The players are still playing small ball, looking to pick up the small pots until they have the best of it. One recent hand is a good example of this:
One table consists of four players, with three of them being Chris Moorman, John Racener, and Joe Serock. Serock recently opened for a raise under the gun and was called by Moorman out of the big blind. The flop came all rags with two spades and both players checked. The turn was a third spade and Moorman led out for a small bet which prompted a fold from Serock. Ever the gentleman, Moorman turned over for the nuts.
Racener in the meantime is sharing his love for Borgata on Twitter:
Thirteen-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth just took his seat in the $15,000 buy-in WPT World Championship, fashionably late as always. Hellmuth is sandwiched between Brian Lemke and fellow Wisconsinite Joe Kuether, and is directly across from Jeff Gross. Like the name-dropper he is, he immediately mentioned 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.
Hellmuth has nearly $18 million in career live tournament earnings to go along with his collection of gold, but his highest finish in a World Poker Tour event was a third place finish at the WPT World Poker Finals in 2003 for $281,700.
According to the self-proclaimed "Poker Brat," this is the first time he's been in Atlantic City, New Jersey in seven years. The last time he cashed here was also 2003 - he finished third in the U.S. Poker Championships, earning $116,424.
Hellmuth said on Twitter that this is the only event he wants to win as much as a WSOP bracelet: