If you're here in Vegas for the World Series of Poker, or if you follow a handful of professional poker players on Twitter, then you've probably heard of All American Dave. Dave Swanson is a a fitness coach, dietary guru, and the creator of the All American Dave Meal Plan, which dozens of grinders at the WSOP subscribe to. Last year, All American Dave's clients shipped a combined seven bracelets - Brian Rast was responsible for two of them - and this year he's expanded his service so that anyone can purchase meals and have them delivered to them at the Rio.
At least three players here in the Brasilia Room collected their boxed lunches from All American Dave's delivery team. Allen Bari and Nick Binger scarfed down a lime chili tilapia dish with asparagus, onions, brown rice, and bell peppers, while Frankenberger is unsure of what was in his box.
"I believe it was chicken," Frankenberger told us, smiling.
Bari was finished with his lunch in what seemed like less than three hands.
"It was really good," he told us. "Spicy, but good."
Saturday's menu looks delectable as well - you have a choice of lemon pepper chicken, tomato basil chicken, an All American burger, or an old bay tilapia dish.
Before he entered Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, Allen Bari sat down with the PokerNews Podcast crew to talk about his World Series of Poker thus far.
We recently heard Michele Limongi having a dispute with a dealer across the room. Limongi, who finished third in the $2,500 8-game event last year and has six career WSOP cashes, was upset because the entire table, including the dealer, thought he checked dark on a flop. Three players checked behind him, but before the dealer could burn and turn a card, Limongi tried to bet. The players protested, and a floor person was beckoned.
Since the majority of the players at the table heard Limongi say "I check dark," and the other players had already acted, the dealer was to deal the turn card. It was the , and Limongi immediately bet. All the other players folded.
"It's your house," Limongi said after the hand. "I guess I'm just a foreigner."
David Bach, winner or the 2009 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, took a flop of against two opponents. The action checked to Bach, who tossed out a bet, and the player first to act check-raised. Only Bach called.
The turn was the , and Bach's opponent check-raised again. Bach, again called.
The completed the board, and Bach's opponent checked a third time. Bach fired another bullet, and his opponent just called.
Bach turned over for Broadway, and his opponent stood up, let out a big sigh, and mucked his hand.
The monitor hanging in the corner of the Brasilia Room reads "Entrants 928," meaning we've surpassed last year's field of 925 runners. With one more level of late registration to go, we expect that number to increase even more.
Besides "split pot," which is something we'll be hearing a lot over the next three days, here are a few interesting things we've heard over the last level.
"I can hear that from over here," Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier quipped at Paul Volpe. By the looks of it, Mercier, Volpe, and possibly Eli Elezra, were playing a game of Chinese poker on their iPads and iPhones. Volpe couldn't turn the sound down on his phone, and it was annoying Mercier, who could apparently hear it even though he has a pair of Bose Headphones on.
At another table, a dealer was struggling with a broken chair, when David Steicke, who won the 2009 $100,000 Challenge at Aussie Millions, offered an empty chair at the table.
"Oh no," the dealer declined. "They'll yell at me for that."
Steicke tried to call a floor person to the table to rectify the situation, but unfortunately there was nothing they could do.
PokerStars Team Online Member George Lind III has the line of the day thus far. After a hand in which Josh Arieh was quartered, he offered some sage-like advice: "Hey, if you get quartered in every pot for the rest of the tournament, you won't get eliminated."
The entire table erupted in laughter, even Arieh who took a big hit to his stack.
Play was four handed, and the board read , when the action checked to Dan Shak who fired a bet. Only Shaun Deeb called, and the completed the board. Shak bet again, and Deeb was forced to fold his hand.
Shak quickly flashed his cards to Deeb who smiled, and then tossed them into the muck.
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flop. Three players checked behind him, but before the dealer could burn and turn a card, Limongi tried to bet. The players protested, and a floor person was beckoned.
, and Limongi immediately bet. All the other players folded.
against two opponents. The action checked to Bach, who tossed out a bet, and the player first to act check-raised. Only Bach called.
completed the board, and Bach's opponent checked a third time. Bach fired another bullet, and his opponent just called.
for Broadway, and his opponent stood up, let out a big sigh, and mucked his hand.
completed the board. Shak bet again, and Deeb was forced to fold his hand.