9:07 My how the times have changed. And yes, LA Mike, I did enjoy my fancy dinner of cheese pizza. While you sit in your room and enjoy room service, I return to the action of the tournament floor. Where everything has completely changed. The two hours I missed before the dinner break saw part time PokerWire reporter Amnon Filippi slide down to 1.6m. This came after losing a brutal hand to Bruno Futoussimandioudi when Amnon started with 32A and Bruno had 536 in Razz. Bruno ended up with a 6 low that Amnon couldn’t beat. The bets are so high at this point, one hand can wipe you out.
9:08 And Kenny Tran was wiped out. Tran was forced to go on dinner break with only 30k—just enough for one ante. Which he lost on the first hand back. Brutal.
9:10 The new HD TVs look sooooo sweeet. Imagine if the 7-stud final table from a few years ago had been broadcast in HD. We could’ve counted every drop of Men The Master’s beer spew while seeing that lucky mole-hair in all it’s eight-inch glory. Yummy.
9:15 Freddy Deeb is playing every hand…and winning.
9:17 I just told Ryan from a competing company that I plugged his company in an earlier blog. If you count making light of the way they made themselves look silly over the “expose” on a Bluff reporter, then consider the company-that-shan’t-be-named officially plugged.
9:22 I might be responsible for Bruno Fityourtossi’s chip lead because I disrespected his country of origin by not eating my fries today. He's clearly angered by this.
9:23 My buddy Jeremy just stopped by. His claim to fame is taking $600 off of Antonio Tarver earlier today in a $5-$10NL cash game. Then Tarver knocked the piss out of him.
9:23:45 I made up one half of the above blog. You get to choose which one.
9:26 AMNON FILIPPPPPPPPPIIIIII just doubled up through Freddy Deeb. Amnon had 263 showing versus the 8310 of Freddy when they got it all in. Amnon had a 97 low, ahead of Freddy’s 1098 low. The river gave Amnon a 76 and the double up. If you’re not confused yet by this description of Razz, you are officially a nerd.
9:28 The game moved from Razz to Stud hi.
9:35 I'm moving to the No-Limit Lounge. Which is right next to me. But up a couple of feet. Some guy's foot is actually dangling in front of my laptop screen while he straddles the rail like it's a pony. I'm tempted to take his shoe off and chuck it across the room, but that wouldn't be very nice. So, instead, I'm going to join him on the rail from the lounge. And push him over. Not really.
