Barry Greenstein is no more -- sadly I was in the press room at the time, but Alexander Roumeliotis seems to be in possession of a signed copy of Ace on the River, so he is our prime Greenstein-busting suspect...
Nathan Lee shoved preflop for 21,200; Silverman, who was even shorter than Lee, called all in. "Do you have an ace?" asked Lee. Silverman did, but as it turned out, it did him no good at all.
And they're dropping like proverbial flies now -- also gone is Joel Nordkvist, who raised under the gun and got himself called by a now be-sunglassed Jason Mercier in the big blind. Mercier checked the flop and Nordkvist bet 7,100; Mercier then raised to 45,000, well covering Nordkvist. After an almost interminable time in the tank, Nordkvist called, and he was no good.
Also a goner is Dan Heimiller, who found himself all in with against Dennis Phillips' . The board came down along with a fifth card that was neither a club nor a deuce -- the seven played and with a surprisingly loud exclamation of, "S***!!!" Heimiller was gone.
There's more action here than Snoopy gets in his very wildest dreams, as the chip leader changes almost every few minutes.
Dan Heimiller, on over 140,000 just a little while ago, is down to just 50,000. Some of his chips are now in the possession of David Benyamine. With a fair bit in the pot before they even got to the flop, Heimiller bet 11,000 on it and Benyamine called. Heimiller checked the turn and Benyamine bet 27,000. Heimiller folded, and Benyamine is currently our chip leader on 170,300.