More on the Double-Dippers
Regarding that Phil Ivey-Victor Ramdin match, the word we are hearing is that tourney officials are setting up a table over in the Amazon Room where the pair are going to be allowed to play their heads-up match during the 20-minute breaks of the the $2,500 PLH/PLO event they are playing. However, this event's tourney clock will continue to roll for the pair regardless. (In other words, the blinds will rise for them just as they are for the players playing here in the Pavilion Room.)
Justin "Boosted J" Smith is in a similar situation, playing the PLH/PLO but also in this event, so there is also a table over in the Amazon for him to play his heads-up match. However, his opponent, Alexander Benovski, is not playing in that event, so it sounds like Smith may have to jump back and forth for some heads-up hands while the PLO/PLH is going on.
We'll rely on reports from our Amazon correspondent as we go to see how those matches are progressing.