Ed Hardy t-shirts and hats are becoming the newest poker cliche. Favored by the young, hyper-aggro crowd, these studded eyesores have completely lost their trendiness and now can serve as a form of player profiling. Guy in a Hardy tee? Probably overconfident and plays too many hands.
Then, there's the pink hat lady. And not just any pink hat...a pink cowboy hat (also worthy of being dubbed a new poker cliche). Perhaps if she'd left it at the hat...but not a chance. She also has on a black t-shirt with a large sequined club on the front, a pair of sunglasses with the ace of spades rendered on each side in Swarovski crystals, and a black jacket with silver-studded pockets. My retinas are still burning.
Also going for a silver theme is one of last year's Main Event final tablers Lee Watkinson. He's draped in a variety of silver necklaces and bracelets, all from his new jewelry line. Few men can pull this look off but Lee juuuuust gets there.
And then there's the guy playing in a bathrobe...enough said.
and the opponent bets 3,500. Deeb raises to 20,000. The opponent calls all in for 11,000 and shows 
. Deeb has 
. The turn and river are 
and Deeb hits runner-runner flush to move up to 46,000.
, got all of his chips in the middle with the board showing 
and got called by a player with 
.
fell on the end. Sherwood is out.
, Vanessa Rousso's opponent check-called her bet of 5,000 on the river. 
for the missed flush draw turned runner-runner straight. It was good as her opponent mucked. Rousso is now sitting on a stack of about 33,000.
.
for top pair and his opponent showed 
for a pair of kings.
. His opponent called a bet of 3,000 on the river and mucked when he saw Thorson's flush.
and seven clubs indeed make a flush, as Koskas is sent to the rail.
