Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Ryan About Ryan

Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Steve Ryan - Four Away From Cashing

Steve Ryan never had a giant stack and never really was at risk for his life. He's slowly been grinding and chipping up form 74,000 day 1, to 160,000 to his current stack of 220,000.

Steve's friend Ryan Eriquezzo encouraged him to play in this Championship because he knows his game, knows he's a smart, intelligent player, and knew his style would suit this format well. Eriquezzo who took down Event 20 6-max, was just spotted rooting his boy from the rail.

"We all help each other out. There are a lot of ups and downs in this business and you need a solid network of friends" said Eriquezzo.

Steve Ryan agrees and added "emotionally, financially, or just to talk strategy, it's important to maintain good relationships."

These guys are friends but when it comes to the poker community a lot of them are really each others family.

Steve's strategy is serving him well since he's been at Roslyn Quarto's table all day along with some other big stacks.

76 players remain so Steve is just four away from cashing.