This $5,000 event is the World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold-Em, and the loaded field reflects that. Just about every table makes you stop and count the famous faces. Here are some other names playing today:
John Juanda, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, T.J. Cloutier, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Laak, and Andy Bloch.
Daniel Negreanu is standing behind the dealer trying to get the players to move over. He is counting inches, move over just a little more, there . . . that's better. He is sitting back down now that he is happy and has more room.
Daniel Negreanu isn't happy with the spacing of the players around his table. It does look a bit tight, but Negreanu just offered to bet anyone $500,000 that the players on the other side of the table have more room than he does. Anyone have a tape measure?