Michele Lewis

It’s Day 4 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event and Alex Outhred is doing well with 326K in chips.  I ran into Outhred at the Ante Up for Africa party at Pure Nightclub last week where we discussed his last minute entry into the WSOP Main Event.  Outhred said “I wanted to play Day 1D and I got lucky in that I bought the last seat.”  Or at least the last seat they were selling that day as they opened more seats late in Day 1C.  Outhred was backed by someone who was really impressed after watching him play. 

 Poker media peeps: Tiffany Michelle. Read about Jeremiah Smith here.

Also eyeing the bracelet… Phil Hellmuth, Evelyn Ng with over 400k, Chip Jett, Robert Mizrachi, and Stephane Hornet (with the great last name).

Speaking of backers… my Main Event backer, Jolyne Thompson, will be grinding out Day 4.  Thompson and I met in Houston a few years back while playing poker.  She’s one of the few in Las Vegas that knows how I play so it was very flattering when she offered to back me.  Especially since she was originally a dealer.

And it was no surprise to Gary Friedlander and David Angel making Day 4 either as they’ve been playing Texas Holdem in Texas forever.