Archive for August 8th, 2006

UPDATE: 1:45AM

No one wants to leave for sure.  Lots of tight, tight play.  It’s been very tight since it’s been 10-handed, with the short stacks not really very interested in mixing it up.  Jamie Gold has talked many, many times that he could sit on his chip lead and do nothing; however, it’s not possible for him to do nothing.  He has a VP$IP of at least 40%, he has to.  We’re having at least one hand a round with four or five players in the pot.  Limping and smaller raises have been the norm.  There is a good bit of chip shifting, with Michael Binger and Fred Goldberg now the short stack.  Richard Lee has made the big step forward today, down to $1.0M at one point and now fourth in chips.  Allen Cunningham is in cruise control, and blinds are now jumping a bit.  Blinds are $80k/160k with $20k antes, so the pot will sit at $440k everytime cards are dealt.  Steal twice, and you’ve got almost a million.
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