We’re 30 events into the 2008 World Series of Poker and already PocketFivers have accumulated over $9 million and racked up four bracelets. In comparison, last year, members of the site cashed for $15 million and won six bracelets total. We’ve set the stage for another record-breaking WSOP in 2008. On Tuesday night, PocketFivers Matt Plattsburgh Vengrin (pictured at right), Thuyen ShesNoGood Doan, and Tony Bond18 Dunst reached the final table of Event #29, the $1,500 no limit tournament. In Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em, Brock t_soprano Parker finished sixth, cashing for $102,460. Let’s catch up with all of the action from the Rio in Las Vegas, which you can track on PocketFivesLive.com, your home for WSOP coverage.

Matt Plattsburgh Vengrin exited in third place in Event #29, the $1,500 no limit tournament. Facing an all in re-raise by Johnny Neckar, Vengrin called with A-9. Neckar flipped over A-Q. The board ran dry for Vengrin, who took home $167,973 for his third place cash. Coming into the hand, he was about equal with Neckar in chips; both were 2.5:1 chip underdogs against leader John Phan. He came into the day as the chip leader with one million, 200,000 ahead of Neckar’s second place stack.

Vengrin is ranked 76th on PocketFives.com. In late April, he took second in the Sunday Million for $137,000. Last month, he added to his tally by finishing second in the $750K Guaranteed on Full Tilt Poker for $80,000. Vengrin also made a final table in a $1,500 no limit in last year’s WSOP. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Brett Collson commented, “You won't find a guy who takes the game any more serious than Vengrin, which helps make him such a strong player. I think he's only scratched the surface of what he's capable of.”

Thuyen ShesNoGood Doan finished in seventh place. With pocket sixes, she pushed on the button and was called by Phan’s A-J. Phan managed to find a jack on the flop, pushing him ahead in the hand for good. Doan’s seventh place finish was worth $69,165, a nice return on her $1,500 buy-in. Doan came into final table play sixth in chips. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Jessica Welman spoke highly of Doan’s skills at the poker table: “Contrary to her online name, she is not only ‘good for a girl,’ but she is a solid all-around poker player. Short-stacked when the final table began, she took advantage of position whenever she could and should be proud of her performance in this event.”

Tony Bond18 Dunst made the final table, but was eliminated in eighth place in Event #29. He was all in pre-flop holding kings against Vengrin’s 8-9 of clubs. The flop came 10-8-7 of diamonds (Dunst held the king of diamonds), but a jack on the turn gave Vengrin a jack-high straight. The river card was a blank, eliminating Dunst. He took home a healthy payday of $54,344 for his efforts and his third cash of the 2008 World Series of Poker. His total take is now up to over $65,000.

Dunst is a ranked player on PocketFives.com. He’s taken down the $100 rebuy ($65,000 Guaranteed) on Full Tilt Poker for $35,890.40 and also won an $80K Guaranteed Sniper Tournament on UltimateBet for $20,000. The Aussie native authors the “Things it Took Me a While to Learn” series on PocketFives.com, which have been enjoyed by everyone on the site. Collson talks about Bond’s exit from the tournament: “Dunst took a rough beat to Vengrin at the final table. Who knows what would have happened had he won that pot. Tony spends most of his time playing online, but with a few more positive results on the live circuit, he could make an easy transition.”

Taking home 12th place in Event #29 was Lee acumen53 Childs. In the big blind and facing a raise by David Singer, who was in the small blind, Childs pushed all in with A-6 of diamonds, but found himself facing Singer’s pocket kings. The board came Q-9-10-4-4 (with no diamonds), sending Childs out in 12th place. He took home $24,702 for his efforts. Childs made the final table and finished seventh in last year’s Main Event, pocketing over $700,000. Online, he’s been nothing short of amazing as well, winning the Full Tilt $750K Guaranteed in April for $132,787.50, two months after he finished second in the Sunday Mulligan for nearly $30,000.

Matt All In At 420 Stout finished 13th in the $3,000 No Limit event. He held pocket threes against David Pham’s pocket sevens. A seven on the flop left Stout needing two running threes to make quads to win and he exited in 13th. He pocketed $19,761, which upped his lifetime WSOP and Circuit Event take to over $200,000. Stout recently took eighth in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $8,000. He’s ranked 72nd on PocketFives.com. Collson spoke about Stout’s regiment: “You get a sense that Matt has a deep love for this game. He was knocked out of the $3,000 event late Monday night and was back bright and early Tuesday morning to play the $1,500 event. It's that type of dedication that proves he'll be a mainstay for years to come.”

Ryan youngluck Young finished in 17th after an extremely unlucky hand for his fourth cash of the 2008 World Series of Poker. He held pocket kings against Stewart Newman’s pocket tens, but a ten came off on the flop. As luck would have it, the river card came a king, forcing Newman to have to catch the only ten left in the deck for the win. Sure enough, the river card came a ten and Young was sent to the rails, holding a boat against quads. He took home nearly $50,000 for 11th place in Event #1 to get his WSOP started off on a positive note. He won his first bracelet in a $1,500 no limit even in last year’s World Series and has cashed for over $700,000 lifetime in the WSOP and Circuit Events. Collson commented, “It isn't much of a story anymore when Young makes it deep in an event. He picked up his fourth cash already in the $3K event and seems poised to pick up a bracelet at some point this year. He still has plenty of events to choose from.”

Carter ckingusc King rounded out the top 20 finishers in Event #29. He was ousted by fellow PocketFiver Tony “Bond18” Dunst holding pocket tens against Dunst’s A-Q. A queen on the turn was good enough to eliminate King, who won $11,264. Welman describes King’s run through Event #29: “King found himself relatively short-stacked early on in this tournament, but he managed to buckle down and play disciplined poker to not only make it through the end of Day One, but make yet another deep run in a WSOP event.” This marks his third cash of the series, the first of which was an impressive seventh place finish in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em event (#3).

Also cashing in Event #29 were Leo Superfluous Man Wolpert (25th for $11,264), Jimmy gobboboy Fricke (33rd for $9,287), Stuart THEDONATOR Paterson (57th for $6,126), Stephen MrTimCaum O'Dwyer (60th for $6,126), and Jason Jcarver Somerville (61st for $6,126). All in all, the $1,500 no limit event was a profitable payday for many members of the site.

In Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold’em, Brock t_soprano Parker (pictured at right) finished sixth, cashing for $102,460. He committed all of his chips with Q-8 of clubs against Jerrod Ankeman’s A-9. Neither player paired either of his hole cards and only one club hit the board. Parker had a stellar run through the final table, coming into the day short on chips with 166,000; chip leader Aaron Katz had 1.2 million.

Parker is ranked 54th on the PocketFives.com Worldwide Tournament Rankings. He went on a tear in May, winning the $65K Guaranteed on Full Tilt Poker and the $55 rebuy on PokerStars for a combined $30,000. In cashes that count for the Rankings, he nabbed over $70,000 last month, which included four five-figure paydays. Welman commented, “Parker managed to find good spots for pre-flop aggression in order to pick up small pots along the way. While his screen name may rightly suggest he is a force to be reckoned with at the table, he is also nothing but nice away from the table. It’s great to see him make it so far in such a prestigious event. His online results in no limit tournaments are impressive on their own, but this Series he is really showing he is not a one trick pony.”

Wednesday night will mark the conclusion of Event 31, the $2,500 six-handed no limit event. Stay tuned for all of the action on PocketFivesLive.com: WSOP coverage lives here.