The Online Rail

With the Fish aka Paul Wasicka making a big run in the WSOP main event, I've been closely following the tournament online. Cardplayer/Pokerwire have pretty much monopolized coverage of the event. Luckily for me and the rest of the virtual rail, they do an excellent job reporting relevant and exciting information as the tournament progresses. With updates like these, I feel like I'm there in the Rio myself:

Sun Jul 30 20:37:00 PDT 2006
Paul Sexton Wins Pot
From early position, the 8 seat raises to $600 and is called only by Paul Sexton in the big blind. The flop comes 852 and both players check. The turn is the 9, Sexton pumps $700 into the pot, and the 8 seat folds. Currently, Sexton has $24,000.

Sun Jul 30 20:41:00 PDT 2006
Pizzolatto Adds To Stack
Seat 3 raises from late position to $1,000, Nath Pizzolatto calls from the button. Seat 3 checks in the dark and the flop comes 863. Pizzolatto bets $1,600 and seat 3 folds.

Sun Jul 30 21:01:00 PDT 2006
Fitoussi Eliminated
Bruno Fitoussi's pocket 7's do not hold up against his opponent's pocket aces and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Wed Aug 02 20:56:00 PDT 2006
Boatman Steals Blinds
From middle position, Barny Boatman raises to $3,000 and all players fold. Boatman steals the blinds and antes, and climbs to $60,000.

This hand happened squarely on the money bubble, with the players eliminated in that few minutes of time receiving nothing and everyone still alive at the end of the bubble receiving a minimum of $14,597:

Fri Aug 04 17:19:00 PDT 2006"
The Only Hand I Would've Called With"
Action is folded around to Mike Sullivan in the small blind, who raises to $30,000. His opponent in the big blind makes the call putting himself all-in. After flipping over pocket Aces he says it was the only hand he was going to call with since the bubble is still looming. Sullivan shows pocket 6's. The flop comes A65 to give both players a set. The turn brings the case 6 to give Sullivan quads. The river is a meaningless 7 and Sullivan takes down the pot and eliminates the short stacked player. He is now at $180,000.

No way this guy sets foot into a cardroom for at least two years.