The end of the dinner break marked the deadline for registration of this event, so we were expecting to see a fresh crop of faces when we returned. Here's who we recently saw take their seats.
Players are back from their short dinner break and Level 5 has begun. Late registration closed with the start of this level, although we're noticing a few new faces among those who snuck in at the last minute. More to come.
Acid Nilsen — first name pronounced "ay-sid" — raised from late position, Daniel Ospina reraised out of the blinds, and Nilsen called. Ospina drew one and Nilsen two on the first round, then Ospina stood pat as Nilsen continued to draw one on each of the last two rounds.
Ospina bet after each of the first two rounds and Nilsen called both times, then both checked their last opportunity. Ospina showed , and Nilsen shook his head as he showed his .
Joe Tehan, Gavin Smith, and Jeremy Ausmus were in a three way pot that had 2,000 in the middle going to the second draw. Everyone drew one card, and all three players checked. Smith was first to act, and he stood pat on the last draw. Tehan took the hint that he was up against a strong hand, and opted to draw two instead of the one he had last time, while Ausmus once again opted for one new card.
It was checked around to Ausmus on the button, and he fired out one more bet. Smith was the only caller, and Ausmus fanned out for a number three. Smith mucked, and Ausmus joked "It was Joe's fault for drawing two instead of one." Tehan replied with a smile, "Well I didn't want to be drawing dead if I drew just one card."
Following a raise from under the gun, two-time bracelet winner David "Bakes" Baker reraised from a seat over and got two callers in the big blind and the original raiser. The big blind took two cards, the opener took four, and Baker just one. It checked to Baker who bet and only the big blind stuck around.
Baker stood pat through the next two rounds as his opponent took two cards and then one. When checked to Baker bet both times, with his opponent calling the first and flashing a face card on the second as he mucked.
We got to the table just as the first draw was being made in a heads up pot that involved Scott Clements. There was about 1,500 in the middle, and both Clements and his opponent drew one card. Clements check called a bet, and both drew one again on the second draw. This time, they both checked, and Clements stood pat. As soon as his opponent discarded one card, Clements fired out. His opponent thought for a but before folding, and Clements dragged the pot to us his stack to 14,000.
, and Nilsen shook his head as he showed his 
