Tony G 27K
Brandon Schaefer 42K
Gavin Smith 11K
Eric Vaughn 9.5K
Dave Chui 30K
Jethro Horowitz 12K
Aussie Sarah 26K
Pablo Caraballo 12K
Tony Hachem 28K
Joe Hachem 7.5K
Gus Hansen 52 K
Amanda Baker 25K
Damon Rasheed 14K
Phil Ivey 23K
Kenna James 5K
Wesley Hall 20K (Team PokerNews)
Michael Tomeny 23K
Peter "Nordberg" Feldman 28K
Jan Uyl 26K
Rosa Bennet 26K
Brandon Schaeffer and Gavin Smith are seated side by side on Table 6. On my last pass by Gavin said: "I am getting my ass handed to me by the whole table but Brandon has all the chips. We haven't played a hand but I lose them everywhere else on the table and then he collects them on the next hand."
Brandon has 42K. Gavin has: "Less than that, if I had another couple of hundred I would have 10K."
Martin Comer raised Mikes BB with pocket Aces. Mike re-raised all in and Comer called. Matusow shows . Matusow picked up the flush draw on the turn and missed. Matusow hit the rail and the room got a little more quiet. Comer now has a competitive stack.
Juanda raised pre-flop to 650, he is called by unknown player, The board comes Kh Jh 8s, it is checked to john who bets 1350, he in turn is called. Then the Qd appears, Small blind then fires out with 2000, John thinks and then calls, River 4c changes nothing. John has to then call 3100 more to see the 10s 9s that takes a good pot from him. John still has 19K in front of him.
Is it jet lag or Bahamian Hangover? Greg seems uncharacteristically gruff with the dealers and the tournament staff. Is the mild-mannered world champ turning over a nasty new leaf?
Right about this time of day we seem to find another "name" player. Today it's Jean-Robert Bellande who has been hiding at the furthest table. JR has been having a rough time of it, mostly due to the play of Van Marcus. "He has been abusing me" report Jean -obert.