Phil Hellmuth is in a pissy mood. It’s 7:10 PM and more than ten minutes after the re-start, he says, “Where’s Andy Bloch? The guy ships ninety dimes with two sevens and now he’s gone?”
We’re about 1 3/4 hours into our dinner break, just before 7 PM. There was this great Indian restaurant right across from the studio. I’m just not sure they were ready for a party of 24, especially with producers trying to get the production restarted and poker players wanting … to play Chinese Poker.
Phil Ivey just won a $531,000 pot from Chris Ferguson. Phil Hellmuth, with J-4 decided to raise. Phil Ivey called with 3-3. Chris Ferguson reraised with A-A. I think the total bet by Chris was $27,000.
Phil Hellmuth is fuming nad the object of his ire is - no surprise - Mike Matusow. Despite the fact the two are good friends and confidants, they LOVE giving each other shit and taking chips from each other. And it’s all going Mike’s way now.
David Benyamine +$218k
Chris Ferguson +$163k
Mike Matusow +$80k
Phil Ivey +$40k
Andy Bloch -$100k
Tom Dwan -$125k
Phil Hellmuth -$135k
Patrik Antonius -$300k
There is now more than $3 million on the table. Ivey’s got $840k, Benyamine over $700k, and Antonius has a half-million.
Patrik Antonius had just bought in for another $200,000 when he got a chance to put them into play in a pretty ballsy spot. Unfortunately for him, Tom Dwan didn’t blind.
Both Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth are acting like they’re steaming. Of course, they act that way all the time so it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s for play. But they both seem to be struggling in this game.
They served mountains of sushi on the last break and sandwiches, it appears, from the parts of the fish not deemed suitable for sushi. Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth were not in evidence, however, as they stayed behind at the table to play Chinese Poker.
The structure of the game is nominally the same as yesterday, but the size of the game is about to sneak up on everyone.
If this doesn’t get broadcast in the U.S., you’ll be missing some good poker but not, as far as I can tell, any good commentary. I don’t know these guys, but THEY don’t know THESE guys. Some guy in the control room is feeding them most of their lines, and they just don’t know the players. I thought Robert Williamson III was part of this broadcast, but I don’t see him here.
