After being moved to his third table in as many levels, Shaun Deeb finally found himself surrounded by relatively unfamiliar faces.  The other players also appeared to be actively rooting against him when he got involved with the only female at the table.  With the blinds at 150/300, Deeb raised to 750 in early position [...]

On Orange Table 10, PocketFives caught up with Marco “KILL-BILL” Liesy (pictured at right) heads-up in a hand with Todd “nsxt2″ Arnold. On a board that read A433, Marco bet out 3,450 as he was first to act, leaving 23K behind. Todd reraised him to 9K and Marco went to the tank for [...]

Scott “emptyseat88″ Fischman, who appeared to be in hiding for much of today with his jacket pulled up over his face, has officially been erased from the Main Event field after busting in the past level. Fischman (pictured left) got all of his chips in on a 972 board with 99 against an opponent’s T8. The 3 [...]

With a much smaller crop of internet players playing on Day 1B, it was somewhat surprising for Tom “sbrounder” West to arrive almost an hour late to the tournament and discover Shaun Deeb (pictured at right) sitting on his left.  However, the two joked to each other that in some ways, it seemed kind of inevitable.  [...]

Mark “sideshowgil” Gilbert has been able to block out the glitz and glamour of sitting at a table with Humberto Brenes and found some glory early on Day 1b. Seated directly to Humberto’s left and with cameras hovering around him constantly, Gilbert (pictured left) has built his stack to over 33K after picking up a [...]