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07-19-2011 , 08:27 PM

#851

CanuckG

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Spoiler:

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07-19-2011 , 08:27 PM

#852

ASAP17

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How many at the table are stoned? over/under?

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07-19-2011 , 08:28 PM

#853

frzn assets

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Jesssus, they really need to get rid of lon...

Only people that should be in the booth is Tuchman, LivB, Antonio and maybe chad, everybody else sucks

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07-19-2011 , 08:28 PM

#854

wild will

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Lons such a douche

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07-19-2011 , 08:29 PM

#855

ArcadianSky

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Originally Posted by CheckRaise_

so much facepalm in one post.....

Why? I agree with him.
It sounds racist, and may not be worded as eloquently as it could be, but it's the truth.

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07-19-2011 , 08:29 PM

#856

DayTripping

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Originally Posted by Will Pay4$

just to play Devil's advocate a bit, by this reasoning i take it your favourite final table of the last 5 years or so would be Jamie Gold's? I am not sure conversation is why i watch the wsop.

Actually, yes.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#857

FlatTireSuited

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Originally Posted by DayTripping

Americans tend to have more personality and talk more. A lot of the foreign players i.e Eastgate, Duhamel, Demidov etc are not as comfortable speaking english and therefore remain quieter on TV tables. Eastgate showed as much excitement after winning the main event as I did last time I got a jury summons. Granted none of those guys are going to be in this November 9 and I'm not sure about the english skills of the guys that are left right now, but I'd rather watch somebody from the USA who talks a lot and is understandable than a random from the Ukraine who may know only halting english.

Also people like to watch people they can relate to. Your average viewer is going to be more inclined to tune in if the table is full of people who talk and act like him than if it's full of stone faced Czech's who aren't very easy to relate to.

Tony G would like to have a word with you. As would Filipio Candio (I'm sure I spelled that wrong, too lazy to look up). On the flip side, I definitely agree that a table of Vanessa Selbst, Phil Galfond and Andrew Robl would just be non-stop table chatter.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#858

sprfcta

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Originally Posted by Cotton Hill

This.

He's been a professional hold em commentator for a decade now and he can barely read the board.

He used to broadcast the Mesquite Rodeo with Don Gay, but I never saw him ride a bull.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#859

Cotton Hill

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I just want to restate how utterly stupid the November Nine concept is.

What other sport or game in the world stops MID GAME or MID TOURNAMENT and then takes 3 months off to finish it off?

What if the NFL purposed playing the first 3 quarters of the Super Bowl and then resuming it 3 months later, for hype?

What if a boxing match fought 11 rounds and then took 3 months off to fight the last round?

etc.

It's completely absurd. We aren't talking about seperate games or seperate tournaments, we're talking about stopping the tourney IN PROGRESS and the resuming it 3 months later, just to give ESPN time to edit and broadcast the rest of the tourney.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#860

ezakuroy

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Originally Posted by DayTripping

World Cup finals. Which is going to get better ratings, USA vs China or China vs...... Finland?

It's pretty hard to predict television ratings 100 years from now.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#861

bbfg

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Foreign heavy FT is awesome imo

don't worry guys not only americans and UKers know english.

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07-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

#862

Andro

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Originally Posted by ArcadianSky

Why? I agree with him.
It sounds racist, and may not be worded as eloquently as it could be, but it's the truth.

I take it you're an American too. Nobody else could seriously believe in such ******ed crap.

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07-19-2011 , 08:31 PM

#863

Tom1975

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Are Phil Collin's buddies really singing In The Air Tonight? This might top Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy OY for most annoying WSOP ME chant.

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07-19-2011 , 08:31 PM

#864

iggysdady

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Originally Posted by ezakuroy

It's pretty hard to predict television ratings 100 years from now.

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07-19-2011 , 08:32 PM

#865

GorillaRadio

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surprising to see lamb raise that turn with AJ

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07-19-2011 , 08:32 PM

#866

ImBroke420

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I feel like ben missed a river bet but it was a scary situation and he had showdown value

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#867

frzn assets

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Why lamb is winning..

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#868

Fatal Checkraise

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We might even get a final table with 9 different countries represented

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#869

DayTripping

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Look I enjoy advanced, high-level poker just as much as the next 2+2'er, but give me a donk like Jamie Gold trying to beat superior players for $8 million and being very entertaining in the process and I will take it any day. From a pure entertainment standpoint I wish people like Gold and Darvin Moon would make more final tables, but the game has become so dominated by the higher skilled players that we don't see the random every day Joe's as much any more. Instead we get Ben Lamb who is a great player and nice to watch from a poker player's perspective, but honestly he has the personality of a dryer sheet.

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#870

Romka

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Originally Posted by Swann99

This will be the lowest rated NN of them all. Basically nine indistinguishable guys playing each other without talking.

Most viewers are interested in poker play, not mumblings, small talk between players.A lot is at stake for these guys,it's not an episode of HSP.

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#871

wild will

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Originally Posted by sprfcta

He used to broadcast the Mesquite Rodeo with Don Gay, but I never saw him ride a bull.

Not even close to similar

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07-19-2011 , 08:33 PM

#872

ElPonchis

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incase you guys didnt hear, its 40 miles per gallon

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07-19-2011 , 08:34 PM

#873

progress

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Originally Posted by GorillaRadio

surprising to see lamb raise that turn with AJ

yes it deffintily was

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07-19-2011 , 08:34 PM

#874

Bored5000

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Originally Posted by Tom1975

Are Phil Collin's buddies really singing In The Air Tonight? This might top Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy OY for most annoying WSOP ME chant.

I realize it wasn't a chant, but the Dennis Phillips' truck horn is pretty hard to top for annoying.

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07-19-2011 , 08:34 PM

#875

ezakuroy

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Originally Posted by DayTripping

With the final table increasingly becoming composed of online players, the lack of "personality"/talkative players can be attributed more to the fact that online players are generally less social/talkative at the table and less the fact that they are from a different country. Last year, it can be argued that the most "interesting" or "exciting" player was Filippo Candio.

Being American has nothing to do with it.

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