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  There is a cliche about middle aged men and how the vehicle they drive is in direct contrast to how well they fill out a pair of BVDs. On Monday Phil Hellmuth arrived in grand fashion atop a double decker bus. If the platitude about men and their choice of conveyance is correct, Phil had no hope of satisfying any of the 11 scantily clad models who arrived with him (one for each of his bracelets). Fortunately, his play yesterday was far from flaccid and he was among the chip leaders at the end of Day 1A.



  Phil is a legend, a bit of a knob, but a legend nonetheless. His entrance was as big as his presence in the sport. On Day 1B Doyle Brunson's exit was far less grand and in direct contrast to man who surpassed him as the most decorated player in World Series of Poker history.



  Less then an hour after the dealers had cracked their knuckles and dealt the first hands, Doyle Brunson has eliminated from a WSOP event. He was the victim of Justin Bonomo, who was just an indecent suggestion at the time that Doyle was winning his sixth bracelet back in 1979.



  Doyle was not the only high profile elimination. Phil Gordon made no more noise than a whoopee cushion in this tournament, and was expended with the same speed as the air bloated novelty bladder. Erik Joergensen caught a lucky card on the river and bounced Bruce "Elvis" Atkinson, a legitimate Elvis impersonator who somehow escaped Vegas and made it to London in order to impersonate a card player.



  Vanessa Rousso was doing fine until she ran into Frank Schram and suddently she had more time for sightseeing. One of the last eliminations of the day was Scotty Nguyen. This wouldn't have been so bad if he had not earlier in the hand said, "It's not easy to knock out Scotty. I told you - Scotty live forever!" Karma seems to have really bad plans for people who say things like that.