Big Stack Watch, and the President at 100,000:1
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Rick Schwartz: 32,000
Annie Duke: 29,000
Daniel Negreanu: 26,000
Doug Paxton: 32,000
Marcel Luske: 37,000
Chip leader at this time: Richard Sklar on 38,000.
Incidentally, Mr. Sklar called me over just after I counted his chips.
"I've got some real good news for you," he said, "I'm the one who bought President Obama into the main event."
Indeed, it turns out that Mr. Sklar some days ago had the good fortune to meet the President, and handed him an entry ticket to the WSOP Main Event. He tells us that President Obama's exact words were, "I might take you up on that." Mr. Sklar showed us a photo on his phone of the President to prove this. Extraordinary.
Were that not cool enough, it seems that Mr. Sklar stands to make a lot of money if the President does indeed show up to claim his seat. He has $40 with Chris Ferguson at 25,000:1 and another $2 with Phil Gordon at 100,000:1 that the President will play a hand at this year's WSOP. So that's a cool $1.2 million for Mr. Sklar if the President plays a single hand at this year's Main Event. We at PokerNews are thoroughly hoping that Mr. Sklar wins his bets. Marvellous.