Less than an hour ago Brandon Shack-Harris won Event #3: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $205,634 and his first gold bracelet. Now the Midwest grinder is back at it as he has just taken a seat in our tournament.
Rich and Eric finally get together in Las Vegas to break down the latest Global Poker Index rankings, try to project where Vanessa Selbst will land after winning her third WSOP bracelet, and discuss the Fantasy Poker Manager game and the new GPI Magazine.
The tournament clock does not say the number of players in the field, but a quick check with a tournament officials has revealed that 303 players have registered for the tournament thus far. That is already more than last year's 301, but of course that tournament's buy-in was $2,500 compared to today's $1,500. Late registration is still open, so we expect the number will continue to climb.
A couple new tables have opened up in the back of the room, which has brought the total field up to 316 thus far. Here's a look at some of the players who've opted to jump into the action.
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We happened upon Cyndy Violette's table just in time to see her take down a pot. She had bet 300 on fifth street and it was enough to get her opponent to fold.
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Violette showed that she had a made ten before collecting the pot. Nothing too special there, but the reason we mention it is because Violette is up to a healthy 13,000 or so in chips.
One player told us she got a good chunk of them when his 6-5-4-3-2 fell to her 6-5-4-3-A. As he was telling his tale of woe, Robert Williamson III chimed in from across the table.
"We can all go around the table and tell stories about what she's done to all of us," he said, which elicited a round of laughter from the table, especially Violette.
The 2004 WSOP Event #10 $2,000 Seven Card Stud High-Low Hi-Lo champ is not only playing and running well, she's clearly having a good time.
We noticed 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel was no longer in his seat, and a quick check with Matt Vengrin revealed that the Canadian had recently been eliminated.
"He got high cards and I got low cards," the player that scored the elimination said. Vengrin then explained that Duhamel had actually fallen when he made a nine-eight low and his opponent had an eight-six low.
"He played valiantly," Vengrin said of Duhamel, who had busted out of Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout earlier in the day.
"I'm pretty sure I described it better," the other player joked.
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