We get back to business as poker returns to its birthplace of the Mississippi River. The Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, the 21st century’s equivalent of a paddleboat steamer, is currently attracting the sharpers with a 4-day $10,000 event. Appropriately, the author of the book: World Poker Tour – Making the Final Table, Erick Lindgren, is leading the World Poker Open with a stack of 498,000.
Day 2 saw the bubble burst on WeiKai Chang as his 9-6 was mauled by K-9 and the remaining twenty-seven top dogs are now assured of a $12,060 treat. Those still trying to win a lot include the ferocious John ‘The Razor’ Phan, who unleashed a very unpredictable game, seemingly reliant on knocking back the beers.
As he boasted ‘I can get drunk at my job. I really should fire myself. Of course, I think I play better with alcohol’. He proceeded to play almost every hand. His stack fluctuated wildly and he ended the day with a below average count of 169,000 (but with a substantially higher than average blood alcohol content) so we still don’t know what comes first – the beer or the chips.
Day 3 promises more play at 1pm CT and at least one hangover.
Current top ten at the World Poker Open:
Day 2 saw the bubble burst on WeiKai Chang as his 9-6 was mauled by K-9 and the remaining twenty-seven top dogs are now assured of a $12,060 treat. Those still trying to win a lot include the ferocious John ‘The Razor’ Phan, who unleashed a very unpredictable game, seemingly reliant on knocking back the beers.
As he boasted ‘I can get drunk at my job. I really should fire myself. Of course, I think I play better with alcohol’. He proceeded to play almost every hand. His stack fluctuated wildly and he ended the day with a below average count of 169,000 (but with a substantially higher than average blood alcohol content) so we still don’t know what comes first – the beer or the chips.
Day 3 promises more play at 1pm CT and at least one hangover.
Current top ten at the World Poker Open:
1. Erick Lindgren – 498,000
2. Dutch Boyd – 440,000
3. Gabe Costner – 402,000
4. Freddy Deeb – 324,000
5. Men Nguyen – 323,000
6. Barry Greenstein – 280,000
7. William McMahon – 265,000
8. Michael Baas – 247,000
9. John Spadavecchia – 223,000
10. Jimmy Tran – 204,000
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