The first of nine $1,500 No Limit Hold’ em events at the World Series of Poker has kicked off here at the Rio. Close to 2,800 players have already registered, with more expected during the first two levels of play.
P5er Grant “drossxyu” Hinkle (pictured at right) won this event last year, taking home $831,462 and his [...]

During our latest lap around the Brasilia room where the $1K NLHE Event #4 is being held, there is one stack we noticed that stood out amongst the rest. It wasn’t JC Tran either. It was Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong (pictured left) who is now sitting with 210K.  We missed some of the action, but we [...]

In case you’re wondering, he’s going to buy a llama with the money.
Steve “whitealroker” Bent has busted from the $1K stimulus event. With the blinds at 800/1600 and a 200 chip ante Bent moved all in A5 and the small blind called with AK the board came 10-9-7-Q-2. After the hand, he told us he [...]

Event #5 - $1K No-Limit Hold’em w/ Re-buys:
Congratulations to Michael “worldsgrtest” Banducci, who won the bracelet and top prize of $636,736 in an excruciatingly long three-way match against Peter Gould Jeff “yellowsub86″ Williams. Three-handed play continued for such a long time that the rowdy railbirds took to breathalyzing themselves for entertainment. When Banducci [...]

It isn’t uncommon to hear a loud roar coming from the ESPN Final Table Arena when wandering the Amazon Room. With three online stars still in the $1K NL rebuy and their raucous cohorts on the rail, the howls and applause have been echoing throughout since play began.
The latest came following a hand involving Jeff [...]