Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista was eliminated on the final hand before the dinner break of the $40,000 No Limit Hold ‘em event. The action was raised preflop, and on a board of J 3 2 Batista check-raised Greg “fossilman” Raymer to 175K. Raymer tanked for quite a while before asking for a chip count. Batista pushed the remainder [...]

Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis was the latest to head out of the Amazon Room from the $40,000 No Limit Hold ‘em event and his exit was painful. With the blinds at 3K/6K, Phil Galfond opened to 16K in middle position and Billirakis (pictured at left) raised to 46K from the small blind. Galfond pondered a move for [...]

David Singer is the winner of event 3 the $1.5k PLHE event after a grueling heads-up match with Jacobo Fernandez. On the final hand Jacobo flopped two pair but all the money didn’t go in until the turn when Singer hit a straight. Jacobo’s two pair didn’t fill and Singer took down the $214,131 first [...]

The enormous field of Event #2 - $1.5K NLHE has finally been whittled down from 3929 to one.  During heads up play with Grant Hinkle (pictured at left) and James Akenhead, Hinkle raised from the button, Akenhead reraised, and Hinkle moved all-in.  James made the call with A K and Grant tabled T 4.  It looked [...]

Scott “gunning4you” Seiver keeps finding himself in dramatic hands in the 1.5k PLHE Event #3.
Only this time he wasn’t searching for tissues after the ending.
On a flop of T92, Seiver bet out 15k and got raised by an opponent to 30k.
A few seconds later, Seiver re-raised to 60k, prompting an all-in from his opponent for [...]