LAKE TAHOE, NV–Fishy Steve Irion begins today with 25,900 chips as he fights his way toward the bubble at the rtp online Lake Tahoe main event. (Eighteen players will get paid.) Last night Steve had a lot of big stories about big games in his Sacramento basement where he developed his skills, but his wife, Christine, sent me this photo of Steve (left) and Foxy (right), which tells a different story about where this contender really cut his teeth.

WSOP Circuit Update: Post-Bubble

LAKE TAHOE, NV–Our favorite total random has been eliminated. Steve Irion and his grandpa’s fish eggs moved situs online in with 3-3 and got called by two overcards. He lost the race and busted out in 18th place: $7,259.

Nice job, Steve-o.

Of the remaining players, two three four of them are WSOP bracelet winners … Scott Clements and Paul Kobel (below). Kobel, by the way, gets our pothead-of-the-day props, for obvious reasons:

Radio Head

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ–Tonight, PokerBlog gets into the Philadelphia sports radio racket. At 7:30 ET on SportsTalk 950 AM, I’ll be a guest on “The Poker Show with Chuck Darrow.”

Why Do You Redraw for Seats at Three Tables?

LAKE TAHOE, NV–I just asked none other than Dr. Tim’s lover favorite assistant tournament director to clarify something that we have had much debate about here. In this particular WSOP Circuit main event, they redrew for seats at three tables. Why not two, once they are into the money, I inquired.