Nik Persaud has just registered and as fate would have it he has been assigned a seat at the same table as 888Poker Ambassadors Sofia Lovgren and Parker “Tonkaaap” Talbot.
Persaud mentioned that he was feeling tired from playing golf today and Lovgren asked what his handicap was?
“Eighty five,” Persaud said, “Isn’t that that everyone says?”
Lovgren is a keen golfer herself and laughed in recognition as Persaud said, “A lot of poker players play golf. When you get tired of losing money at poker, you can lose money at golf. I only lost five hundred today.”
We asked Chuc Khuu, one of the players in the tournament, at the last break for his opinion on the Shot Clock that is being used in the Main Event here for the first time.
Khuu thought it was a good idea as it was speeded up the game and is in favour of evolving and speeding up the live game such as the player on the button paying all the antes.
One thing Khuu would change though is the number of Time Bank chips the players are allotted.
“Two seems not enough for a nine hours of play,” Khuu said, “I think four would be better.”
Khuu had already used on of his chips and faced the prospect of 7 more levels of tough poker with just one more extra minute’s thinking time.
At the start of each day all the players will reset to two Time Bank chips.
Parker “Tonkaaap” Talbot is at the tables and accumulating chips, nicely up from his starting stack.
The 888poker Ambassador and Twitch Live Streaming legend is hoping for a god run in this tournament after the Aspers regulars took a bit of money from him at the live cash tables the last two nights.
888live 1100pnd 1b main event this evening. I am rarin and ready to go. Lost money in the cash games last 2 nights so safe to say I'm ready.
The journey of 64-year-old John Hesp became the biggest story of the World Series of Poker Main Event this summer. The alluring details of his story ran the gamut: the crazy clothes, the amateur background, a family man ready to see his wife, the uncanny poker instincts, the fun vibe, and the table talk. That list could go on and on about this player from Bridlington, U.K.
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