Mr. David Docherty, a young Scottish player who already cashed in event #1 and is now hoping to go similarly deep in the main event, has turned up today with a variety of enthusiastic supporters including a few poker buddies, and his mum. They are calling themselves Poker Friends United, and most admirably seem to be settling themselves down for what they hope to be five days of railing, interrupted only by Day 1b tomorrow. Docherty hasn't moved much from his starting stack, and is at a fearsome table also involving Matt Lagarde, Sandra Naujoks, Cristiano Blanco and Dario Minieri, so it could be a long and tense day for them. Nevertheless we like to see that kind of camaraderie in the poker world. Good on them.


flop. Check, check on the
turn, only for Ivey to bet 2,500 on the
river. His opponent folded, and Ivey clawed a few chips back.


flop, Ivey bet 2,000, and Brunson called. Both players checked the
turn, only for Ivey to fire out 2,500 on the
river. Brunson made it 11,000 - his foot jiggling frantically beneath him - and Ivey folded.
flop, Pham check-called a bet of 1,125 (the Russian fled), before check-folding to a bet of 5,000 on the
turn. 



board waiting patiently on the felt, Huck Seed dipped into his already depleted stack and bet out 5,000 from the button, leaving himself just 2,750 behind.
flop and a young gentleman of indeterminate northern European origin betting out 1,650. Keston promptly made it another 3,850 to go -- but was left with a decision when the young gentleman announced all in with a flourish. Eventually Keston passed, raising an eyebrow in that 'what can you do?' sort of way, and he's down to 26,000.