This photo was taken during the initial seat draw for Event 31 ($5,000 No Limit Holdem - Heads Up). You can see the frustration on the player's faces as they wait as patiently as possible for their seat assignments. In the crowd you see players such as Anthony Newman, Kenna James, Dan Harrington, Chip Jett, Davidson Matthew, and Alex Kravchenko milling around the podium as tournament director Jack Effel calls out their seats, one by one. As it turned out, this tourament scheduled to start at noon, didn't get underway until long after the 2pm restart of one of the previous day's events.
Seems like Andy Black is always finding something to do at the table other than poker. After folding a hand he jumped from his seat to take his ipod over to the player at the end of the table. He helped the other player on with his headphones and gave him a listen to the song on he had been listening to. It had to be a quick listen however, as another hand was dealt and Black had to be back in his seat.
This photo was taken on Day 1 of Event 33 ($1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys) of the 2007 WSOP.
