Owen “ocrowe” Crowe is the overwhelming chip leader of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event as Day 1 has concluded. Crowe (pictured right, bagging his chips) built his stack from 120K to over 180K on the money bubble and has 80K chips more than any other player in the field (that we know of).

The money bubble burst with 12 minutes left of play and drink orders suddenly switched from water and energy drinks to Coronas and shots of Patron. Players that have made it to Day 2 include:

Dag Martin “dmmikkel” Mikkelsen - 95K
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh - 88K
Daniel “voff” Deveau - 74K
Bryan Micon - 70K
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski - 65K
Phil “USCPhildo” Collins - 64K
Justin “jurollo” Rollo - 55K
Dimitri “Skanky980″ Valouev - 32K
Aaron “ndgrinder59″ Steury - 26K
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - 22K
Chris “moorman1″ Moorman - 18K

Scott “Papa Bull XL” Flint was seen darting toward the bathroom when the event went hand-for-hand, but made it back just in time to cash before busting when his pocket fours couldn’t outrun A8. He took home $3,006 for his 194th place finish.

The $5K Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship trudges on in a standoff between Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Sebastian Ruthenberg. The two men have been engaged in heads-up warfare for more than two hours and are nearly dead even in chips. Ruthenberg, hailing from Germany, battles six-time WSOP winner Ferguson for his first bracelet and is proving himself to be a venerable opponent. Though neither player holds a major chip advantage, the ante is now at 15K with the bring-in at 20K and completion at 60K; action should get interesting in the next level as the players duel for the $328,756 payout and WSOP gold loot.

• June 22, 2008 -- Slaubaugh Takes 2nd
• June 21, 2008 -- Shaniac World
• June 21, 2008 -- That’s the Way You Need It
• June 21, 2008 -- He’s a Shaniac!

Event #34 was down to 25 players when PocketFives caught up with the play in the Brasilia room after the dinner break. With the blinds at 4K/8K and the average stack at 192K, Jeff “yellowsub” Williams was looking for a spot to get his chips in since he guarded only a 72K stack. Players returned with full bellies recently, so the general mood at the tables was upbeat and Tim “tmay420″ West (pictured at right) was chumming it up at his table. West was faring better than Williams, looking extremely comfortable with his stack of 395K after a big double-up.

As PocketFives watched, West collected a few uncontested pots in position until he tangled in a pot with Thomas Wahlroos. West moved all in preflop and held K-K-T-6 to Wahlroos’ 9-8-7-6; the flop gave both players trip sixes, but West’s better kicker won him the pot and doubled him up.

The real sleeper of the $1.5K Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys event is chip leader Kyle Kloeckner, who has been playing solid deep-stacked Omaha, increasing his stack to 460K. P5s will continue to cover these players as they move deeper into the money; all players are guaranteed $19,257 with the next money jump at 18th place.

Annie Duke, working with a short stack at the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low event, has just met her demise in fifth place. Duke got all of her chips in with (TT)5 against the (KK)J of Chris Ferguson. Duke’s hand failed to improve and she sent her chips over to Ferguson before picking up $73,602. Jesus is now three-handed with a massive chip lead over Bob Lauria and Sebastian Ruthenberg.

The $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event has just returned from break and Craig “MrCasino” Gray is still one of the chip leaders with 50K. Tom “titantom32″ Braband made a surge in the past level, increasing his stack to 43K. Shannon Shorr (27K) and Bryan Micon (25K) are also working with plenty of chips as the blind levels have moved to 300/600 and the average stack is close to 16K.

• June 19, 2008 -- How To Remedy Boredom at the Poker Table
• July 4, 2008 -- Short Stacked Shorr Looking to Chip Up
• June 21, 2008 -- He’s a Shaniac!
• June 19, 2008 -- Patience Pays Off

After playing until nearly 7am the final table of the $5K Stud Hi/Lo Championship event was finally set after the eliminations of Howard Lederer and David Benyamine.  Those returning for the final day of play today include Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Marcel Luske, and Steve Sung.

Our own Court Harrington put up a valiant fight in the $1.5K Hold Em event, but finished 14th when he got it all in pre-flop with AQ against current chip leader Jose Luis Velador’s AJ and Velador other player ran out a heart flush.  Court earned $26,732 for his efforts.  Velador and eight others will return at 2pm today to play down to the bracelet.

The $1.5K Omaha w/ rebuys also starts up again at 2pm today.  Some of the names we’ll be keeping an eye on today include Jeff “yellowsub” Williams (pictured at right) Tim “tmay420″ West, Jared “TheWacoKidd”, Kyle Bowker, Dan “Stainley88″ Adams, Matt Giannetti, and Jamie “TheNew” Robbins.  The $1.5K Stud Event will be playing down to a final table today as well.

The first event of the day is yet another $1.5K No Limit Hold Em event.  WSOP staff are predicting another large field and we have already spotted several P5ers filing into the Amazon Room including Jeff “JeffBoski” Sluzinski, Michael “Bertrand13″ Bertrand, Dan “wretchy” Martin, and Phil “USCPhildo” Collins

• June 18, 2008 -- Slow Day
• June 18, 2008 -- BigRiskky Business as Usual
• June 20, 2008 -- Tusk Love for the Wahlroos
• June 19, 2008 -- An Evening of Studs

The Event #33 $5K Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship tournament marched on with an ante and bring-in of 500, now at 2K/4K limits. PocketFives caught up with Barry Greenstein looking for a spot to make a move, as his 18K chip stack sat well below the average of 51K.

Playing extremely tight, Greenstein finally found a hand he could close in on: showing 546, he was running against one opponent who showed AQJ. Greenstein completed on third street and was raised, which Barry quickly called. Fourth street met a check from his opponent, a bet from Barry, and a subsequent call. Action continued the same way on fifth street but induced a fold from his opponent; Barry increased his stack to 27K and was looking a bit healthier by comparison.

One table over, Alex Jacob was also low, his stack at 44K. But Thayer “Thay3r” Rasmussen (pictured at right) was in the worst trouble of all, his 28K stack paltry in comparison to the shark-filled table at which he sat. Seated to the right of David Benyamine, his 8-handed table was stacked with Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, and Jason Lester.

Meanwhile, in Event #35, the $1.5K Seven Card Stud tournament, most of the notable players have not fared well. Recent eliminations include David Williams, Anna Wroblewski, and John Juanda. PocketFives caught up with Justin Bonomo as he was also on life support, sporting a stack of 2.5K with 288 players left in the original field of 382. He still found time to get a massage.

Day 2 of the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament paused for dinner break and will resume at 10PM PST. The average stack is 220K and players are guaranteed $11,951. Notable chip stacks include the following:

Scott “ssitron” Sitron - 240K
Ray Henson - 230K
Court Harrington - 227K

• June 18, 2008 -- BigRiskky Business as Usual
• June 18, 2008 -- Slow Day
• June 17, 2008 -- Parker Taking it to the Limit
• June 19, 2008 -- Super Dario Powers Up!

Things just got even tougher at Scott “BigRiskky” Clements’ (pictured at right) table, but the Omaha expert seems to be taking his rough table line up just fine.  Since we last reported on the $1.5K PLO w/ rebuy event, Jamie Gold has busted and a few new faces have been added to this already tough table.  Here is a partial rundown of the current line-up:

Seat 2 - Bruno Fitoussi
Seat 3 - Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby
Seat 4 - Scott “BigRiskky” Clements
Seat 7 - Jordan Morgan
Seat 9 - Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond

Clements recently got into a hand with several of the players when, with the blinds at 300/600, Hamby and another player limped into a pot and then Clements raised to 2.5K total.  The player on the button called, as did Hamby and the other limper.  The flop came A64 and it checked to Clements who paused as if he was going to bet before electing to check.  The player on the button checked as well and when the turn came 6 it checked around to the player on the button once again.  This time the player bet out 6.5K and everyone folded except for Scott, who made the call.  The river was the T and both players checked.  Clements pulled out K-K from his K-K-10-4 for two pair, kings and sixes, and the other player mucked.  Scott is now up to 48K.

Here are the chip counts of some of the other remaining players in the event:

Tim “Tmay420″ West - 110K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 95K
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams - 50K
Jared Hamby - 24K
Jordan Morgan - 22K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 12K

In the Brasilia room, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event is down to 56 players and Scott “ssitron” Sitron and Court Harrington are adding chips to their stack as the evening moves forward. Harrington began Level 15 with 60K and his built has stack to over 100K without having to show a hand down. Sitron is up to 225K despite sitting at a tough table that includes Morgan Machina, Ray Henson and Fabrice Soulier.

The $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship is also taking place there. Sixty-four of the world’s best players are still battling for the crown. Thayer Rasmussen is still representing the online community with 30K — slightly below the average stack.

Over at the ESPN Feature Table, play continues 3-handed at the final table of the $2.5K 6-handed NLHE event. Dario Minieri has relinquished the chip lead to Seth Fischer, but all three players are relatively even stacked.

Minieri took a huge hit when he and Justin “fluffdog” Filtz (pictured right) got it all in on a flop of AT2 with Justin holding 35 to Dario’s QJ. Filtz appeared to be in bad shape until a 4 on the turn made him the wheel. The 4 fell on the river and he doubled up to over 1.5 million chips.

• June 18, 2008 -- Let the Belittling Begin
• June 20, 2008 -- Omaha Field Shrinks
• June 19, 2008 -- An Evening of Studs
• June 18, 2008 -- Slow Day