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Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:45 PM Local Time
Indeed, a few players arrived rather late to this tournament as, basically, no-one had any idea when it was going to start. A lot of players arrived for the 3pm start time only to find themselves with nothing to do for almost two hours while Erik Seidel played a million dollar freeroll, and then owing to the vagueness of the few announcements that were made, wandered off and didn't get here for the very start.
Nevertheless it looks as though all the players have now taken their seats with varying amounts of grumbling, and cards are in the air. We are in for a very, very long night, and actually we wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a four day event in the course of time. If Erik Seidel makes it through to the final table, we could well see further scheduling problems tomorrow.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:39 PM Local Time
The TOC players are bagging up their chips for the day (huh?) so it seems we'll be underway momentarily. Again, this whole delay was because one player out the 21 remaining in our field -- Erik Seidel, with six big blinds left in his stack -- was playing in the TOC. We're not sure how the rest of the field feels about the delay, since it has made their day longer by at least an hour and a half, but it is what it is. The 21 Day 3 starters (most of them, anyway) are in their seats and cards will be in the air momentarily.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:32 PM Local Time
An announcement was just made for the remaining PLO8 players to take their seats. A few of them are hanging around the tournament area, waiting to open chip bags. We might actually get started soon.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 3:24 PM Local Time
Well, this is what we know.
Dealers are at their assigned tables in the Orange Section of the Amazon Room. Chip bags have been brought out. But because one of our 21 remaining players (Erik Seidel, who will start the day with six big blinds) is playing in the Tournament of Champions, our re-start is still delayed. We were originally told the scheduled 3pm restart was pushed back to "not before 4:10pm" but it's 4:22pm and we're clearly not close to starting.
We'll continue to monitor the situation but what promised to be an already-long day seems to be getting longer by the minute.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 1:00 PM Local Time
Good afternoon and welcome back to the Amazon Room, where once again we are here way too early.
Yesterday Sergey Altbregin finished in the lead on 486,000 but Dave "Devilfish" Uliiott and Perry "Three Bracelets and Went Heads Up With Stu Ungar in the 1981 Main Event" Green are hot on his heels. Erik Seidel is also in the running, although he may be distracted somewhat by the Tournament of Champions.
Either way, the restart has been pushed back to around 4.30pm according to Jack Effel, so watch this space and we'll let you know the second cards are in the air.