For all of you that always wondered who the player was that spiced up the games to $10,000-$20,000 – this page gives you a basic background/idea of the man that came into Bellagio and played high limit poker this year with the best of the best.
I was off over the weekend. Report as of last night when I went in was that he was $1,000,000 ahead until Monday’s play and they busted him. Will try to follow up with more accurate information after tonight.
I was off over the weekend so missed any news that might have happened. When I went to work on Monday, news was the big game just broke up…that was 7 p.m.
Tuesday I dealt a heads-up, half 7 Card Stud/Chinese Poker game $500-$1,000 limit. I asked one of the players about Our Stranger. Apparently he’s gone. He was going to play on Monday…everyone showed up but him. 🙂
The limit hopped right up to $10,000-$20,000. I dealt the game about the 3rd hour into my night. It was fast and orderly, played with $5,000 chips and 9 players and a minimum buy-in of $200,000. Of course there was a waiting list…go figure.
He’s back. The rumor a few days ago was that he would be in…he would play $1,000-$2,000 but soon he would figure out that he could never get even at that limit so he’d have to play higher. Continue reading The stranger is back