Look, Ma! Aces!
The ESPN cameras continue to circle, looking for interesting hands to include in the Day 1 coverage later this summer. Occasionally the presence of the cameras appears to unnerve some players, while others are clearly quite comfortable to be in the spotlight.
Recently there was a hand in which a player opened with a raise to 800. "All right," said David Tuchman, noting the presence of the camera at his table. "This is for the cameras," he said, and reraised to 2,150. It folded around and his opponent, perhaps taking Tuchman's comment into account, reraised again to 7,000.
Tuchman then made it 12,000, at which point his opponent decided he didn't like this program anymore and shut it down. Tuchman showed his hand -- to the camera, that is: pocket aces.
Tuchman is sitting with 32,000 as we edge close to the end of the level and the dinner break.