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I have three good friends from Great Britain here to play in the Championship: Victoria Coren, Des Wilson, and Anthony Holden. I have many lively and interesting things to tell you about all three, but Tony is the star of this report. (Incidentally, both Wilson and Coren have advanced to 2-A. I think this bodes well for Tony and I making it to 2-B. You know, it’s a good year for writers. Or friends. Or whatever. Last year, Tony, Des, and I all busted on day 1 and between us we didn’t made it to midnight.)
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[Chronologically, this took place after the first day of the SHOE, right after entry #195.]
It was past 3 AM when we finished the first night of the SHOE. Having accomplished my primary goal of lasting to Day 2 (and avoiding the bottomless pit of the $1,000-Rebuys NLHE), I was feeling good. That I boosted my stack from 3,000 to 7,000 on the last two hands (the average was 10,000) had me feeling almost buoyant.
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This is Rule 82 of the World Series of Poker Tournament Rules:
“Cell Phone Rule: A player who wants to use a cellular phone must step away from the table. Any player on the cell phone or texting a messaging [sic] when the dealer delivers the first card from the deck will have a dead hand. No cell phones can be placed on a poker table.”
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I have a very high regard for Nolan Dalla. Apart from being a friend, I consider him a straight shooter with a lot of integrity. I called him at 11:43 PM about what I was writing in entry #199 and he called me back by 11:53 PM. He told me he sympathized with Singer, considered him a player of utmost integrity and felt it was unfortunate what happened. But he (on behalf of Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker) disagreed with David’s view of the situation and made it clear the ruling of the floor was correct. This was Nolan’s statement to me:
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THE QUESTION IS: WHAT WILL HARRAH’S DO ABOUT IT?
At 9:54 PM, it appears the floorman for Table 8 during Day 1-B of the World Series of Poker made a serious error. It cost David Singer his continued participation in the Main Event. Singer, who made the final table of the $50,000 HORSE for the second straight year, is talking about hiring a lawyer, possibly to clear the way to ‘re’-play on Monday.
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Sitting in my room at 6 PM, I’m looking at the Pokernews.com coverage of Day 1-A, and some big names are starting to bust. In particular, I notice that both Greg “FBT” Mueller and John D’Agostino have gone out in the last few minutes. I had conversations with them both over the last few days which I hadn’t had the time to post.
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Today is the first day of the Main Event. I don’t play until 1-D [more on that in the next entry] and there’s a problem with that which I had not anticipated: if there’s tournament going on, I want to be dealt some cards. So I’m wandering.
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[I'm interrupting my story of the first two days of the SHOE because Anthony Holden brought to my attention that Eric "Rizen" Lynch mentioned me in his blog on CardPlayer.com. I was so amused by the whole thing that I had to write this, even though I was working hard on documenting some fun stuff from the SHOE and a bunch of other entries I'm still writing.]
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Right before the SHOE, I ate at the noodle kitchen near the sports book. My fortune cookie said, “Versatility is one of your outstanding traits.” I was willing to trust a fortune cookie, but I had second thoughts after arriving in the Goldilocks Pavilion at 5 PM on Sunday. I didn’t see one face I recognized, and couldn’t decide if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
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I finished seventh in the SHOE yesterday. I was, again, thrilled at making the final table and, again, disappointed not to have lasted longer. Although a bunch is going to happen between now and when I play on Monday – last night’s Lederer-Zolotow-Full Tilt party, tonight’s birthday party for Phil Gordon, Annie and Don Cheadle’s Ante Up for Africa tournament tomorrow, and Days 1A, 1B, and 1C – I’ll try to catch up, starting with my experiences during the first two days of the SHOE.
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