Steve Feren survives Day 3, gets closer to cashing at World Series of Poker
Broward Circuit Court judge Steven Feren is one day closer to meeting his goal at the World Series of Poker.
He sits in 633rd place after play ended late Friday night, Vegas time. The top 648 finishers get paid.
There are 789 players left in the tournament, which started with more than 6,000 players. Feren entered Friday's field of 2,044 remaining in the top one-third, and apparently has hung on. (It's real early out there, so no way I'm calling him, and I'm going to be away from the computer until tomorrow.)
Feren has 104,500 chips, down from the 108,000 he started with. (See post below for full story.)
Meanwhile, Amir Lehavot of Weston, who entered Friday as the chip leader, slipped but is still in good shape. He's in 128th, with 387,000 chips.
The new South Florida leader is Kevin Schaffel of Coral Springs, with 649,000 chips. He's in 24th place.
Play will likely tighten up today as players on the bubble of making the money will throw away marginal hands, hoping those around them get knocked out. Play slows down so much that as the "bubble" approaches, they play only one table at a time, to cut out the stalling.
More info at www.WorldSeriesOfPoker.com.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
