[Ugly Bastard]

Michael 'the Grinder' Mizrachi (right) chats with his brother between hands.



Layne Flack and Mike 'the Mouth' have a little chat between hands.



This is why I love Layne Flack. He's in a tournament with over $50 million in prize money up for grabs, and he's downing Coors' Light by the gallon during play. This guy is scary-good. He went out on an awful beat, but otherwise would have probably been thick in the hunt for the $7.5 million first place prize.



Scott Fischman watching his buddy Dutch Boyd push all of his chips in. Scott was a really cool guy. I stood by him for 15 minutes or so watching Dutch (who has an amazing life story even though he's only 24 years old) on the rail. Scott was real cool and we talked a little bit about poker-related stuff. He talked to me as though we had been friends for years - and he didn't even know my name. When I walked away from him, I said "alright man, I'm outta here, take care", and he stuck his hand out to shake mine and said "yea man, keep it real". He's a cool guy. I'm glad I met him.



Here is the media frenzie around Dutch Boyd (standing - in middle) after he pushes all in. His opponent eventually folded, and Dutch survived to play on Tuesday.



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