As we are reporting right in the middle of the casino, in front of the public and players, we are finding that we are getting many requests outside of our job descriptions:
Two kids have asked me where 'ActionJeff' is.
Phil Gordon keeps asking me how Jen Harman is doing.
Julian Adamson keeps asking us what chips HE is on.
Many people have asked to check their hotmail.
Lee Nelson keeps getting me to check out some college football scores.
Green Joker Poker manager Mick Lacey keeps checking on the Ireland football score.
The massage girls keep asking me for my phone number.
Without hesistation, the young but confident Dave Callaghan nonchalantly trickles 3.5k onto the felt, leaving Emmanuel Sebag to call in double-quick time.
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Dave, pensive as usual, pauses momentarily before reaching for chips, 13,000 to be exact, and pushes them past the line. Adopting an unbreakable poker face with his hand resting on the side of his head as if nursing an ear infection, the Irishman waits patiently for Sebag to make a crucial and potentially expensive decision.
After a lengthy pause, Sebag opts for the call and awaits his fate. Perking up suddenly, Dave proudly reveals his for the nut full house and quickly swipes up his winnings as Sebag mucks his hand with a frown.
Former tennis pro and coach Patrik Antonius has surpassed the half-century mark with 51K, thus becoming one of the early favourites to take down the event.
With the board reading , Patrik check-raised Vegard Nygaard's 3K bet to 9K, only to watch Vegard fold quicker than Carl Lewis riding a cheetah.
Its getting more and more like an episode of "High Stakes Poker" over at Doyle and Eli Elezra's table. They both have pen and paper out for their ongoing prop bet of which cards are coming out on the flop.
All we need is Gabe Kaplan to crack a few jokes and we are set.
Moments after busting out of the £2,500 HORSE final table (where he took fourth place), Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is playing in the £5,000 PLO event. He's sitting on a 12,000 stack after being blinded out for most of the afternoon and early evening.
Austrian hotshot Nikolaus Jedlicka is out, and he was kind enough to share the gruesome details with my good self, as most people tend to do when they feel their opponent, in this case Londoner Emmanuel Sebag, has made a poor play.
"I had K-Q-J-4 and tried to isolate a short stack who'd moved all in by pushing 27K preflop, but somehow the guy with shades and black cap (Sebag) called with A-J-J-T."
"I pushed on the K-8-9 flop for 20K," continues Jedlicka,"he called and turned the straight."