Dear ESPN,

As a long time fan of your WSOP coverage, I believe it is time to update the soundclips you use in the opening montage. I suggest the following be retired:


"Let's shuffle up and deal!"

"Raymer wins it all!"

"Aussie Aussie Aussie!"

"I can dodge bullets baby."

"This is beyond fairytale, it's inconceivable."

And replace them with:

"Didn't you lose a terrible hand against Moneymaker?"

"I've got a read on you, sir."

"Begs! Begs! Begs!"

and of course,

"STACK 'EM, STACK 'EM, STACK 'EM...TO THE TOP."

But keep Jennifer Tilly screaming in ecstasy. Just because.

Thank you for your consideration.

You forgot one.

"Eastgate steps into poker history."

Someone make this clip pls.

You would have to include "Kopp thinks his flush is good."

Also +1 for "Stack Em" much as I hated it at the time.

Something about Rajun Cajuns for sure.

my candidate is ivey ...." im good in these situations"

"I thought you had pocket kings."

Agreed, I love this one - understated but effective!

Anyone who can tolerate "Stack'em...to the top!" is either hearing impaired or loves pain. Ouch.

I like the open, but I think they should flash a few pictures from the old days too - not just post 2003. Of course Scotty's winning line was the best ever!

Who is quoted "This is the greatest tournament in the world!" ?

was just thinking about starting a thread to answer my question yesterday but figured i'd get flamed for making a new thread just for that

Its funny how that they only feature the harrah's casinos in flashy lights in the intro

"There's no force more unstoppable than a donk on a heater"

"I just had a feeling it would come"

"9 high"

"clock!"

"ugh, nice hand"

"one time"

...stringing these together in the intro would be way better, as well as a compilation of about 6 different people saying "sick" all in quick succession.

"i don't trust you sir"
"i'm gonna take your head off"
"you know, we are in a hand, you just need to shut the f up"
"what did you just say mike?"
"i got big cojones, you got little cojones"
"they don't even know how to spell poker"
"idiot from northern europe"
"i said top top"

+1

i think the guy's name was Davin Anderson and it was the Moneymaker or Raymer year. I remember thinking that one the corning thing id ever seen, and i dont think the crowd responded to him yelling at all. They need to ax that from the opening

How about replacing "DOyle has done it" with a FT railbird saying "RIP DOYLE!"

eastgate's: "i run good"

raymer's: "presto!!"

prahlad's: "i don't trust you, sir." and...
lisandro's: "I'm gonna knock his head off!!"

hellmuth's: "idiots from Northern Europe can't even spell poker."
or
hellmuth's: "it may be poker to you -- but this is my LIFE."

i don't recall the player's name, but he bluffed "Thunder" Keller, shaking his fingers going "All in", then he flipped over garbage and said "I was on the draw..."

Any argument between Devilfish and Burt Butann (sp?) during the PLO final table.

Matusow's: "You need to STFU while we're in a hand..."

Lazar's: "I'll gamble witcha!! You want a gamble??"

Hevad Khan's celebration, followed by his next year's demeanor.

Mike Carrol's: "Never try to bluff the black man!!"

WOW HILARIOUS!! I hadn't even read your post and we agreed on 4 of these!!

No relevance to the WSOP but I am sure the Ziggy imitation of Ivey from PAD should make it in there.

"When I go out, I go out"

video? cant find on the tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L66a6qz1c0A

these, especially

this

One time would be def great

Perfect

No way any of these would make it, they are too edgy/have negative connotations.

The one I really liked ITT so far is the "sick" montage... 6..., you could get 30 in hyper-succession followed by one screaming, truly heartfelt "SIIIICK, so sick!"

i've always liked Chau Giang's "I love play poker" - try and fit that in there somewhere