4500 starting stack, with an option of taking it in 1500 portions, I take the entire stack right away. Notable hands:

Bust a shorty with AK>QQ, win few hands, up to 8k, lose AK

I open A7o in CO, Andrew Chen calls button, I double barrel for over half my stack on K963, and check/fold on Q river.

I ship 12 BBs over late limper with A6o, Andrew wake up with QQ, limper folds AQ, 6xxxA.

I ship 21 BBs in SB vs BB with KJo, BB calls me with A7s, and he’s drawing dead on QJxJ turn.

I 3bet AA, raiser flats me OOP with 55 (which he shouldn’t have done, due to relatively shallow stacks), I stack him on A538, ez game. Sam Simon, the creator of Simpsons sits down with a monster stack, but our table quickly breaks before I can get a piece.

I go berserk with QQ for 60 BBs in SB vs button, he raises, I 3 bet, he 4 bets, I 5-bet ship, he folds, I’m at 32k at 300/600, which was prob double the average (not sure if it was a good move on my part, but at least it was aggressive).

300/600/75, I raise AKs to 1500 in early, Ted Forrest makes it 5k from the SB with 19k total, I make it 10k more, he tanks forever and finally ships with QQ, I lose a flip, and my stack is down to 20 BBs.

Half an hour left till the end of the day (12:30am, we started at noon), 400/800/100, Ted open HJ to 1800, I ship 12k from SB with J9dd, he tank/calls me with AJo, I flop KT7ddx, and somehow can’t get there. I think my ship is a mistake, Ted was playing solid, and he isn’t folding much getting 1.5 to 1. I got a little impatient and paid for it. At least I made all the breaks of the day! Tomorrow $1,500 shootout.

2011 WSOP so far: 4 tourneys, $9,000 in buyins, 0 bracelets/FTs/cashes.

Good luck to Jeff Papola, who is 2/16 in $1,500 6-max, and to Eric Buchman, who is 4/26 in 10k O8!