BJ Nemeth

Posty - Červen, 3, 2008

• Poker After Dark, or Poker After Sunrise?

  Červen 03, 2008

  Sunrise will occur in Las Vegas at 5:24 am, yet Event #2 will still be playing down to "tomorrow's" final table. Thank god for the 10-hour rule.

  Reminder of the 10-Hour Rule: There will be at least 10 hours between the end of Day 2 and the start of the final table, delaying the final table if necessary.

  As of 2:45 am PT, there are 43 players left, and the big names near the top of the leaderboard are Theo Tran (4th in chips), Perry Friedman (6th in chips), and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (11th in chips). After looking at the blind structure, Friedman thinks play could go on until 9:00 am. The tournament staff is optimistically thinking it'll be closer to 7:00 am.

  Update @ 3:30 am: 33 players remaining. Theo Tran (1st in chips), Perry Friedman (5th in chips), and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (8th in chips) are still doing well.

  Update @ 4:00 am: 29 players remaining. The field took an unscheduled break when a player's chips were accidentally mixed with another's stack after pulling in a very large pot. Play stopped while the security cameras were checked to sort things out. Theo Tran (2nd in chips), Perry Friedman (5th in chips), and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (8th in chips) are holding in there.

  Update @5:45 am: 18 players remaining. Official chip counts will be released soon, but Theo Tran appears to be the chipleader. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Perry Friedman, and Minh Nguyen are among the notables still alive. Surprisingly, there was a vote among the players to suspend play until 1:30 pm. (10 players voted to suspend play, 5 players voted to continue, and 3 players abstained.)

  Curiously, the break will only be seven hours and 45 minutes long, which breaks the 10-hour rule. It seems that the rule only applies to decisions by Harrah's and ESPN, and not to the decisions by the players, where majority rules.

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