Go o dea and Holden! I reckon o dea or stazko win this. A lot of people are underestimating them because they weren't on the espn coverage much but they r the two cl

Read somewhere that it would start at 18.30 GMT and not 20.00 GMT


Also does anyone know why on earth the event is held on a Sunday? Surely it makes much more sense for it to happen on a Saturday when people might be able to stay up late to watch it. Rather than it being shown on a Sunday when most of us have work in the morning.

Thanks for posting a link so I don't have to hunt around Google. Im being lazy today.

Please win

Stasko-Quite simply, the man don't give a ****. It's quite funny how despite playing for millions of $ he still looks like a mechanic from the Czech Republic, seemed like a nice guy on everyone's bustouts as well.

O'Dea-Seems like a degen Irish boss, not some geeky Phil Collinsesque character. I love his reply when asked what he would do with the money, something like "Nothing much really, definitely gamble higher though".Respect. Also have a stupid amount of money on him (in relation to my measly bankroll)

Sam Holden-Just seems like a very nice guy.

Bob Bounahra-Seems harmless enough and it is probably better for the game if he wins then some nameless, slightly boring pro.

Anton (too hungover to even attempt his second name)-Seems like a nice guy, got to love the dont-give-a-**** attitude of the Eastern Europeans.

I don't massively care

Pius Heinz-Just seems like an incredibly standard young German who speaks English poker lingo in an incredibly tilting fashion-"Super sick ya, I run so goot!". Seems like a pretty ballsy player though so points gained for that.

Matt Giannetti-Seems like a bit of a **** especially with his comments after stacking everyone's favourite Brazilian, Hilton. Gains points because it seems like he is a bit of a rounder-you get the feeling he would organise a game in a refugee camp if it was +EV.

Please God, don't let them win

Ben Lamb-Smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,fat bastard,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,smug,sm ug,smug,smug. Pretty much th only guy in the world who can get into an argument with a Hachem brother and seem like the bad guy

Phil Collins-Seems like a nice guy but just too awkward for my tastes, maybe he should be in the 'don't massively care' category. Just seems too geeky though, anyone who has "only poker friends" should probably get out more

Peace.

This is my prediction:

1. Eoghan O'Dea
2. Matt Giannetti
3. Ben Lamb
4. Martin Staszko
5. Phil Collins
6.Anton Makiievskyi
7. Badih Bounahra
8. Pius Heinz
9. Sam Holden

8pm in the UK is right; ESPN stream starting at 8:30.

Have laid some money on Heinz at 11/1, feels like good value to me.

My prediction is Staszko, Heinz and Lamb through to final 3.

http://www.wsop.com/2011/live-video/

+ http://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/wsop
not free, but cheap & you can catch up the next day if you don't make it through the whole night

I got a 20pt infraction for calling someone a moran yesterday, so don't see why a perma and IP ban couldn't be dealt out for this ****

Also it's pretty tough to choose someone to root for. So many great players/nice guys/heroes. Phil Collins would be my no.1 pick followed closely by Lamb and Heinz. Would also like to see Sam Holden and O'Dea do well. GL GUYS!

He's got the crazy's to his right and tighties/short stacks to his left. How does he have a bad seat?

The way I see it, he's got an awesome seat.

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haha this

Sorry if this is a dumb question. Why are they only showing the hole cards at the end of the hand if theres a 15 minute delay on the broadcast. Whats the reasoning behind not showing them during the hand as well?

Money is on Lamb at 11/2, O'Dea at 5/1 and Holden at 14/1. GL to all 9 though.

we get a new gambling law in germany (march2012) and if pius heinz wins this and we get legalized (taxed) onlinepoker, it will be a hell of a game. then id actually like to only be able to play people from my country. oh, yes.

Rooting for Heinz, then any other pro. Enough with those luckboxes. Also lol at that ROI, how can someone that incompetent be allowed to handle 20M dollars.

Link or source please?

Thanks Kevmath. Love your work. Loking forward to railing. Got small wagers on Sam and bobby any 22/1 and 19/1

Some big hands will take longer than 15 minutes. Just to stop the very small chance of a viewer on the stream feeding a friend what the villain has.

I think (and am rooting for) Collins to take it down, but I have to agree my second favorite to take it would be Bounahra. He's just got a real deserving attitude and I think him taking it down would be good for the game.

You really can't lose with either one of those picks.

PS - Heinz to be knocked out at 9th!

But if they only show the cards after the hand anyway, why the 15 min delay?

technicalities probably, iirc even 'live' sport is on a small delay

+∞ O Dea.

Kevmath am I allowed to post a guide to watching it for us europeans or will i get an infraction/banned?

thanks!
would be great if a mod can add this info to the OP so we don't get questions about streams all the time..

Pius or Anton, gotta support the degens!!!

I also really liked the 'show at end of hand' type whenever it was used before. It's more interesting to watch that way.

Why take the risk of investing at all if your returning almost no percentage ROI? I'm guessing there has to be some sort of insurance in place though, no way they could just lose some money and be like "Now first place gets X instead.."

Pretty meh on any single person to win, but Collins seems like an ok option