I'm not able to do live updates but I will be putting up a post or two at the $50,000 HORSE final table.
2:30 I'm sharing media row with ESPN columnist Gary Wise (Gary made an appearance on the radio show last Saturday). There's a bunch of bloggers in front of us, but only GWise and myself were smart enough to sit in the back row where we can diligently copy everything Cardplayer writes. They would probably post a video expose of us copying them, but since they're not allowed to film here I'm safe for now. That saves us from having to release a statement about their video. Not that I would copy what anybody's doing. Except Gary who's posting his article in running blog style on ESPN. Which is a direct ripoff of Bill Simmons (who is every writer's hero, so that makes it OK).
2:40 Thor Hansen was eliminated on the first hand. He sat down 60k short of one big bet. He seemed to be doing OK in the $5,000 shorthanded event when I saw him earlier. Looks like he's headed back there now.
2:55 Freddy Deeb seems to be gaining momentum. Sam has announced, “And Freddy Deeb takes the pot,” a few times in the first limit holdem level.
3:00 Joe Sebok-Greenstein is here rooting on his pops with Amanda. He was inspired by The Bear’s charitable nature and donated all of chips in the $5k event earlier.
3:06 Full Tilt is well represented at the final table by Kenny Tran, Freddy Deeb, Amnon Filippi, and David Singer. UB and Pokerstars (Barry) each have one player at the table.
3:15 JC Tran wasn't neccesarily inspired by Barry Greenstein, but donated his chips so he could sweat his buddy Amnon Filippi.
3:18 David Singer was intently watching the TD add several minutes to the tournament clock following Bruno’s all in. For ESPN final tables, the clock stops for the Degree all-in moment.
3:21 I’m afraid I’m going to gouge out my left eye to make watching limit poker only half as painful.
3:25 “How about a big round of applause for Joe Sebok’s dad, Barry Greenstein,” announced Sam. I wonder how much the cub had to pay for that one…Barry needed a 
on the river, but was left signing a copy of Ace on the River for Amnon Filippi.
3:28 There are two exceptions that allow poker reporters to root for players. 1) You have them in a fantasy pool and 2) They help with live updates after they go bust. Since I'm totally out of the running for #1, I'm unashamedly rooting for David Singer and Amnon Filippi from here on out.
3:35 Sam just announced some chip counts:
Kenny Tran - 2.04m
David Singer - 1.1m
Bruno Fitoussi - 1.46m
John Hanson - 2.4m
Freddy Deeb - 3.9m
Amnon Filippi - 3.95m (had to give him the lead of course)
3:47 Bathroom break time (for me, not the players)
