LAS VEGAS–Several of my 1/6-of-the-year Vegas friends don\’t like that we focus so much on Dallas pokerings here at Pokerati — but hey, it\’s hard not to. More hometown folks are arriving by the day. (So are Europeans.) And while the Batfaces swooped in this weekend, got their asses kicked, and fled town, some of the other good North Texas poker players are sticking around for a bit more WSOP action.
RICHARD FERRO for example, is still alive in the $1,500 mixed hold\’em event with an average chip stack, and 125 players remaining (out of 620). 63 get paid.
Just last week, he maintained the chip lead throughout much of the $2,000 Limit Hold\’em event — and cashed relatively deep — $11,000 for finishing 12th (out of 599). TJ CLOUTIER was the next player out, getting paid the same. Later that night — or possibly the next day — one of these players supposedly lost \”five dimes\” playing craps.
Any guess which one?
CORRECTION: We are now hearing it was only $3,000 lost on the craps table.
RODEEN TALEBI may not be on anyone\’s fantasy team, but he has arrived in Vegas apparently ready to play. He finished in 22nd place last night — about $22k prize — in the $1,500 Saturday No-Limit Hold\’em #4.
WEBBER KANG is also here. But he wasn\’t playing yesterday — says he\’s not running well. Instead he bought a piece of MARCO PALACIOS, who is hanging on (but just barely) as Day 2 gets underway in the mixed hold\’em event.
