Jennifer Tilly had not even stacked the chips from busting her most recent opponent, and was approaching the 90,000 chip mark when she decided to get involved with Daniel Alaei. After calling Daniel's pre flop raise of 800 chips, the flop comes . Jennifer checks, and Daniel bets 1,600. Jennifer calls, and the turn is the . Jennifer checks, Daniel bets 3,400, and after a long think, Jennifer makes it 10,400. Daniel calls fairly quickly. The river is the . Jennifer checks, and Daniel bets 7,500. After a long think that includes looking under the table to watch Daniel's hands, Jennifer folds. Ms Tilly is still above 70,000, and cruising.
Not playing the LAPC: TJ Cloutier, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and off to the continent for another event: Phil Hellmuth, Liz Lieu, Tony G., Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Andy Black, Kiril Gerasimov, Ian Fraser, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi, Kenna James, Eddy Scharf, and AlCantHang.
Jeff Madsen is down to only 8K in chips after losing a huge pot to 2006 WPT Legends of Poker runner-up Frankie O'Dell. O'Dell showed down the nut flush, while Madsen mucked his cards and pulled his Full Tilt cap over his eyes with a deep sigh.
We have officially entered the "Grumpy Zone." Players have not completed even 1/2 of the day and they have had dinner and they still have 5 hours to play. Let us just say that the structure here is not exciting the collective. As one said:
"Can you imagine flying in from the East Coast, it's already 1 AM and they have to play until dawn."
All of the 630 remaining players are now contained inside the Commerce Casino's main ballroom. Tables had been set up on the veranda outside as well as downstairs in the main casino area to accomodate the huge field.
Cyndy Violette was crippled by a set of sevens and is down to only 1200 chips. A few tables away, WPT Ladies Night IV champion J.J. Liu is looking to make a move with her last 2000 (and her engagement ring from hubby Dan Alspach is to DIE for!)