the remaining 88 players can breathe a sigh of relief as they head into break.  Several players took advantage of the money bubble to build their chip stacks.  When we last reported on Brock “t_soprano” Parker (he had 70K, but he has now cracked the 100K mark.  He picked up numerous pots as they played down to the (he jokingly claimed 12 in a row at one point) and only had to show his cards in one circumstance when he held A-K to his opponent’s 9-10.

Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck doubled up right before break when she cracked her opponent’s AA with her KQ.  The flop came Q-X-X with two clubs and Mayrinck managed to turn the flush and fade a fourth club on the river to double up.

Other P5ers still in the event include Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar, Court Harrington, Tom “titantom32″ Braband, Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby, and Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle.

Also in the Brasilia Room for Day 2 play is the $2.5K PL HE/O Event.  Shawn Buchanan, Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, and Rolf Slotboom remain in contention for the bracelet.

Round Two of the $10K HU event is just now getting underway, as is the $1.5K Razz events.  We will have updates on both of those for you shortly.

• June 13, 2008 -- Titan Tom
• June 12, 2008 -- Ryan Doubles Alongside Maimone’s Big Stack
• June 17, 2008 -- Let’s Get It Started!
• June 13, 2008 -- Harrington on Helium

In event #22, the $3k HORSE event, we’ve had a couple of rather painful casualties. James “mig.com” Mackey (picured left) lost a huge pot during a Stud h/l rotation when he rivered fours full of deuces only to find that his opponent held nines full of eights. The very next hand the game switched to LHE and Mackey raised in middle postion. The same player from the previous hand called the raise from his big blind and they saw the flop come T52. The big blind checked, Mackey bet, and the big blind called. The 6 came on the turn, the big blind checked and again Mackey bet only this time the big blind raised putting Mackey all in. Mackey called off the rest of his chips and tabled the AK for the nut flush draw while his opponent held the T5 for two pair. The river brought the J and Mackey was sent to the rail in 25th place worth $6,284.

Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul (pictured right) described his stack as a yo-yo because every time he would gain chips he would quickly lose them again. After losing a number of big hands, Saul was all in against Marcel Luske during a LHE hand after a flop of T73. Saul said “Well that was a pretty good flop for my hand” as he tabled his TT which was way ahead to Marcel’s 99. Marcel called for an 8 on the turn but instead came the A and then the Q allowing Saul to double up.

After continuing to yo-yo for awhile Saul’s short stack ended up all in and drew to a full house on 7th street, which was incredibly unfortunate as the game being played was razz and Saul was knocked out in 21st place, good enough for $7,998.

Play has been halted for the evening with 16 players remaining. Eric “EFro” Froehlich is still going strong in this event with 118k in chips which puts him in the middle of the field going into day 2.

Over in the Brazillia room, event #24 the $2.5k PL HE/O tournament is also done for the night with only 85 of the original 457 players remaining. Online players didn’t fare quite as well in this tournament today as many have already been eliminated. Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi and Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan are two of the players who will return on day two to fight their way into the money. 45 players will cash in this event with 1st place paying out $246,271.

• June 13, 2008 -- The Worst Hand in Omaha?
• June 28, 2008 -- Players Continue to Hit the Rail
• June 26, 2008 -- Top of the Chip Counts or Bust!
• June 26, 2008 -- Online Players Looking to Run Deep

In Event #24 the $2.5k PL HE/O tournament the action has been pretty lively so far with over half of the 457 player field already out the door. Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks (pictured right) seemed a little reluctant to flip over his cards at the showdown of a PLO hand. After the board ran out KJ3Q8 with both Brent and a single opponent checking every street, Brent said “I think I might have the worst hand in Omaha! I’ve got three of them!” as he turned over his AAAJ. Surprisingly in this case the “worst hand” was good enough because his opponent mucked and Brent took the small pot with a pair of aces. After the hand Brent said “Well, at least one of them was suited!”

The players in the PL HE/O tourney are down the hall from the Amazon room in the Brazillia room. WSOP Media Director Nolan Dalla called today’s use of the room a “soft opening” because it wasn’t scheduled to be used until tomorrow. He said that the room will be helpful in keeping cash games running even when tournament overflow fills the Amazon room and other adjacent rooms.

Carter “devinr12″ Gill (pictured left) got involved in a large pot during the PLO rotation at his table. After numerous preflop raises, 5 players remained to see the flop with 2 of them already all in. The flop came T82 and Gill, first to act, said “I’m all in, well, I bet the pot.” Gill’s bet was enough to put the remaining two players all in and after agonizing for a bit one called and the other folded. With 3 all ins the board was run out with the 5 and the 2. Gill held the QT84 for two pair tens and eights, the player who called all in on the flop held the KT93 for a pair of tens, one of the preflop all ins held the QJJ7 for jacks and deuces which looked like it might be good until the other preflop all in across the table showed the KK84 for kings and deuces. Gill took the small side pot with his two pair but the kings and deuces hand took main pot. Considering there were straight and flush draws after the flop, it always seems a little absurd when two pair ends up winning a hand of Omaha!

Players down the hall in the Amazon room are breathing a sigh of relief as the bubble of the $3k HORSE tournament, event #22 has now burst. Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul and another player were battling to knock out a player who was all in during a stud h/l hand and when all the cards were dealt out the all in player held only a pair of jacks. Saul had that beaten with pair of kings but lost the hand to the 3rd player’s pair of aces which officially knocked out the all in player. Even though Saul lost around 20k in chips in the hand, he is now guaranteed at least $5,141 and still has a nice sized stack around 84k.

James “mig.com” Mackey has also made the money with around 95k in his stack as well as Eric “EFro” Froehlich who has about 20k.

• June 13, 2008 -- Mackey and Saul Eliminated
• June 26, 2008 -- Mackey Riding High
• June 17, 2008 -- OMGClay Wins!
• June 11, 2008 -- Lieu Doubles, Saul Busts

In a hand that created a lot of buzz from players standing around the Amazon room, Barry Greenstein doubled up in a huge pot against Men “The Master” Nguyen with Queen high!  About twenty minutes before the dinner break Barry Greenstein opened to 1200 on the button in the 200-400-50 level.  Nguyen reraised to to 3200 and Greenstein called.  On a flop of 432, Nguyen bet 4k and Greenstein raised all-in for 14k more. Nguyen called having Greenstein covered and revealed the T5, trailing Greenstein’s Q5. Neither player improved and Greenstein’s stack balloooned to 44k.

P5er Court Harrington’s (pictured at right) stack has been fluctuating all day, dipping as low as 1700 at one point. Harrington has been catching a flurry of hands and recently doubled up to 24k minutes before the dinner break.  Harrington reraised a 1200 early position raise to 3300 from late position. Harrington’s opponent called having Harrington’s 8500 behind covered. On a JT4 flop, Harrington bet 3500 and got check raised all-in by his opponent for his remaining 5k.  Harrington called instantly and his KK was way ahead of his opponents 99. The board ran true for Harrington doubling him up to 24k.

The money bubble burst in the $5K NLHE and 55 players are still in the running to win the coveted bracelet. One such player is Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis (pictured at left), who has had an up and down kind of day. He came into Day 2 as the chip leader at his table, but after losing a couple of crucial hands early on, he was left relatively short stacked with 30K in chips. He managed to double up when his A-Q won a coinflip against Blake “BallaB13″ Cahail’s pocket 7s and he has now worked his way up to 90K. With blinds at 2K/4K, Alex is not in bad shape and seemed confident about his chances to make the final table.  Other players still in the event include Adam “Roothlus” Levy, Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman, Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh, and Tony “Bond18″ Dunst.

Over in the Brasilia Room the $2.5K PL HE/O players appeared to have a go big or go home approach to the event.  Some, like Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich, Jamie “The New” Robbins, and Jeff “yellowsub” Williams made quick exits while others, like Carter “devinr12″ Gill and Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi got off to fast starts.  Gill already has 13K and Mizzi is just shy of the 10K marker.

The other Omaha event, the $1.5K PLO, has come to an end and Vanessa Selbst has won her first WSOP bracelet.  After a lenghty heads-up match in which her opponent took to blind raising and re-potting hands, she emerged victorious and will be taking home $227,965.

• June 29, 2008 -- 36 Left in $2K Event
• June 14, 2008 -- HoosierAlum Hysteria!
• June 13, 2008 -- Josephy, Clements Eliminated
• June 13, 2008 -- Wolpert and Gray Get Coolered in 10k Heads-Up

• June 14, 2008 -- Ship It Mike’s Way
• June 14, 2008 -- A Blair Affair
• June 14, 2008 -- HoosierAlum Hysteria!
• June 14, 2008 -- OMGClayAiken Sings Final Song