Focusing On the Task at Hand
Set in an imagined future, it depicts an exaggerated version of the United States in which all citizens are made equal by various artificial means. For example, intelligent people are made to wear headphones that play distracting noises every so often so as to make it more difficult for them to think continuously.
The announcements from the other side of the room are continuing quite loudly, and there's something about the scene that recalls the Vonnegut story. Players are redoubling their efforts, though, concentrating intently on the chips, cards, and what their opponents' are saying.
James St. Hilaire still holds the chip lead with about 2.3 million, with Faraz Jaka next with a little over 2 million. Alex Venovski is on the short stack at the moment with 420,000.