Cards are back in the air after an extended break to balance some tables.
During the break, Roland de Wolfe and Yan Chen went over to one of the media tables looking for a deck of cards so that they could play Chinese Poker. They eventually procured one and played the entire twenty minutes until a floor person yelled at them and said it wasn't allowed.
Big Papa's seat is locked up.
There's a post-it note affixed to the rail in front of the 1-seat on Table 243. It says one simple word that's very recongizable to anyone who's been around poker for even half a second.
Huck Seed made it 450 to go from the button, Sam Grizzle called from the small blind and Scotty Nguyen came along with a call from the big blind. Grizzle drew one, Nguyen drew two and Seed rapped pat.
Grizzle led out for 2,200 after the draw, Nguyen called, and Seed moved all in for 10,425. The bet chased Grizzle away but Nguyen made the call.
Seed turned up 8-6-5-4-2 and Nguyen mucked. Once in dire chip shape, Seed is back up to 26,400 (no add-on chips behind), while Nguyen is down to 12,300 after using his final add-on chip.
David Benyamine
Players at Jeff Lisandro's table are discussing the merits of playing rebuy events at the WSOP (all rebuy events were made freezeouts this year). Lisandro and David Benyamine are in favor of rebuy events. "If some rich guy wants to buy in ten times in the PLO, let him," remarked Lisandro.
Benyamine pointed out that some people get really ridiculous with their rebuys. "How many times did Daniel rebuy -- 52?" he asked.
For what it's worth, the answer is 48 - a record Negreanu set in the 2006 WSOP that will never be broken unless rebuy events return in the future. Negreanu himself agrees with the change made this year.
"When you are giving away a World Series of Poker bracelet I think everyone should have an equal chance to win it, not just a chance based on how fat their wallets are," Negreanu was quoted as saying back in February of this year.
Huck Seed's still running bad. He tangled with Scotty Nguyen in a recent hand and did not manage to take down the pot. Mike Matusow jumped up from his chair to watch the hand and then had a few words for the Prince of Poker.
"You're an idiot," Matusow told Nguyen. "You played like sh*t and you sucked out on my friend Huck." It was an interesting set of remarks coming from a guy wearing a "No Blow-Ups" t-shirt.
Tom Schneider opened for 525 from the cutoff, the button called, Anton Allemann made it 2,000 to go from the small blind, Steve Sung flat-called the reraise from the big blind, and both Schneider and the button let their hands go.
Allemann and Sung drew one card apiece. Allemann checked,Sung bet 5,000 and Allemann called.
Sung turned up 8-6-5-4-2 and Allemann mucked. Sung's stack is now up to 18,300 (plus two add-on chips) while Allemann is down to 1,950 (plus two add-on chips, which he's probably thinking about using right now).
Ther are some notable absences from today's event. Chau Giang just wandered through the tournament area to chat with a few of his friends. He's not playing though; he's still alive in Day 2 of the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event (which recently went on dinner break).
Both Barry Greenstein and Daniel Negreanu have dashed over to the Brasilia Room on their dinner break from the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. to get in a few hands.
Also arriving within the last few minutes were Max Pescatori, Roland De Wolfe and Steve Zolotow.
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