Players are off on dinner break … and the chip counts are nicely on display for all to see:
Ivan Demidov: 30,725,000
Peter Eastgate: 27,175,000
Dennis Phillips: 26,950,000
Ylon Schwartz: 20,475,000
Scott Montgomery: 20,300,000
Darus Suharto: 10,600,000
Damn, that\’s tight poker. And I don\’t mean tight tight … I mean close-tight.
Before dinner break, btw, Phil Hellmuth introduced Johnny Chan, and Hellmuth got more boos than Tiffany Michelle. He said, that\’s OK, boo all you want … and the crowd that is at this point tired-drinky (think post-football game tailgate in college) obliged.
They were announcing a multi-year deal between the WSOP and ALL IN energy drink. Oy, I guess all I can say for now is that after going through my bajillion cases … I didn\’t rebuy.