Slowdown
It's very pronounced now -- the pace of play has slowed. We thought that maybe it was just a function of the stud rounds, but with the game back to limit hold'em, nothing changed. It's a marked difference from the last round of limit hold'em, where Al Barbieri just banged away relentlessly at Konstantin Puchkov's chip stack. Losing that big razz pot a half hour ago when Barbieri had Puchkov on the ropes appears to have taken some of the wind out of Barbieri's sails.