Auto Refresh: Off (Turn On)
Event #39 $50k HORSE is finally over after 5 long days as Fred Deeb defeated Bruno Fitoussi in a heads-up battle. The final table payouts were:
4:15 The players saw me leaving for the little boys’ room and thought it was a good idea so they took a break as well. I ran into David Singer in the hallway. He was feeling good, but said he wasn’t picking up any hands. Hopefully one’s coming his way soon as he’s getting a little bit short.
4:18 David just got tangled up in a huge pot versus John Hanson in Razz. Unfortunately for Singer, Hanson showed the nuts holding 5432A. He lost most of his chips on the hand, and was busted four hands later.
4:35 Brian Wilson just made a large error in judgment. He sat down between Gary and me. I guess winning a bracelet doesn’t necessarily make you smarter.
4:43 Amnon has been very quiet. He hasn’t won a pot in some time, but hasn’t necessarily lost any chips either. I guess he’s too busy reading. Barry’s book. He busted Barry, so Barry gave him a book. So he’s busy reading the book. Instead of playing. Somewhere this poor attempt at a joke somehow got worse. You are probably dumber for reading it.
4:44 Gavin Smith just made his entrance. The last time I saw Gavin here he was sweating Greg Pappas at the stud final table. He flipped me off. Classy, as always. ESPN just put a mic on him.
4:48 John Hanson has been moving full steam ahead. Deeb still has the chip lead with Hanson now 1m behind, basically tied with Amnon.
4:50 The game has just changed to 7 Card Stud. The limits are 80k-160k with a 20k ante and 20k bring-in. I expect play to slow down considerably as the average stack now has 30 big bets. That’s a great number for the players as it puts less emphasis on the cards and more on the ability of the players. When you are around the 10 big bet stage, you basically have to pick a hand and go with it.
4:53 Gavin yelled, “Happy Birthday, Amnon!” from across the room as Amnon dragged in his first pot in some time. Turning another year older might just knock the matured Filippi out of the running for Alex’ “World’s Largest Eight Year Old” contest. LA Mike is safe for now, but he better look out for Bill Chen.
4:58 Kenny Tran just raked in a nice pot from Freddy Deeb. Deeb is sporting a red floral print shirt, althought it's not the red floral print shirt made famous by Phil Ivey in the 2003 WSOP. Deeb got it all in with K’s versus Ivey’s set of 7’s only to spike another king on the turn. Ivey deadpanned, “Must be the shirt.” Unfortunately I’m too far away from the table to hear how many times Deeb dropped his just-as-famous-F-bombs after losing the pot.
Steve Brecher
Steve Brecher, on Day 3 of the Legends of Poker at the Bike in Los Angeles, CA.
1262202570
1261344037
1262198452
1262195934
1261337513
1261335555
1261333221
1262187226
1261328915
1262183134
1262181006
1261322641
1262176636
1261318295
1262172212
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
