￡10k Tournament Not Quite Stimulating Enough?
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There appears to be an unusual post-prandial slump in progress. Usually the return after eating leads to shorter stacks taking the plunge or some snooze-related mistakes which create conflicts, but looking round the remaining tables there's hardly a hole card seeing the light of day face up.
So instead, here are some examples of what people at the table are doing as a sideline to the tournament itself:
Andy Bloch and Toby Lewis have iPads, which appear to have infinite battery life and are apparently (according to another source)used for watching one's own Twitter feeds or wrestling videos.
Allen Cunningham is playing phone-based chess.
Isabelle Mercier is writing what looks like postcards ("London is lovely, apart from the rain. Today I check-raised John Cernuto. Wish you were here...).
Two other people had kindle electronic books open through the early levels.
It makes one wonder what stage of the tournament is interesting/important enough to just play it as one's sole occupation. It's true early on Day One is slow going, with lots of potential for folding and sitting there, or playing pots which benefit stacks only slightly, however; I would be there will be no such distractions come Day Two.