Posted by Johnnymac 9:14 AM
My cell phone rang @ 5:30 this morning. I figured it was Padilla but I didn't get up to go answer it. Now it's 9:15 and I just checked my messages.
At the end of the night last night he had $93,000 in chips. I thought to myself, "gee, that's pretty good." Then I checked the website for chip counts and saw that's good enough for 25th place in the whole tournament. That's not just pretty good... that's huge. He's ahead of Dutch Boyd, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Greg Raymer, Moneymaker, Dan Harrington, and the gay Magician (whose name I couldn't find so I assume he was eliminated). Hell, the only name I see ahead of him that I recognize is Sam Farha. Wow.
They start at noon local time today. Keep going, Mike. Keep going.
Incidentally, I don't see Mike Marx's name, so I assume he's out. Nonetheless, congratulations to him as well and better luck next time.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...