Day 8 Main Event Thread

[ntrik]

i hope that the 2+2 servers are ready for the explosion in forum activity when ivey takes this down in november.

[Spimp]

I waited all night... read the 100+ pages since I went to sleep... and there it is! Phil makes the N9!!!!!!!!!!!!! my vacations starts today!

[Scamper]

Originally Posted by TxSteve

maybe discussed already - but for the "amateurs" - and specifically - the true, true, luck box amateurs (are there any at the table?) -

how do they handle the 4 month delay?? here they've been on a massive heater this past week - eating, drinking and sleeping poker - and they've been HOT - and now they get a massive cool down - tons and tons of stress these next few months; etc

even with the chip disadvantage - Ivey will have a massive advantage - since it'll be just another day at the office - AND he'll still be playing poker most days between now and then - meanwhile - those amateurs won't have been paid yet (I assume) - and I guess will have to go back to their regular jobs.

Darvin Moon would seem to fit the bill of a luckbox and amateur. At least according to him.

Last year Dennis Phillips played that roll. From what I have heard he worked hard on his game during the off time and from the coverage I saw it did not do him much good.

I expect Darvin will dance with the one that brought him. If he continues to get strong cards he'll win but I'd bet on a final table flame out.

[pineapple888]

Originally Posted by wiper

horrible line that i and many others would take advantage of.

you're gonna give me 15-1 on the best player at the table?

also, how about the people on day 1 or 2 that *should've* been on the tv table, and Ivey instead gave them $5k and i believe $50k if he won the whole thing...who do we think THEY are rooting for? if the story is true, i have no doubt he pays..

so awesome, so awesome.

It's a friggin sit-and-go at this point, dude. He's got a 20% edge at most on the field given that he's already short and has limited strategic options. If you haven't noticed, these players are willing to get the money in the middle. He's gonna have to win several preflop all-ins, period, to even get within hailing distance of the bracelet.

I'm rooting for him. But it's throwing your money away to take whatever ridiculous 6-1 line the books get action on.

[citrus]

I would not bet him to win.

Rumor has it, that he plans to sit back and nusre his short stack in order to get 6th place money.

[two_isles]

gotta love the 2+2 Day 8 ME thread mascot!
and kudos for the ESPN blunder via photoshop



feel bad for Jordan. that dude rocks!

[steinarne]

Does FTP need to sponsor anyone else at the final table? i dont think so. I was also holding my breath when i saw the update. So awesome
Perfect promotion for full tilt, impossible for pokerstars to match it

[ChristianT]

Lol going back to their regular jobs.

They got the million $ already, some of you are just not so well informed ha.

[jiHad2017]

Okay, the real question is who's gonna make all the masturbating daffy duck t-shirts for all of us to wear while we are railing Ivey in November?

[Hexx]

hi cruizn

[fsckewe]

Originally Posted by nintendere

Interview with Steven Begleiter. Great how he says "I have a lot of friends" without any relation.

"I have a great job. I coach a soccer team. I don't see myself giving any of that up."

QOTY

[Cruizn63]

Originally Posted by Hexx

hi cruizn

oh hai der



i feel like changing my avatar but it might be lucky for phil, so idk what to do

[sba9630]

Originally Posted by Scamper

Darvin Moon would seem to fit the bill of a luckbox and amateur. At least according to him.

Last year Dennis Phillips played that roll. From what I have heard he worked hard on his game during the off time and from the coverage I saw it did not do him much good.

I expect Darvin will dance with the one that brought him. If he continues to get strong cards he'll win but I'd bet on a final table flame out.

Yeah, that third place finish was pretty lame.

[aces_full1963]

Yeah, that deep run Phillips had this year must have been a fluke too...

[Kenneth Sloan]

Originally Posted by Cruizn63

i think that its pretty dumb to award lisandro player of the year. i know he won 3 bracelets this year and all, but phil won 2 plus making it to the main event final table (which he is gonna end up winning ldo). anyone else agree?

I think you decide on the formula for POTY *before* the event - not after you know the results...