Bryan is 21 years old from Southlake, Texas. Lucky enough to grow up in the Moneymaker era, he started playing small stake poker games with friends in seventh grade and got hooked on poker after watching the WSOP Main Event on ESPN.
"Poker fuels my competitive nature, much like sports and other competitive events I enjoy. My goal is to continue to improve, make deep runs in tournaments and be the best player I possibly can," says Campanello. "Currently, I am a part time student at UNT studying Political Science. I am trying to balance college and poker for now, because it is a goal of mine to obtain a college degree. The concept of having others tell me what to do or where to be at a specific time has never fit my personality. Poker gives me the opportunity to be my own boss and pick my own hours."
He went on to say: "I feel very lucky to have found this game at such a young age. I started playing more seriously online when I was 18 and was fortunate to also play quite a bit of live poker in 18+ casinos in Oklahoma and Florida. I realized poker can give me the opportunity not to work in an office and the freedom to travel the world whenever I want. In my young career, I have already played poker in Ireland, the Bahamas and across the United States. The combination of poker events, travel and working on my game has easily become the full focus in my life."
Campanello is in action here in Council Bluffs, so rest assured we'll be keeping an eye on him here in the live blog.
That's what former MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells champ Josh Reichard told us just before the level went up while standing on the rail. We missed his elimination, but thanks to RunGood Ambassador Bernard Lee, we were able to get some details.
As Lee told it, Terry "Papa" Karn opened for 300 from early position and received two calls. Reichard then three-bet to 1,900 from late position, Karn and one other player called, and three players took a flop of . Karn led out for 2,000, the third player called, and Reichard popped it to 6,000. Karn called, the other player folded, and it was heads-up action to the turn. Karn led out for 1,500, and Reichard shipped for 12,000.
Karn called with for a flopped set, which had cracked the of Reichard. The river was a blank, and Reichard was bounced in Level 2.
"I might wait until tomorrow," Reichard responded when asked whether or not he would reenter.
With 750 in the pot and a flop of , the player in the small blind bet 500 and the big called. RunGood Ambassador Jamie Kestetter came along from the under-the-gun position and the trio watched the peel off on the turn. Three checks brought about the river, and two more checks opened the door for Kerstetter to bet 1,200. It did the trick as both her opponents folded.
RunGood Ambassador Ryan Tepen, fresh off a World Series of Poker Circuit St. Louis win, opened for 225 from early position and Dan Almerli called from middle position. The player in the cutoff came along, as did Justin Baker, and four players took a flop of , which they all checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Baker checked, Tepen bet 700, and Almerli got out of the way. The cutoff made the call, Baker folded, and it was heads-up action to the river. Tepen checked, the cutoff bet 1,525, and Tepen toss in a single chip to signify a call.
The cutoff showed the for sixes and queens, but it was no good as Tepen held the for a better two pair.
The temperature outside might be below freezing, but the poker action will be hotter than ever! Running from February 27 to March 10, 2015, Playground Poker Club is hosting the first Playground Winter Festival.
The festival kicks off with "The Wild $150," a reentry event with four starting flights and a $100,000 guarantee. It continues with 14 other events including a $330 two-day Freeze, a mixed hold’em/Omaha event, and a $220 Survivor tourney.
The $1,100 Main Event will begin on Friday, March 6 and feature two Day 1s (next-day reentry), and it has a massive $500,000 guaranteed prize pool!
Local player Jim Devaney wasn't the first to fall here on Day 1a, but he was certainly one of the first to go.
It happened on a flop with 1,425 already in the pot. Devany led out for 1,650 from the small blind and RunGood Ambassador Michael Sanders raised to 3,500 from the hijack. Devany wasn't having any of it and announced that he was all in, which prompted a snap-call from Sanders.
Sanders:
Devaney:
Devaney had picked the wrong spot to shove as Sanders had him crushed with trips. The turn and river actually gave Devaney two pair, but obviously it was no good. With that, Sanders is sitting with nearly double the starting stack while Devaney was sent to the rail.
With around 3,800 in the pot and a board reading , Justin Baker checked from the small blind and his opponent in the cutoff bet 875. Baker made the call and then opted to lead out for 2,200 on the river. His opponent thought long and hard before making the call, and it proved to be the right one.
"Nice call," Baker admitted, which promoted his opponent to roll over the for two pair. It was good as Baker sent his cards to the muck.
. Karn led out for 2,000, the third player called, and Reichard popped it to 6,000. Karn called, the other player folded, and it was heads-up action to the 
turn. Karn led out for 1,500, and Reichard shipped for 12,000.
, the player in the small blind bet 500 and the big called. RunGood Ambassador Jamie Kestetter came along from the under-the-gun position and the trio watched the 
peel off on the turn. Three checks brought about the 
river, and two more checks opened the door for Kerstetter to bet 1,200. It did the trick as both her opponents folded.
, Baker checked, Tepen bet 700, and Almerli got out of the way. The cutoff made the call, Baker folded, and it was heads-up action to the 
river. Tepen checked, the cutoff bet 1,525, and Tepen toss in a single chip to signify a call.
for sixes and queens, but it was no good as Tepen held the 
for a better two pair.
turn and 
river. His opponent thought long and hard before making the call, and it proved to be the right one.