Who do you know that's playing in the WSOP main events?

Chip Counts...

James McManus 271,000
Phil Hellmuth 200,000
Johnny Chan 184,000
Steve Davis 166,000
Jeff Madsen 158,000
Shawn 'Sheiky' Sheikhan 151,000
Gus Hansen 128,000
Hevad Khan 96,000
Mike Matusow 85,000
Kara Scott 84,000 XXX
Chuck Norris 67,000 LOL don't fu@k with the Chuck
Willie Tann 38,000
Liv Boeree 29,000

"Ive haven't told anyone about this apart from security and was a bit sceptical of writing this but I can see the funny side of it now and as long as my parents or family dont hear about it I think it should be ok."

And this..
"Watch out for James McManus".

(From Boards.ie) 04/07/2008

"So I checkin to mgm on Wednesday and decide to just hang around the hotel for the day. Play 2-5nl max buyin 500 from 2 -11pm and run my stack up to 4.2k, shameless brag I know but live pokers be ez. Table was really fun and nearly all of us start drinking round 4ish. After many blue moons and yagerbombs later I meet up with some college friends who just flew in. We head out to studio 54 and then on to seamless which I was told was a late opening nightclub but ended up being a strip club. Sweeeeeeeeet. Get a dance off this ridic good looking stripper just think of a tanned version of Shannon Elizbeth. I could be way off on that one but it was dark and I was intoxicated.

This is the first time Ive ever been entertained in this manner so I proceed with caution by getting her for 1 hour ($400) and buying a don perignon($600) which if I remember correctly I had one mouthful of. Start talking to her for a bit as she be grinding and persuade her to come back to my hotel room. I briefly had the sexy times and definitely wore protection from the evidence I gathered in the bin.

I wake up this morning in a daze stark naked on my bed with the tv blaring. After collecting my thoughts and trying to remember what happened the night before I see that my suitcase has been tampered with. In the rush of ironing my jeans and shirt for going out last night I threw the pile of cash I won at the 2-5 game under a tshirt in my suitcase. I go to invertigate and the money is gone. Then I check the keypad safe in the room and my code wont enter. Oh fcuking ****.

I vaguely remembering opening it on the night to get a 50 that she wanted for a taxi or something and the rest is a blackout. I definitely closed it but she must have gotten a glimpse at the code and reset it after taking my money. What a clever bitch. I must have fallen asleep without making sure she left the room.

I contact hotel security to open my safe and tell them the story of the events the night before. 3k was taken from the safe and round 4.5k from the suitase. They put me in contact with one of their investigators and he explains to me that Im more then welcome to put in a police report but very little can be proved. All she took was cash and very little can be traced back to me as she didnt take the credit card or passport. Even though shes an employee of the club and she shouldnt be to hard to track down Im only here for another 5 nights and dont want to spend it chasing down some skank. I'm trying to weigh up my options and just think fcuk it, not worth the hassle of going to the police and looking over cctv footage, I just have to accept I got outplayed so nh etc.

Ive haven't told anyone about this apart from security and was a bit sceptical of writing this but I can see the funny side of it now and as long as my parents or family dont hear about it I think it should be ok. I really just needed to get this off my chest and forget about it. Im playing the main event on saturday and need to nip all of this in the bud and concentrate on my game.

My sister is flying in from San Diego on Sunday night with some of her J1 friends and I really wanted to treat them to some meals and a show or two. Cant do this now with no funds which really sucks. I can still get money from the atm with a credit card but only 2k which means if Im to survive on that for the next 5 nights no more cash games or expensive dinners.

Its really frustrating as Im usually a massive nit when it comes to my belongings in unfamilar places. When Im in a hotel for the first time I always spread out and hide my money around the room but alas just one slip and you can pay a costly price.

I basically spent all of yesterday sleeping and going over how I could have been so stupid. How a brainless stripper got the better of me. Have no plans for today probably just get my broke ass down to the rio and check out the main event.

Hopefully this will be a lesson to everybody to be exta vigilant when you bring strangers back to your hotel rooms."

Currently 10th in chips in Main Event...

Good luck Hawkeye!

If you win I will 'off' said stripper pulp fiction style for only $500,000

Watch out for James McManus.
His roll was stolen by a *Vegas hooker and now hes 10th in chips in the main event.

*Blog to follow....