Andy’s back.  Everyone said he wouldn’t return after the licking he got last time.  I knew better.  I knew he would come back, he has to come back.  He showed up around 5 p.m. and played Chau, $50,000-$100,000, on Table 1.

Chau was so tired, he looked like he was death warmed over.  I dealt Table 18.  It had been a $2,000-$4,000 game but it broke down to 4 players playing $1,000 a point, Chinese poker.  Big Al, Ming, Barry G., and Doyle.  Chip came back and sat for a bit.

Gus Hanson came back and gave the report that Chau had given up the Big blind twice, limped about 8 times, and while folding was ok, with that kind of play in heads up, Chau wouldn’t beat Gus’s mother.

The conversation went to Phil Ivey.  What/how would he play heads-up.  Doyle argued that yes, when the cards are hitting him and he’s showing down a hand, he can play, but can he play heads-up.  Gus went to bat for Phil, saying Phil at least played on the internet – heads up – and knew what it was all about, and Gus would take Phil’s action.

The report came in that Andy was up about $2,500,000.

Chip said, if he beats us today, we should just tell him, we quit, that’s only $100,000 each that we’d lose.

Later Chip and David G. were both setting on each side of Chau.  Earlier Craig was sitting with Andy.  I got a hello hug from both of them.  Nice.