Day 1 is over. We bring back a large crowd of players -- it appears to be over 100 still -- at 4 p.m. PDT. We're scheduled to play to the end, but this would be the largest crowd of players ever to do so and would play until the following morning. Therefore, our money is on three days. At any rate, there are still many superstars left in this event, so come back at 4 p.m. and watch the cards get drawn!
Chad Joseph Brown, no relation to the Bluff Player of the Year, shows 7-6-5-3-2 and loses the pot to Denny Axel, who has the wheel -- 7-5-4-3-2! Axel's at 16,000 and Brown is at 24,000.
Play is halting just before 3 a.m., local time, at the end of this level. That's not the odd part, though -- we're coming back at 4 p.m. PDT, not 3 p.m., because of the large $1,500 NL event. This is supposed to be a two-day event, but with a 4 p.m. restart and at least half the field still here, it will either go all night or be bumped to three days. We'll see!