Let’s get down to the brass tacks, or even the brass tax — sorry, inside joke — but Pauly tells me Tom Schneider is out of the main event. He goes home questioning the definition of success, having cashed five times and made a final table, which may or may not net out to just above even for the tournament series, and down a healthy chunk after some early and continued cash-game beatings.

Though he did make up some of his losses on a repeated “brass tacks/x” bet with me, he still leaves the WSOP saying, “I’m so sick of poker.”

CORRECTION: Tom just sent me a text, twice … “I hate poker”