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Devilfish: Awaits Record Deal
Mike Mizrachi has leapt up to 52,000 early doors, and although I haven't seen him take any big pots, he must have been at least partly responsible for the two empty seats at his table, which were filled by Paul Wasicka and Annie Duke.
Meanwhile, Devilfish gets some cameras pointed at him, and can't resist singing a song about his poker energy drink. "Three different flavours, tastes just right - drink some now and play all night!" And to think he gave up a potential career in advertising to play poker.
Finally, Huseyin Yilmaz has taken a couple of nice pots recently - in one of them he bet off opponent Anthony Ramsden on the river with the board reading: after check-raising the flop and seeing a free card on the turn. He's clearly not afraid to get his chips in the middle, and has gained an extra 10k already in Level Two.
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PokerNews ran into Jennifer Harman before the start of her day one of the main event. Jen was runner-up in the HORSE tournament and now that it's had a day to sink in, she says she's OK with second place.
Poker's all about the minnows, playing on an even keel and rubbing shoulders (quite literally!) with the stars. If anyone's a small fish in a big pond here today, then perhaps it's young James Finigan.
An online qualifer and heavily supported by his brother on the rail, James just entered a pot with French legend Bruno Fitoussi, betting 1k on the flop and turn of a board before check-folding to a 5.5k bet on the river.
"James mainly plays online," reports his brother. "He does pretty well; has won a Ladbrokes Poker Cruise and even a share in a horse."
"How many legs does it have?" I asked.
"Probably six, knowing James," he replied. "We saw a picture of it on Pocket Fives and it was an ugly sort."
"Well, as long as it runs fast," I added.
"Yeah, he doesn't have to sleep with it."
At that point, I concluded that the conversation was becoming too surreal and returned to my computer... to Google ugly six-legged horses.
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PokerNews spotted Patrik Antonius as he was buying in for the main event. Patrik doesn't play til tomorrow, but we wanted to make sure we got to chat with him since he could be at one of the other venues and we are stationed here at the Empire.
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Two World Champs
From the Fifty Casino...
1999 World Champ Noel Furlong, and 2004 Champ Greg Raymer are seated next to each other at table 16. Both are trying to become the first one to win the WSOP Main Event Championship on two continents.
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THE SPORTSMAN -- That's what the stack sizing is like on the Chip Leader here's table. Three short stacks, one large one, and five middling ones.
Dean Sanders -- 52,600
Dan Peterson -- 6,200
Todd Brunson -- 11,100
Freddy Deeb -- 7,900
Their tablemate Terry Cook just dropped Freddy Deeb down to his present stack, after his set of Aces was paid off on the river. He was muttering about being glad he'd checked the flop, and immediately terminated the services of his massage lady.
She might not hover over the table like Phil Gordon, but online whiz Annette Obrestad sure looks menacing, her grit focus and determination evident in every move she makes.
After taking a couple of early knocks, the femme fatale has bounced back up to 15,925, her last pot being a 700 to 2.3k re-raise of the equally engaged Steven Van Zadelhoff to take the pot down uncontested.
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after check-raising the flop and seeing a free card on the turn. He's clearly not afraid to get his chips in the middle, and has gained an extra 10k already in Level Two.
river.
