3rd main event was won by Amarillo Slim, the guy who brought Hold Em to Las Vegas
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13th main event winner was Jack Strauss legendary win, the origination of the phrase "chip and a chair", also the year Ungar made the FT without even being at the table
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Also there is another (two) factor(s) that i backtested that makes me believe the winner will have a dominant performance at the final table. (Hint: 2015, 2006, 1997, 1988) (Second hint: 1988, 2000, 2012).
Neat observations! A few corrections:
Hall of Famer Corky McCorquodale is generally considered the person who brought HE to LV.
Straus only popularized the phrase. And he wasn't actually down to a chip and a chair! See the bottom of my Best WSOP Myths, Busted post.
Ungar's 9th place finish was 1990 and belongs with the Matloubi 21st ME win.
Looking forward to the other reveals (1st looks like players who had big chip leads going in to the FT; 2nd I have no guess).
Shaun Deeb with 17 cashes. So far.
That to me is insane.
That's gotta be almost every tourney he entered.
No bracelet and he is 7th in POY
I think only Ausmus is higher also without a bracelet
It's a lot of cashes, but I'm sure it isn't close to the every tourney he entered.
The WSOP has completed about 55 live events, and I almost certain Deeb has played more than half of them. (Also three of his cashes are online.) I'd put the over/under at around a 40% cash rate.
Shaun Deeb with 17 cashes. So far.
That to me is insane.
That's gotta be almost every tourney he entered.
No bracelet and he is 7th in POY
I think only Ausmus is higher also without a bracelet
That’s crazy. I feel like I looked at him the other week and he only had 5 cashes. I guess since he has 0 bracelets so far and a couple FT (not sure if DC counts as one since he was 8th and maybe official FT for that is 6?) it hasn’t felt like he’s done much.
It's a lot of cashes, but I'm sure it isn't close to the every tourney he entered.
The WSOP has completed about 55 live events, and I almost certain Deeb has played more than half of them. (Also three of his cashes are online.) I'd put the over/under at around a 40% cash rate.
If you're going by bullet it's even less since he fires multiple bullets in a lot of events.
I am annoyed to know end that PokerGo is not streaming the $50k PPC till 7pm Vegas time today, considering the $50k PPC is restarting at 1pm Vegas time.
PokerGo streaming coverage should begin at 4pm Vegas time, imo, considering this is the #1 event of the summer.
If any wsop event needed blanket coverage, it's this one.
