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There is a lot of online pokering going on in the lobby, but the main event is winding down for the day in the poker room. Also, there’s a 1K second chance event going on along with the big 50/100 NL cash game.

Ozzy has been up and down all night. He went to the dinner break as one of the chipleaders, then lost a big race, then lost more chips, then doubled up, then I left the room. I think he’s still in as of now.

pearljam1012, who’s watching me write this entry, busted out in 17th when he pushed with AQ in the BB against David Singer’s KK in the SB. It was folded to David Singer, so it was clearly a hard hand to get away from. Congrats to pearljam for taking home 32K.

Here are some of the pics that I grabbed while I was down there a few minutes ago:

Ozzy pushing in on the river with aces full. He got called and doubled up.

Ozzy stacking his chips after his double up.

gambler21 looking a bit dejected after losing a lot of chips on what can only be described as a questionable call on the flop with A6 high.

The gambler21/David Singer table. WB123456789 is also at the table.

Ozzy’s table

Another shot of one of the two remaining tables.

In the 1K event:

In the 1K event, Matt Glantz (aka PokerGodZeus on Stars) in the orange shirt has a ton of chips. He also got 2nd in a WSOP event this past year.

Johnster (in the white shirt and sunglasses) is also deep in the 1K event.

Just to round it out, isuck123 is in the 1K event as well. He’s in the sunglasses.

In the lobby:

jennicide, Evelyn Ng and TheGrinder were playing at the same table.

shaniac and MazeorBowie are on the close side of the table and PokerSavage1 is on the far side.

Here’s some cash game action:

thorladen in the white shirt and Viffer to his right in the 10/25 NL game.

TheTakeover sitting down just to the left of the dealer and -BBJ- railing the game in the blue shirt. This is the 50/100 NL game.

From left: strassa2, bruiser (or bruiser500 on 2+2), unknown, ZeeJustin

Another shot of strassa2 and bruiser playing 50/100 NL.

Ozzy had about 400K the last time I went down to the poker room. However, that was before this hand:

“5:27pm–Matt Matros has been eliminated, after flopping top two pair with AK versus Aurangzeb Sheikh who flopped bottom set with a pair of sevens.” -PokerStars Blog

Therefore, he’s probably among the chip leaders, if not the chip leader at this point.

gambler21 also has a huge stack.

Unfortunately, SamENole and Empire2000 busted while I was down there.

I grabbed a few pictures:

NUTZREALBIG of Party fame in the white hat and white hoodie.

Another shot of NUTZREALBIG and his stack.

gambler21

gambler21′s stack

Empire2000 about to be eliminated.

Empire2000 accepting handshakes just after he busts.

Empire2000 walking away from the table just after busting.

WB123456789 (I think) in the Bulls jersey. pearljam1012 and Ozzy as well.

The same table from the opposite side.

Ozzy and his stack (before the hand with Matt Matros).

If you don’t like pictures, you should probably skip over this post.

Here are a few from a few hours ago:

stevesbets getting ready to play in the Battleship Poker event.

Daniel Negreanu getting ready for Battleship poker. CHEKdezNUTS is sitting to his right in a black tank top and Luca Pagano is in blue facing away from the camera.

iMsoLucky0 (Jordan Morgan) watching stevesbets warm up for the Battleship poker. Steve played a 1K HU against Gigabet (and lost).

Ozzy, SKOAL and pearljam1012.

iMsoLucky0

Sdouble sitting behind an unidentified player.

stevesbets on the computer with his girlfriend standing nearby. Ozzy is talking to serb2127, who’s in a black tank top.

Sdouble trying to get his computer to work.

SKOAL and Rabscuttle.

iMsoLucky0, stevesbets and his girlfriend.

stevesbets’ girlfriend in the orange shirt. iMsoLucky0 is sitting down in the green shirt. Sdouble is sitting next to him. Across the table from iMsoLucky0 is mahoney3 (the brother of genetodd) and Rabscuttle is sitting next to him. Also, Dariominieri is standing in a white shirt behind the table.

theory in the hat talking to an unidentified player.

Rabscuttle and mahoney3. Also, Dariominieri is sitting behind Rabscuttle in the white shirt. -db- is sitting across from Dario. Also, Terrence Chan (aka Unassigned on Stars) is standing up in the gray/blank shirt. He used to be in charge of support at Stars, but he quit to play poker full time.

Daniel Negreanu getting ready to play.

Raptor517 (aka Bebop86 on Stars) talking to iMsoLucky0

yahtzem and stevesbets. They were originally scheduled to play each other in the first round, but PokerStars decided to redraw the tourney due to technical issues.

-db- and Unassigned (Terrence Chan) on the right.

stevesbets and yahtzem in the background. KrazyKanuck and CHEKdezNUTS in the foreground.

stevesbets getting ready to play Bebop86 in the first round. This first round actually happened, unlike the first few. Isabelle Mercier and Sdouble were playing next to Steve and Bebop.

E-WeE in the black shirt.

Daniel Negreanu and CHEKdezNUTS playing HU.

strassa2 when he was still in. He busted since I took this picture.

curzdog with his arms crossed checking out the Battleship poker championships.

Negreanu and CHEKdezNUTZ STILL going at it. They lasted the longest of the initial 16 matches.

The main event. Empire2000 in seat two. Roger in seat three. jennicide in seat four. Matt Matros (jacksup) in seat five.

SamENole in the red hat. Ozzy sitting to his right, but he’s being blocked.

The event should finally get underway at 1:15 PM, in about 15 minutes. They’ve had a lot of trouble getting it organized so far, but I’ve been getting a lot of pictures. I’ll probably be putting them up within an hour or two.

Everyone look for the tourney under the special tab in the lobby.

pearljam1012 100K
jennicide 52K
moledaddy 54K
Empire2000 108K
Ozzy 182K

Here are some pictures:

Ozzy and BeL0WaB0Ve after play ends

schaefer still going strong in the Paradise Masters.

Empire2000 typing out an email on my computer as Ozzy looks on. Empire has over 100K as well in the main event.

I’m just checking CardPlayer like all of you, but it looks like Ozzy should have a big stack going into day three. Once play ends, I’ll try to get some info from Ozzy about how his day went.

In the lobby, schaefer is about to make the final table of the Dise Masters Event 1. Here’s a pic of him playing from about 10 minutes ago.

schaefer, with a few onlookers.

Also, Patrick Antonius, aka TryHarderFish on UB, is playing some 300/600 LHE against a player named “TapeMeasure.” It’s going on live at UB right now.

Patrik is playing. Jennifer Harman is sitting to his left. E-WeE is in the red hat behind him. E-WeE’s twin brother Michael Mizrachi (aka The Grinder) is behind E-WeE.

Here are some other pics:

The neverwin battle has ended now, but he was still playing when I took this.

neverwin once again.

This is JohnnyBax on the left and MazeorBowie on the right. Obviously, both busted in the main event earlier today.