It’s Day 1 of the Main Event. Again. For the third time in a row. You know what the great thing about Day 1C is? There’s another Day 1 tomorrow. Argh. The only thing worse than another Day 1 might be spending it with LA Mike. Alas, I won’t be seeing much of LA Mike in a few days.
But never fear, poker fans! LA Mike and Amanda Leatherman will be heading over to the Bellagio on Tuesday to capture all of the action from the Bellagio Cup III. They will be bringing you—Gasp!—live updates and chip counts for the newest stop on the World Poker Tour. Yes, it’s true, PokerWire will once again feature live updates and chip counts.
I’ll be staying behind here at the Rio along with Storms blogging from Day 2 of the WSOP. Since I’ll only have access to the incredible poker genius of LA Mike for a limited time, I was able to sit down with him to get a few predictions about the remainder of the main event:
1. LA Mike sets the over/under at 17
That’s the number of times PokerWire boss JDN will mention the word “poop” while he blogs about his play tomorrow during Day 1D. JDN parlayed his incredible roulette skills into a seat in the main event. NH, sir.
2. LA Mike sets another over/under about JDN
In every event he’s played during the series, JDN tells us about the players at his table. This usually includes at least two complete misidentifications of well known professionals (Peter Costa as Arnold Spee? Marc Karam as random euro with white leather shoes?). LA Mike sets the over/under on mistakes by JDN at 19.
3. LA Mike sets the over/under at 3
That’s the magic number of levels for JDN. The guy just doesn’t know how to make it out of the third level of anything. Except satellites. And Super Mario 3.
