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07-15-2009 , 10:50 AM

#76

bobboufl11

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Originally Posted by nikusch

leo margets needs a doubleup soooon

this

07-15-2009 , 10:51 AM

#77

nikusch

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found it
level 30 60000/120000 ante 15000

07-15-2009 , 10:52 AM

#78

springsteen87

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Originally Posted by centerright

Darvin Moon is this year's Moneymaker, but even worse skillwise. He's a logger from Maryland who comes across as dumb and totally uninteresting in interviews. He is an even bigger luckbox than Gold or Yang. Him winning the main event would be a disaster for poker.

How would an average Joe winning the ME be a disaster for poker? This would be a huge draw for laborers around the country to maybe try that rigged online poker their sons play.

07-15-2009 , 10:53 AM

#79

Bluffallo

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Not nearly enough love for James Akenhead ITT. Last year he was HU for a bracelet, his opponent bluff 4bet AIPF holding 10 4 off right into Akenhead's big slick, only for his opponent to flop a boat and turn quads! A pretty standard beat online, but a brutal one while HU for a bracelet.

I'm rooting for him and Ivey

This

07-15-2009 , 10:53 AM

#80

jglsd1

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IT WILL HAPPEN.

07-15-2009 , 10:54 AM

#81

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Originally Posted by MercenariodelSol

Word says Ivey bet 100K on a side bet on himself to win the ME at the start of the tourney. Getting 1000 to 1 odds. You do the math, if he wins, the actual tourney earnings are just a small extra.

What a foolish bet for someone to make. 1000 to 1? There were only a few thousand entrants. Ivey has got to be at least ten times more likely than a random entrant to win, so the best odds I would have given would have been something like 200:1...

07-15-2009 , 10:56 AM

#82

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Originally Posted by easterngreen

Personally I'm hoping for the final table to be a mix of the best players and good characters for TV. Pro v Amateur is irrelevant.

Ultimately I'm dreaming of Ivey and Esfandiari heads-up for the bracelet. It would be great to watch. Imagine:

AE: Wow, I can't believe I'm playing Phil Ivey.
PI: ...
AE: How do you get to be so good, Phil Ivey?
PI: ...
AE: I can't believe I'm playing for a bracelet against Phil Ivey.
PI: ...
AE: Hey, where did all my chips go, Phil Ivey?
PI: Thanks for the bracelet man...Oh, no, here comes someone from PokerRoad...

A++!!!!

07-15-2009 , 10:57 AM

#83

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ivey and the girl ft plz

07-15-2009 , 10:59 AM

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2 days ago Ivey was all in vs a bigger stack vs a bigger pp.

he has a huge skill edge but stacks are shallow enough that this doesn't matter so much

he has a small chip edge

he's roughly even odds to make the final table I'd say

07-15-2009 , 11:01 AM

#85

DaUSon

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nikusch

antonio needs a doubleup soooon

anyone knows the current blind level?

I dont know about soon. He's not short stacked as he has over 20BB (37.5 actually). He can wait a bit for a good hand

07-15-2009 , 11:03 AM

#86

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MercenariodelSol

Word says Ivey bet 100K on a side bet on himself to win the ME at the start of the tourney. Getting 1000 to 1 odds. You do the math, if he wins, the actual tourney earnings are just a small extra.

LOL. Does 'Word' say who made the bet with him? Hard to imagine anyone could be good for it if he won, which would kind of make it foolish for Phil to put up the $100k. Oh, I know! It was Guy! Or Andy Beal!

Or, 'Word' pulled this side bet out of his ass.

07-15-2009 , 11:04 AM

#87

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Girl winning ME would probably be bigger than Ivey winning it if marketed right.

07-15-2009 , 11:05 AM

#88

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MercenariodelSol

Word says Ivey bet 100K on a side bet on himself to win the ME at the start of the tourney. Getting 1000 to 1 odds. You do the math, if he wins, the actual tourney earnings are just a small extra.

can we get confirmation of this and if so with who?

07-15-2009 , 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by bobomutt

can we get confirmation of this and if so with who?

We can't, because it didnt' happen, and no one would spread those odds up to 100k.

The bet would pay out $100,000,000.

07-15-2009 , 11:14 AM

#90

MercenariodelSol

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Originally Posted by jglsd1

A++!!!!

LOL

07-15-2009 , 11:20 AM

#91

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Hes comes all the ridiculous prop bet rumours...

No one ones for sure what kind of bets he made so quit talking out of your ass people

07-15-2009 , 11:32 AM

#92

DaUSon

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Originally Posted by Charlotte FatMan

I never understand opinions like this. you do realize that you don't get to be chip leader this deep by happenstance or pure luck. He's surely not as talented as Ivey, but let's not make him out to be some schmuck who can't tell an Ace from a deuce.

Does poker only need interesting people in interviews to win? Jamie Gold is an interesting interview, but he also comes across as a smarmy d-bag.

Nobody winning this year will be a disaster for poker. And hell, if it insires the entire logging population to play next year, I'm all for it.

I dont want a cot dam logger as a poker champion, I want a fkn poker player. cinderella is nice once, or twice, or maybe even three times. Its old already. Not entertaining to watch undisciplined play with no concept of value betting or pot control, no strategy, and calls of 1/2 your chips with middle pair on a straight and flush board because you "wanted to see it to believe it".

All of those things hardly ever happened less than a decade ago and aside from a few anomolies from time to time, the WSOP for 30 some odd years had a champion crowned that lived up to the title in some way shape or form.

That crap is great in a cash game and I welcome it. That is a whole other animal entirely. Its saturated the biggest stage of poker and made it unbearable to watch from a pure card sense. I dont watch any wsop or tournament broadcasts unless the table is loaded or has some pros at it that know what they're doing.

07-15-2009 , 11:34 AM

#93

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Originally Posted by DaUSon

That crap is great in a cash game and I welcome it. That is a whole other animal entirely. Its saturated the biggest stage of poker and made it unbearable to watch from a pure card sense. I dont watch any wsop or tournament broadcasts unless the table is loaded or has some pros at it.

If you welcome it in cash games, then you should pray it saturates poker's biggest stage.

07-15-2009 , 11:36 AM

#94

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevmath

For those that have access to Betfair, it looks like they're going to have live betting on the remaining 27 players to win the Main Event.

http://sports.betfair.com/Index.do?m...x=1&origin=MRL

Market is "suspended" at the moment. Anyone has more info?

07-15-2009 , 11:38 AM

#95

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its ridicilous how you all overrate Ivey.
Sure he's good, but saying like 60% he will win the ME? He will need a lot of luck to win all those coinflips before winning this. And it's not even final table yet.

07-15-2009 , 11:39 AM

#96

remo13

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Good luck to the 3 French players remaining, all the French donkfishs are with you

07-15-2009 , 11:41 AM

#97

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Originally Posted by KarlizL

you are crazy. Ivey has made it to the final 27 three times already this decade, finishing:

23rd in 2002
10th in 2003
20th in 2005

but he wasn't trying those years. now he is trying and doesn't need to win coinflips or beat better hands

07-15-2009 , 11:43 AM

#98

whodatninja

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all of a sudden the chosen one decides to bet $100 mil for $100K? nice level.

07-15-2009 , 11:44 AM

#99

lookitdisnub

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod

Which hand was this? Was it when he was short stacked?

07-15-2009 , 11:46 AM

#100

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Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod

Wasn't trying? lol, he was playing good for 7 days and when he was in top 25 he just stopped trying? hah. He was playing close to his A game and lost anyway.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not Ivey's hater, I hope he makes it to the final table, I'm just saying that won't be so easy as you think.

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