Bravado and Braggadocio

We noticed Chris Moneymaker's previous stack of 105,000 had been dented just a bit, as the 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion currently sits with just over 70,000 chips.

Hearing the booming voice of Mike Anderson one table over, we took a look and discovered the old maxim about players talking more when they're winning to be true.

Anderson was adding a sizable pot to his stack - which now holds more than 80,000 to give him top honors thus far - and after interrogating him as to the source of his windfall, we found out just how he earned his winnings.

"I'm the best player here... write that down," said Anderson, his tongue planted firmly in cheek. "Best player at the table, hell, best in the room!"

Having pushed ahead of Moneymaker on the leaderboard, Anderson's boast may not be entirely accurate, but at the moment nobody can convince him otherwise.