[CrisBrown]

Hi JS,

This was an easy, EASY fold. Howard raises with AK. Chip Reese -- one of the best players in the world -- reraises all-in. Johnny Chan -- another of the best players in the world -- calls the all-in. Howard has to figure one of them for AA or KK, given the way the hand was played. In fact, he said "Well, that makes this an easy decision."

As for the value of a big stack early, look what happened to Greg Raymer. He had a monster stack early, but when he lost just a couple of coin flips, he was all but gone. The stacks and blinds were such that no chip lead was safe, and especially not at that table full of sharks.

Cris