RAMA, Ontario – Quite the pro-Ontario (Howard) crowd here, no question. Which means quite a few Middaugh fans here too.

That clever Ferbey! Playing to the home crowd like that.

You folks watching on TV at home are missing some classic skins curling videos they are playing for the crowd during commercial breaks. During one such video – of a very young Wayne Middaugh – a person in the crowd asks "Is that your son, Wayne?" Yet more laughter.

The athletes are wearing a PokerStars.net crest – that's the presenting sponsor of this here event. Looks great on Glenn Howard's shirt (TCN photo by Anil Mungal) but wow... the Ferbeys are running out of space on their NASCAR-style unis...