Phil Hellmuth, in his quest for his 12th bracelet showed up a little late. Only one problem - his table had been broken. Phil is currently on two quests - his quest for 12 bracelets, and his quest to find his table.
Alex Jacob is playing today, with his hair at nearly maximum power. Andy Bloch is wearing a tilt-inducing multi-colored paisley shirt that is, in it's own way, a thing of beauty.
Peter Alson is in the house. Peter was the co-author (with Nolan Dalla) of the great biography of Stu Unger entitled "One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player" and the author of his own autobiographical tale of the 2005 WSOP, "Take Me to the River: A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker"
Chris Ferguson showed up a little late for this event. He is still in the H.O.R.S.E. event that restarts at 4 pm today, but he said he was short-stacked with only 3,000 chips left, and might as well start in this event too and see how it goes.
Ferguson is well know for being able to chip-up at his table in one event and move to another event and do the same. It's nice to keep your options open.
Before the flop Paul Wolfe moved in with pocket fours, only to find that he'd run into pocket Aces. But he spiked a four on the flop to double his stack to 3,000.
With a pile of chips already in the middle Isaac Haxton moved all-in after a flop. The other player called and showed for the set, while Haxton had a flush draw with . The turn brought the to give him the flush and when the failed to pair the board Haxton won a pot that pushed his stack up to 9,000.