Face Spotting
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The board shows 288 players registered so far, and that number is ticking upward by the minute. We've got a full house here in the Theater, and there is an overflow section outside the poker room. We packed a lunch and hiked over there to check on the crowd. There are eight tables set up over there, and we only spotted Matt Waxman and Jean "Prince" Gaspard in that section.
Gaspard is no stranger to success in this building. In 2009, he took down the Main Event here, back when the buyin was a bulkier $5,000. Gaspard bested Billy Kopp and Ken "Bama" Christopher in a three-way battle to take the top prize of more than $200,000 and the gold ring.
As we speak, another pair of ring winners has joined the field. Seneca Easley won the WSOP-C Main Event in Rincon a couple months ago, and "Captain" Tom Franklin just snagged his first ring a couple days ago right here in New Orleans.