Jon Bryan

OK

Well, when we planned this week, we did it on the basis that if I was still in the WSOP I'd be busy, if I wasn't, I might go and find a poker game to play in somewhere.

So the Kays were free to go to the Elemis Spa at the Aladdin Casino - www.elemisspa.com if you want to have a look. If I haven't been knocked out of the poker, they'll come and meet me later on at The Rio. It's the full works $400 treatment for Velma Kay, and a more modest treatment for Kay (Myrtle/Murv). Apparently it's fifty bucks to take a shower!

Thanks to all of you for your posts/emails/texts - I have got them all and they're really appreciated.

And thanks as well if you managed to find me on www.cardplayer.com

After Day 1D I was 283rd out of 875 still left in it, with 2160 staring on that particular day. http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/3229?viewall=true

Overall, there have been 8,773 entrants to the WSOP Main Eevnt, and Day 2A finished on August 1st, with 570 players left out of 1,576 who started the day.

Today, day 2B will begin for me, and there are 1,736 of us in total. My chips will be above the average, but not by much. I am looking forward to it, but I will need to survive two-thirds of the field today to stay in it and be back on Friday.

It is incredibly difficult to find anything on the websites to follow my progess, so I think I will just have to post it on here as soon as I can. It is possible that cardplayer might say something, but again I am more likely to be described as a seat number than by name.

I start on Table 96 in seat 10, but I was moved to a total of 5 different tables on Monday. Again, I will try and put something on my MSN byline, but last time the system was constantly down - a little frustrating in your 20 minute "bathroom break".

For those of you who are wondering when to start spending, the prize money doesn't begin until we are down to the final 873 and that will probably be at sometime on day three, when all the players left in will eventually be in just the one room on just one day.

With 570 left from Day 2A and then today's marathon to go through, it's still a very long way to go to the money but, as Jim Bowen says, "take a look at what you could have had":
http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/payout/3229

Am looking forward to it today, but am still anxious. I set myself the target of trying to get to day two, and halfway through day one, I really thought I wouldn't make it. So I'm really pleased to get this far.

Lots of good players went out of day 2A yesterday, including The Devilfish, Barry Greenstein, Mike Sexton (World Poker Tour host and 2006 winner of the Tournament of Champions), David Williams (2nd in the Main Event 2004) and 1998 winner Scotty Nguyen. I am just hoping to do my best.

I will be up against players like Barny Boatman, 2002 winner Robert Varkonyi, Daniel Negreanu, 2004 winner Greg Raymer, Josh Arieh (3rd in 2004), and 1978 winner Bobby Baldwin.

Having just scrolled through all the previous chip counts, overall I will be in 544th place out of the 1736 starting today at 12 noon - 8p.m. UK time. Last night's day two (day 2A) finished at 12 midnight - if I last that long!

Thanks for reading and all your messages. Now, I just need to find another pair of those Las Vegas socks to wear that my sister sent me....