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Over at Ted Forrest's table, it's prop bet time!
Forrest has offered to attempt to drink a gallon of water in 15 minutes, or a gallon of milk in an hour. Tom Schneider is seriously considering taking it. The stake? $5.
No wonder that Forrest is betting small today - he confessed that he lost a $2,000 wager yesterday after he incorrectly guessed Tom Dwan's age at over 27. He said he read somewhere that Dwan was a year younger than Patrik Antonius.
Despite his stack being incomparable to his physical size, Phil Gordon managed to not only find a stack shorter than his, but actually eliminate him too. Stefan Rapp had just 750 at the time, and although he was coin-flipping with 
versus 
, he was unable to improve on a 
board. Gordon now up to the dizzy, nosebleed-inducing heights of 3,000.
Feast your eyes on these bad boys:
JC Tran -- 6,900
Barry Greenstein -- 13,500
John Juanda -- 9,600
Dewey Tomko -- 6,500
Svetlana Gromenkova -- 9,500
Martin Kabrhel -- 7,800
Matt Hawrilenko -- 12,000
Maria Ho -- 9,300
Vanessa Rousso -- 6,000
Lauren Kling -- 10,000
Jeff Madsen -- 3,800
Mark Gregorich -- 4,900
Sorel Mizzi -- 14,000
Brock Parker -- 8,100
David Williams -- 11,800
Marcel Luske -- 5,400
Liz Lieu -- 5,200
Phil Ivey -- 26,500
Justin Bonomo -- 4,400
Jimmy Fricke -- 8,900
Ylon Schwartz -- 5,000
Marco Traniello -- 12,100
Rob Hollink -- 5,200
Chad Brown -- 16,500
Phil Gordon -- 2,300
Ted Forrest -- 12,000
We caught up with Phil Ivey (big blind) checking an 
flop, and calling calling the bet from his opponent (button). Ivey check-called again on the 
turn and then checked a third time on the river; this time his opponent checked behind.
Ivey revealed 
for two pair, tens and sevens. His opponent couldn't beat it and mucked, leaving Ivey to rake in this latest pot.
Ivey is flying head and shoulders above the rest of the field right now, with 35,500 in chips.
Three players had made it as far as the 
flop when we arrived, with one of them being Barry Greenstein in position.
The first player checked, and the second player bet. Greenstein called, and indeed both Greenstein and Player 2 called the check-raise from Player 1.
Onwards.
The turn was the 
and Player 1 now bet out. Player 2 raised, and Greenstein promptly reraised all in for just a tiny bit more. Players 1 and 2 checked down the 
river and they went to showdown.
One player tabled 
but the other player mucked - he'd already seen Greenstein's 
for a full house.
With that, Greenstein tripled up to 7,300.
Every time I walk passed Phil Ivey's table, his stack seems to have increased by another column. On this occasion, however, it took a slight hit as he was raised preflop, check-called the flop and turn of 
board, and then check-folded the river. Nevertheless, he still has over 25,000 and remains one of the chip leaders.
Phil Hellmuth bet out on a 
flop and then called the raise from Martin Kabrhel. Hellmuth further bet out again on the 
turn and also on the 
river; Kabrhel called on both streets.
So, to showdown.
Hellmuth: 
for a pair pf kings, to drop him down to 5,600
Kabrhel: 
for a rivered pair of aces, to bump him up to 4,700
Hellmuth bit his lip for just the briefest of moments before letting his feelings show.
"HOW BAD ARE YOU?" he said to Kabrhel, loudly enough for most of the Amazon Room to hear.
"I'm sorry, I'm a beginner," lied Kabrhel, well-known on the European circuit as king of the EPT side events. "I'm just learning the game."
A few minutes later and a steaming Hellmuth open-folded aces to Kabrhel on a 
board to further reduce his stack.
Sharing a table with both Eric Froehlich and Barry Greenstein is JC Tran (or Justin, as the official list called him). Tran just called a bet on a 
flop, but folded to action on the 
turn. Nevertheless, he's still in solid shape with circa 8,000 in chips.
Eric 'EFro' Froehlich check-called a bet on a 
flop, but turned aggressor on the turn with a check-raise, before leading out on the river. His opponent called, but Froehlich had got there on the end, his for the nut flush more than enough to pick up the pot. He now has over the 10,000 mark.
Doing Badly
Daniels Shak and Negreanu, both busto.
Doing Well
Phil Ivey - despite being absent for much of the day owing to being in three tournaments at once, he's amassed an impressive 25,000 stack. That looks to be the chip lead at this early stage.
