Shamus
After that raucous opening ceremony, the mood in the room has quickly turned sober as the first level proceeds. Players are starting with 30,000 chips -- 300 big blinds -- so patience is the word as these first hands play out.
Just now we saw a hand in which three players, including Miami John Cernuto, limped, the small blind folded, and the big blind checked. The flop came , and all four checked. The turn was the , prompting a bet of 300 from the big blind. Only Cernuto called.
The river was the . This time the player in the big blind bet 800, and Cernuto gave him a quick look before tossing out the chips to call. Cernuto's opponent showed for trip deuces, and Cernuto mucked. Cernuto slips just under 29,000 here in the early going.