Negreanu a force of nature

Tag : Packing Tables

Stacking chips
The grind of the WSOP looks like it's starting to get to Andy Bloch. Afterseveral hours of play in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, Blochstarted stacking his chips in the shape of a fun-looking pyramid.When I asked whether it had been a long Series, he acknowledged ithad been with a nod and a rueful grin.
Raining chips
Scotty Nguyen looks like he's still riding the euphoria wave fromhis victory in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. He was walking aroundthe floor during a break this evening throwing chips for tips atdealers.
Trend alert
Fewer people wearing headphones while playing than last year.Sunglasses are almost impossible to find.
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The WSOP has been pretty lenient in enforcing the phone rules thisyear. Negreanu was frequently checking his phone and either makingnotes or texting when he wasn't involved in hands (and amazinglygood at setting the phone down before the cards were dealt for thenext hand).
And other players have been seen checking their phones at thetable.
"The phone rule is being enforced on case-by-case basis this year,"said WSOP Media Director Nolan Dalla.
"As long as players are not talking away at the table anddisrupting play, it's tolerated, Dalla added.
The only phone rule issue that's occurred this year involvedAmarillo Slim, Dalla added. A phone rang while Slim was involved inthe hand. Slim got up and left the table to tell the caller that hewas in the middle of a hand. But the hand was mucked because "he'dmoved too far away from the table."