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No-shows:
at table 149 right next to rail a dude left $7.5k stack there 7 hours ago. He hasn't been seen since. He gets dealt to every hand, and players bet his blinds for him. Down to 3k now.
table next to that some entertaining short+stout dude I saw go all in 4pm. He then stood up, smiling and started singing show tunes! Took some requests! He is still at the table, one of chip leaders now.
I checked wireless networks on pokerstars table, abandoned for the night, just outside tournament area. There were several, all secured or password required except one called "ESPN edit" which I decided probably not a good idea to try and piggyback into.
There was big poster there with great pic of Stu Unger advertizing Uluis Alberts photographs for sale. While I sat there looking at it an old Rio floor executive stopped by and said that it was one of the best pics ever of Stewey. Guy said he delt to Stewey when he first arrived in town.
"I got the scars and marks on my arms still to prove I delt to that vicious a##hole bastard....but he was nice enough away from the table."
"He started playing like an idiot, but learned super fast. He played it like chess--figured out the hand, then the players. It looks like he's distracted in those photos, but he is sizing up all the players thru the corner of his eye constantly."
"One time we had a dealer tournament at Tahoe and we had the players deal some hands and after Stewey dealt two, I could tell he knew his way around a deck of cards--how to deal seconds, bottom of deck and so on"
then another old dude strolled by and they knew each other and then reminisced how much Unger would lose playing golf with Brunson and such.
gotta run and get a drink, then try to catch more exciting poker action!
