John Hesp Gets Cards in the Air for Day 1b
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The player instructions took place right before the start including the information about today's dinner break 30 minutes remaining in level four, and the microphone was then handed over to WSOP tournament director Jack Effel.
"Alright everyone, good afternoon, welcome to the 2018 WSOP Main Event, how is everyone doing?" Effel started his speech.
"Who is ready to play the greatest poker tournament of the planet?" One player shouted back "I am", getting through the loud applause, while many players took our their phones to record the room and take pictures at their tables before the kickoff.
That being said, the "experience of your life" is about to start and the one player that "brought the fun back to the tables" was the one and only John Hesp, who did the official "shuffle up and deal."
Hesp was not only very popular at the tables last year, but also in the days heading into the Main Event: "It is so nice that so many people walked up to take a picture with me," the jovial Brit said before the famous words got Day 1b underway.