Elie Doft and Barry Greenstein battle it out online apparently and words have been known to pass between the two. Great for us then that they can carry over the rivalry to the live felt. Round one went to Doft after his was good enough on a board.
We're 99% sure we've found ESPN commentator Mike Patrick is here in the field. Patrick covered ESPN's Sunday Night football for nearly twenty years, along with a host of college assignments. It was quite a sight to see all of our reporters standing a few tables away staring at the player in Seat 5 and going back and forth about whether or not it's him.
If he'd say something loud enough for us to hear, we can put this rumor to rest.
Nick Schulman has just scooped a pot out of the hands of Dan Shak. Schulman raised preflop and bet every street to give us a finished board of . Shak called at every stage but had no way to beat Schulman's for a straight.
Marco Traniello has just turned up with his two children to wish their mother, Jennifer Harman, the best of luck. After the hugs and kisses one of Jennifer's children climbed in to her chair ready to take the reins. A chip of the old block, maybe, but a little unfair to the rest of the table knowing the genes running through that kid!
Not quite a family but six players still limped to see a flop. It's checked to Ray Dehkharghani who bets and gets calls from Elie 'what is 7x6' Doft and two others before the turn comes . This time it's checked to Soheil Shamseddin who bets and receives calls from all three opponents. The river sees all players slow down and check and Doft takes the pot with for a flush.
We arrived at the table with the flop out as . A player in Early position bet, got two callers before Bruno Fitoussi raised it up. A player in the cut off called, the original bettor folded but the other two callers stayed around to see the turn. It was checked to Fitoussi who bet, was raised by the CO and was the only one to call.
The river came and Futoussi just checked called his opponent's bet and was shown . Futoussi glanced over at the hand and then mucked.