Just Dropping By

Our final two tables are located in No-Man's Land here in the middle of the Blue section, tucked away in the far, quiet reaches of the Amazon Room. Still, a small crowd of railbirds is starting to assemble itself, a group of about a dozen including Chino Rheem and Jeremiah Smith.

Just a moment ago, JC Tran came wandering over to chat with Anh Van Nguyen. They were standing around chatting while a hand was in progress, and then nobody was looking, JC sat down behind Nguyen's stack and acted like he was about to play the next hand.

"I object! I object!" David Chiu yelled from the adjacent table.

"You would!" Tran snapped back, he and Chiu grinning at each other.

Chiu added, "Come on. We'll all be playing for second," and now JC stood up and wandered over to Chiu's table. "Here, you can play for me," Chiu said, standing up from the table. JC took the open seat and said, "One round of no-limit?"

The table chuckled, and Tran finally gave up his seat in exchange for one on the rail, keeping the mood light here with so much on the line.

Tags: JC Tran