There was less than 10k of Newman's stack to put in on a flop of , but in it went with the . It was ahead of caller Pat Scanlon's , however. The turn and river brought running clubs for the backdoor flush, and Newman headed out as they broke the first table.
Suave, permed haired heartbreaker Fabrice Soulier has doubled up courtesy of Sergey Feklisov, the Frenchman pushing in for approximately 4.5k with and being called by Sergey's in the big blind.
As Phil Hellmuth arrives, fashionably late but not as fashionably late as usual so probably not quite as fashionable as normal, he breaks into conversation with Annie Duke on the neighbouring table.
Apparently, it's Annie birthday and she's invited the Poker Brat out for a candlelit meal for two. I translated that as "It's my birthday, and everyone's invited!" so as soon as I obtain the details of the 'date', I shall pass them on to you guys so we can have one giant shindig to celebrate the existence of Annie.
WSOP Commissioner has just announced that BetFair has added an additional £5,000 to the prizepool, which was met by a great round of applause by the players here at the Empire.