Kathy Lehne faced down some tough opposition, even sending Isaac Haxton to the rail. Meanwhile a newcomer was making headlines. Shakerchi bagged up 805,000 at the close, good for the lead and narrowly ahead of Nick Petrangelo with 800,000. It proved an interesting day for business leaders turned poker players in action today – three in particular – Shakerchi, Kathy Lehne and Bill Perkins. Talal Shakerchi: Business leader turned chip leader It was quiet and low key, not the stuff poker dreams are made of.īut eight levels later some 43 players had registered, there were six re-entries, and 35 were bagging up chips, led tonight by Talal Shakerchi. When things got underway there were only seven players, split between two tables.
Not that you would have thought that at 12.05pm this afternoon. It’s the now customary start to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. If you’re going to start a festival with something you may as well go with something big, and you don’t get much bigger than a $100,000 Super High Roller event at Atlantis on Paradise Island.
