This has been going on for the last month, and in the main event that finishes in the early hours of saturday morning the winner will take home prize money totalling over $7 million dollars.
Said main event attracted a total field of over 6000 players and has been taking place over the last few days.
With Poker now being quite fashionable the tv companies are getting involved, and a by-product of this is the desire of the organisers of the tournament to shall we say be more family friendly, i`e there trying to cut the swearing out (always a part of any poker table.) So any player found guilty of uttering the F word is given a ten minute penalty...meaning they sit out for ten minutes and lose money on the compulsary bets that players have to post. The following exchange is one that happened early in the tournament..the perp is Mike Matasow, a typically loud-mouthed Yank:
MIKE (muttering): I don't feckin' believe it...(after losing a hand)
DEALER: Floor!
(As if by magic, a floorman appears)
FLOORMAN: What's the problem?
DEALER (pointing at Mike): This player used the F-word.
FLOORMAN (to Mike): 10 minute penalty, sir.
MIKE: What the feck...?
FLOORMAN: 20 minute penalty!
MIKE: You've gotta be feckin' kiddin' me...
FLOORMAN: 30 minute penalty!
MIKE: Well, feck you!
FLOORMAN: 40 minute penalty!
And so Mike spent 40 minutes on the rail. When he finally returned to his table, he was significantly muted.
As things stand right now, 27 players remain and Mike is the current chip leader.
Said main event attracted a total field of over 6000 players and has been taking place over the last few days.
With Poker now being quite fashionable the tv companies are getting involved, and a by-product of this is the desire of the organisers of the tournament to shall we say be more family friendly, i`e there trying to cut the swearing out (always a part of any poker table.) So any player found guilty of uttering the F word is given a ten minute penalty...meaning they sit out for ten minutes and lose money on the compulsary bets that players have to post. The following exchange is one that happened early in the tournament..the perp is Mike Matasow, a typically loud-mouthed Yank:
MIKE (muttering): I don't feckin' believe it...(after losing a hand)
DEALER: Floor!
(As if by magic, a floorman appears)
FLOORMAN: What's the problem?
DEALER (pointing at Mike): This player used the F-word.
FLOORMAN (to Mike): 10 minute penalty, sir.
MIKE: What the feck...?
FLOORMAN: 20 minute penalty!
MIKE: You've gotta be feckin' kiddin' me...
FLOORMAN: 30 minute penalty!
MIKE: Well, feck you!
FLOORMAN: 40 minute penalty!
And so Mike spent 40 minutes on the rail. When he finally returned to his table, he was significantly muted.
As things stand right now, 27 players remain and Mike is the current chip leader.