Blinds at most tables are now up to 1,000 and 2,000. That reduces the starting stack of 80,000 chips for this round to 40 big blinds. That's not short but it should start to stimulate a bit more play than we've seen in the first 30 minutes.
"The trash talking is running rampant at each table," joked MOC Jordan Siegel, noting an absolute dearth of any table talk.