Chris Sokrati looks to have around 14k or so, possibly slightly more as I think I saw him quietly sweeping up a pot just as I walked away from his area...
Rudders is sitting on 12k at the moment.
"Have you played a hand yet?" I cheekily enquire.
"As you know Rod, the best part of my game is my laydowns. I had Q-Q earlier (on 150 300) and a loose player raised under the gun to 1400. I flat called and everyone else got out of the way.
On the flop of
, he pushed allin for 30k. I thought about it for ages and passed. He showed K-K!"
"Bad pass", I tell him. "I wouldn't have got away from that one"
"That's why I'm sat here and you're up there" he countered cheekily. I'm not in the habit of handing slaps out when mates are in the middle of tournaments, but when you read this back later Rudders, just remember you're on borrowed time....
...Don't anger the cat!
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Ian Fraser is out, a victim of Robert "Call me Bob" Coombes.
Jon Raab informed me that Robert ( a really nice guy apparently) qualified for the event in a $2.50 comp on blue square, in which there were 25$ rebuys and addons but he didn't take one. If he manages to cash in this, that will be a phenomenal return on his investment of just over a pound!
Additionally, there has been talk of violence downstairs...apparently an upset punter was being refused service by the bar.
Not happy at this treatment, he walked behind the bar and attempted to land one on the barman, before security became involved with the inevitable result that the drunken trouble maker was dragged out of the casino, manacled and shackled.
We were told this story in the press room so I went downstairs to get more information on this development but every potential avenue of information I explored appeared blocked off.
"Did you see what happened?" I asked a member of staff..
"Nope, didn't see anything."
"What's all this about a fight I hear" I asked another.
"Fight? Don't know anything about a fight?"
Strange...It almost seems as if a Roswell-esque shroud of secrecy has been thrown over events surrounding the fight. As I prepared to probe and pry further for information, I thought I saw two security staff quietly whispering into discreetly located headphones. I could be wrong but I'm sure I lip-read them mouthing "code-red."
I broke off any further inquiries, slightly fearful that I would be removed to a quiet room in the back where two large individuals would take turns using my head as a football.
The truth is out there, and when I grow a pair, I'll go find out what it is...
Chaz Chattha who I have referred to several times as Sunny(my apologies Chaz)...has roughly 20k and Stu a little more than that in 23k or so...
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