LAS VEGAS–They\’re down to 11 10 players in Event 5 – Omaha/7cs Hi Lo – $2,500, and Tom is still the chip leader, with more than a quarter of the chips in play — and a goofy hat that says \”Beyond the Table\” on one side and \”Oops I Won Too Much Money\” on the other. He\’s got Annie Duke and Chris Ferguson to his left. Also still alive: Josh Arieh, Scotty Nguyen, John Phan, David Benyamine, and Chris Bell.
Damn.
While writing this post, Steve Hall, unaware of what I was doing and who Tom Schneider is, says, \”That\’s amazing. John Phan is almost at the final table in the 7-card-stud-Omaha event … You have to actually know poker for that … It looks to be an amazing final table.\”
Indeed, Steve, it does. This final table only may or may not be televised. It will be up to ESPN whether to broadcast Tom\’s game (is it premature to call it that?) or the $1,500 PL Hold\’em final table, featuring Gavin Smith and Marco Traniello. Anyone know any lobbyists?
Also, Mr. Fresh Princess is alive and slightly above average in the $1,500 limit event, and Julie Schneider — Mrs. Donkey Bomber — is thriving in a second-chance tourney in the back of the room.
UPDATE: Tom made it … busted out Arieh to seal the final table deal … he\’s got a third of all the chips in play. Mr. Fresh Princess is now hanging \”by a thread.\” And Julie got knocked out with Ace-Queen … but what\’s really funny is how she plowed through the roped off area to tell Tom about it while he was in the middle of a hand.