Odds and Ends from the WSOPC Caesar’s

A surprisingly strong pro contingent showed up to play the $5,000 WSOP Circuit Event at Caesar’s Palace today. 336 players bought in, including World Series bracelet winners like Chris Ferguson, Greg Raymer, Scotty Nguyen, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Max Pescatori, Mark Seif, David Williams and Kathy Liebert as well as online superstars Shaniac, Nordberg, tsoprano, Takeover, TMay420, and TheWacoKidd. I’m honored again to be part of the PokerNews reporting team, an all-star lineup if there ever was one. The gang was all there today: Schecky, Shrink, Shronk, B.J., Amy, Tiffany, Leeanne and Pauly.

Here’s a few choice moments from today:

The always-stylish Evelyn Ng made an early exit from the tournament and adjourned to the Fendi and Gucci boutiques at the Forum Shops for a little retail therapy. She returned to the tournament area later in the afternoon with an armful of shopping bags. Commence purse envy…

David Benyamine needs a pedicure. Take him to the spa, Erica once you’re done making a run at this title. Ms. Schoenberg ended the day with 57,000 in chips after making a sick comeback in the early evening, having been all the way down to 3200 before the dinner break.

Chad Brown wore a foul-looking corduroy paisley-print button down shirt that featured mostly orange hues. Most of those words should never end up in a sentence together. For the love of God, please let Vanessa take you to Hugo Boss or something.

On the other end of the clothing spectrum, Shane “Shaniac” Schleger earns my shirt of the day award for obvious reasons.