Its not too hard to make it through day 1 at the World Series, the blinds are low and slow and if you stay out of trouble and play tight you can essentially cruise through to day 2 (apologies if I talk too much poker speak).
Despite my low expectations for Jordan, he did indeed continue to do well on day 1d and was well placed going in to day 2. I was updating my mates via e-mail as to his progress and with about 2000 players left on day 2b (the field is so large still they have two different day 2's) Jordan had chipped up to 160,000 and was in the top 20!
Going in to day 3 tomorrow after a rest day for the field today, Farmar has slipped a little from those lofty heights but still has a healthy stack of roughly 75,000. He obviously lost a few big hands late in the day. The next challenge for Jordan is to make it "in the money" which means top 600 (out of 6500 starters) who receive $21,000. Sure, its pocket-change for an NBA player, even for a young back-up point guard like Jordan, but it would be a good achievement to cash in the World Series.
For our Aussie readers, also of note from the Main Event is cricket legend Shane Warne. After he finished just out of the money last year, he's doing very well so far with just over 170,000 chips. The other well-known Aussie is 2005 champion Joe Hachem who has just under 140,000 in chips.
Jordan Farmar and his p p p p poker face
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