End of Day 1 -- I made it to Day 2! Mark was in my corner for several hours. Thanks for being there buddy. Hope we can do it again next year.

Rob and I at the end of Day 1. I like my pink wrist band better than that shabby gold thing he's got.

Why does Fergie [he seemed to like my nickname for him] look so fresh at the end of a 14 hour day?

End of Day 1. All chips are put into plastic bags which are sealed for Day 2.

Varkonyi and I in a blind vs. blind hand. I raised in the SB with AcQc, he re-raised, I called. He immediately gave me the stare down. Flop was all unders with no clubs. I checked, still staring at me and without looking at the flop, he bet out. I folded.

Varkonyi and I playing a pot.

Day 1, my second table. Robert Varkonyi, 2002 Main Event Champion in the red shirt. Note the bracelet on his wrist. I saw him on Day 2b and he wore exactly the same clothes. The red head is Melissa Hayden, poker pro and the significant other of Allen Cunningham.

Here's a quote from Bluff Magazine's running update log:
Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:19:57
Table of Pros
Anyone being moved onto table 66 is in for a rough Day 1. Seated in the one-seat is the 2000 World Series of Poker Champion Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, to his left in the five-seat is Ishak Noyan, Melissa Hayden is to his left, and the 2002 World Series of Poker Champion Robert Varkonyi is in the ten-seat.
[they were close, Varkonyi sat in the 9 seat, but who's counting?]