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John Juanda talks to PokerNews
PokerNews was able to chat with a number of big names today just before they busted out. Hopefully the fact that we talked to Justin Bonomo, David Williams, and Scott Fischman has no correlation to the fact that they all busted shortly after.
One player that we spoke to still doing well was John Juanda. John talked about the WSOP coming to Europe, and about how poker players always think they have an edge, even in field like this.
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Inside the Empire
Maybe because it's simply a Friday, or perhaps due to the array of voluptuous showgirls parading outside, it's so jam-packed out there in Leicester Square that even a baby snake dripping in Vaseline would struggle to slip in.
Inside the Empire Casino, however, is a slightly quieter affair, even though several of the biggest names in poker are still plugging away in this £2,500 Horse event. I'm sure that'll change come weekly booze time, and all the Friday night party-goers will come trundling in and thickening the rail to three or four rows.
For the time being though, the Empire casino seems to be handling the pressures of WSOPE very well indeed. Very few complaints, plenty of happy faces and inexperienced dealers performing magnificently. Kudos to cardroom manager Paul Whiting who has worked tirelessly throughout the duration of this competition.
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The Italian Pirate Walks the Plank
HOLD'EM--Brandon Adams raised from the button and Max Pescatori called from the small blind. The flop was . Pescatori fired out 3,000 and Adams raised him all in. Pescatori called.
Pescatori:
Adams:
Adams was in the lead with a pair of fives. The turn was the and the river was the . Adams dragged the pot and Pescatori headed to the rail in 24th place.
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Vos' Chip Lake at the Break
The argument between Mark Vos and the floor over his often-unstable chip edifices continues...
Right before the break, the floor asked Vos to place his chips in more manageable stacks so they could be counted. Vos gave the floor his chip count and then proceeded to knock the chip castle down and spread them all over the table before taking off for break.
When play resumed, Vos cleaned up his chip-lake and constructed yet another castle-- and was asked by the floor once again to dismantle it since it was so precarously constructed and could potentially spill into other players' stacks. This time, Vos put his chips into three racks.
Now the floor had to get Vos to take the chips out of the racks. Vos started unloading them one chip at a time and the exasperated floorman told him he had until the end of the next hand to get them all out. As the floorman walked away, Vos flipped him the bird.
"Hey, hey! He gave you the finger!" tattled Max Pescatori.
The floor didn't personally witness the finger gesture and Vos did not incur a penalty. The chips, however, are still in the racks several hands later.
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Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison started the day as our chip leader with 55,000 but hasn't had the best day, sliding to 25,000 at one point and going into the last break with 40,000. Things are turning around a bit for Morrison, though-- he found himself on the lucky end of a stud hand, making aces and sixes and besting Eric Dalby's aces and fours to take down the pot. He's up to 57,000 right now and was just spotted ordering cocktails with Mark Vos.
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Rafi Amit isn't doing so well in his practice for the chip ramp prop bet. He has missed it about 6 times and hit once. They havent agreed a fee yet so maybe Amit is lulling Jones into a false sense of security? The cheeky hustler.
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Zee Justin
The last of Justin Bonomo's chips landed in the ever-growing stack of Jan Sorensen after a stud 8 or better hand and "ZeeJustin" hit the rail looking none too happy.
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. Pescatori fired out 3,000 and Adams raised him all in. Pescatori called.
and the river was the 
. Adams dragged the pot and Pescatori headed to the rail in 24th place.
