Right - the four chambers through which the tournament is spread, warren-like are scoured for familiar faces and big early stacks - and I am afraid hands are going to be thin on the ground for a little while as we are not allowed in next to the tables.
Quite a few which didn"t seem to make the list have gotten in - like Tony Bloom, JJ Hazan, Keith Hawkins, Nic Szeremeta and Rolf Slotboom. 42 tables of ten players are now in the mid to late stages of the 25/50 starting level, and there has been quite a bit of action already.
Mike Tse is one of the early action-ers who is down to just 2k after one huge early hand. It went like this:
Mike holds :as: qs and raises preflop with one caller (who checks in the dark).
Flop: qh
:
: Mike bets 300 and is raised to 1,200. He re-raises to 3,600 and his opponent dwell-calls, surprising him.
Turn:
Mike now bets 1,200 and gets another dwell-call combo.
River:
The Opponent now bets a chunky 4k, and Mike reluctantly calls, only to be shown the
for the boat.
