A Brit in Vegas » Jerry Buss

Jerry watching Lakers on TV

Steve — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:16:37 +0000

Jerry Buss is playing in the HORSE tournament at the Commerce today . Conveniently his seat is facing the TV set. 113 joined Jerry to play for a first prize of $16618.

The final table from yesterday is the $500 NLHE. Eliminations as they happen. The starting ten: Kirk Conrad, Andy Bui, Jesse Simonelli, Darrell Woodard,Hoang Ta,Max Troy,David Rowan,Khang Pham,David LeRoy + Darren Wong.
9) Darren Wong
8) David Rowan
7) Jesse Simonelli
6) Hoang Ta

Jerry’s out(of the horse). He has gone downstairs to watch the game. Randy Holland heads up apparently. Just chatted with Randy about his WSOP plans (great rates at Harrahs properties for card holders ).

Looks like a five way deal with Kirk Conrad having his photo taken. Four hours to return home. Bolton v Sunderland on Setanta tomorrow so no Commerce unless Matt sends the limo!

Nelly is in the house!

Steve — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:30:31 +0000

Rapper, businessman Nelly parked his tourbus in the Commerce today and played in the high limit cash area. Eric Mizrachi, a black person inside a white skin, excitedly joined the game which was quite a marathon according to Eric.

German pro Andreas Krause

Upstairs 332 ponied up $1k including a lot of new faces. One European joining the lone Brit, lovely Liv Boeree, was Andreas Klaus.

The HORSE continued from yesterday. First to leave the game was Lakers part owner Jerry Buss. Stephen Su has not even arrived as I write. The legendary LA traffic doesn’t seem as bad as the Vegas traffic in the mid afternoon.
24) Jerry Buss
23) Robert Daniel
22) Kevin Song
21) Joe Fernandez
20) Jason Mercier
19) Stephen Su
18) Stephen Ladowsky
17) Tim Kennedy
17-24 receive $2262

7pm: Chip counts unofficial
Ira Friedman 130k, Frankie O’Dell 130k, Tony Ma 125k, Miami John 115k, Ray Davis 100k, Cyndy Violette 90k, Soheil 80k.

An easier way to win a million than trying to FT the ME? Santa Anita has a double pick6 carryover on Friday. One $2 ticket could be all you need . It is free admission at the track also.

If you do win the pick 6 this could be yours. The viper was parked in valet at the Commerce.

Rainy days on Monday…

Steve — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:12:10 +0000

It is just seven days away from the most needed gift from Santa Anita to its patrons…an umbrella. Inside the $2k NLHE attracted some names to the upstairs tournament room. Only 188 bought in. Lakers fan Maria Ho was originally seated at a table with Jerry Buss, Brandon Cantu and Scott Clements. Other notables: Chris Bjorin, Robert McLaughlin, Mike Katz, Barry Greenstein, Scott Montgomery, David Pham ,Chris McCormack + Big Tom D.

Tyson Marks is dominating the final day of the $550. Starting the day in ninth place with 79k he has catapulted himself into a huge chip lead. Tyson has already won a tournament here the LHE. Sara Chau, complete with cough, visited the final table again. She has all the qualities to become the new media darling. Also poker is her life at this time.

14) Max Nguyen
13) Brian Small
12) Jim Holtz
11) Phong Le
10) Michael Emerick
9) Reza Payvar
8) Sara Chau
7) Amir Ghazvinian
6) Jerry Garver
5) Nick di Leo
4) Ira Horning
3) Robert Mason
2) Brian McCann
1) Tyson Marks

So its two for Tyson.1)$57k 2)$30k 3)$21k 4)$14k 5)$11k
Predictably, Robert Williamson made it deep into the PLO yesterday.
Robert III finished third to take home $14k. The winner was Jason Mercier
who usually reserves his best for european tournaments.