Day Three Draws to an End in LA
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Imagine going to your work, sitting there for two and half days and
then realising you’re not going to be paid a bean for your efforts.
You wouldn’t be too happy, and neither were those who were
unfortunate enough to miss out on a payday at the Comme
Imagine going to your work, sitting there for two and half days and
then realising you’re not going to be paid a bean for your efforts.
You wouldn’t be too happy, and neither were those who were
unfortunate enough to miss out on a payday at the Commerce Casino.
The levels to which some players stooped in order to avoid going
home without a cent did aggravate some though.
Action on Day 3 started briskly enough, with 136 players being
reduced to 68 within the first four levels of play. With 63 due to
be paid, play then became turgid, with some deliberate stalling on
show. On Table 7, a player known only as “Bobby” seemed to be
finding himself in tough spots every hand, taking over five minutes
on several occasions. After the fourth consecutive dwell, Theo Tran
began to become very agitated, and the floor was called. In the
meantime, Mike Carson on Table 1 had decided they should slow down
too, thinking it unfair they were seeing more hands than other
tables. This in turn had David Singer vocal, most likely as the pro
was keen to exploit the tight nature of bubble play.
In a bid to defuse the situation, and with four more needed to
be eliminated, the tournament director decided to call
hand-for-hand play early.
When feathers are being ruffled, Phil Hellmuth has a decent
chance of being involved in some way. According to reports from
other players on his table, Hellmuth had a verbal run in with an
adversary after being shown bluff after bluff. The final straw came
for the Poker Brat after one player showboated to those on the rail
after making his straight against Phil. A mock-truce and handshake
were offered, but Hellmuth decided against the offer until then end
of play that day.
There is something very sweet about our game sometimes, and many
will be delighted to hear that the bubble was finally burst when
‘Bobby’ decided to call his stack off with Q-5 offsuit. Yep, all
those tough folds, then you go home with nadda after calling with
Q-5 offsuit. We love poker.
With bubbles burst and temperatures lowered again, the day ended
play with the following players occupying the top ten spots:
1. Kyle Burnside – 781,000
2. Phil Ivey – 656,000
3. Jennifer Tilly – 569,000
4. David Singer – 561,000
5. Yury Parad – 560,000
6. Mike Hamparsomian – 499,000
7. Theo Tran – 470,000
8. Scott Montgomery – 454,000
9. Daniel Fuhs – 444,000
10. Mike “Sirwatts” Watson – 393,000