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A lot of today's players would have been blown away by the scale of 2006. Party Poker took 2000 players and put them all up at the MGM. Every qualifier got a suitcase delivered to their room, full of merchandise - daily 'survival packs' of Party branded Redbull, mints etc, half a dozen different shirts and Tshirts, caps, a backgammon set and even a Palm Pilot preprogrammed with the WSOP schedule for those with high enough VIP status.
The MGM casino was rammed with Party Poker players all in their gear (as you had to wear it when you played your event). Great days..

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12-19-2014 , 01:17 PM

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LVpokerPRO

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Originally Posted by PeteBlow

I dealt at MGM and remember this. Was incredible how huge poker boomed then

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12-19-2014 , 09:50 PM

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Johnny Truant

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Originally Posted by LimpDitka

I know I have some ridiculous poker swag, i just need to go searching in my moms attic.

Two flights of stairs are no joke, though.

Last edited by Johnny Truant; 12-19-2014 at 09:51 PM. Reason: Don't really think you live in mom's basement, just saw the shot and took it.

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12-20-2014 , 03:48 AM

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jesse123

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Originally Posted by EYESCREW

Scott Fischman bobble head has to be more LOL than TJ Cloutier...

Admittedly it's close though.

I haven't heard Scott Fischman's name ages. Where is he now?

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12-20-2014 , 03:56 AM

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SootedPowa

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Originally Posted by jesse123

I haven't heard Scott Fischman's name ages. Where is he now?

Last time I saw him he was looking very overweight on tv - was a few years ago though.

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12-20-2014 , 07:54 AM

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JaFFsTer

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Originally Posted by BEANO52

Spoiler:

I still have my bathrobe and i wear it every single day. Best poker swag ever

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12-20-2014 , 08:16 AM

#132

fivetypes

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Had the white fluffy dog, the donkey and the fish/champagne KO pro FTP tshirts, still have the Donkey and Fish. Still wear them (behind closed doors)

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12-20-2014 , 04:02 PM

#133

meatpies19

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I had had a team poster from ftp. All of them were in a locker room with chris ferguson being the focus while wearing a white bathrobe and flipflops. It was the cheapest thing in the store and all I could afford with my points. I cant find an image of this though :/

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12-20-2014 , 05:48 PM

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smalltalkdan

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Originally Posted by PeteBlow

A lot of today's players would have been blown away by the scale of 2006. Party Poker took 2000 players and put them all up at the MGM.

While I agree with the idea, PartyPoker had nowhere near 2,000 players at the 2006 WSOP. PokerStars (where I worked at the time) had 1,624; my contact at the Rio told me that we had more than twice the number of players as our nearest competitor, which I assume was PartyPoker.

...dan

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12-20-2014 , 05:57 PM

#135

TheFly

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Originally Posted by smalltalkdan

In 2006 PokerStars online satellite qualifiers accounted for nearly 20% of the entire Main Event field, 18.5% to be precise (1624/8773). If not for UIGEA and other changes like no longer allowing 3rd party buyins, I'm confident the Main Event would have easily reached more than 10,000 entrants.

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12-20-2014 , 06:24 PM

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PeteBlow

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Originally Posted by smalltalkdan

I bow to your superior knowledge. That was just what I heard at the time.

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12-21-2014 , 01:21 AM

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gobbo

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Originally Posted by jonchillmatic

Not trying to derail but what about the WSOP bracelets themselves. I mean, they are still important but around this time ESPN made it seem like a bracelet was EVERYTHING. PH had his 11 girls walking in with him etc, etc. They even eliminated the re-buy event so pros couldnt "buy" a bracelet.

These days people are more interested in the money than the "prestige" of a bracelet. IMO

Rebuy events went away because floormen were pocketing rebuy money. Had nothing to do with the bracelets.

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12-21-2014 , 02:46 AM

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vazdog33

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How come DN only mentioned that eliminating re-buy events was so ppl couldn't buy bracelts...was he covering for the floormen? or was he not in the know about that?

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12-21-2014 , 09:24 AM

#139

50yearoldnit

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Is my Jamie Gold I.O.U. worth anything?

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12-21-2014 , 12:00 PM

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NuklearWinter

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Originally Posted by ChiefBlackfoot

+1 if you invested heavily in these back in 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMp0snBrFB0

haha I remember this one. The website is still online and they even made an infomercial for it:

http://pokerhpc.com/video/

What were they thinking!?

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12-21-2014 , 04:26 PM

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jonchillmatic

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Originally Posted by NuklearWinter

haha I remember this one. The website is still online and they even made an infomercial for it:

http://pokerhpc.com/video/

What were they thinking!?

Lol@ the cube! If someone busted out the cube I would have to respect their raises!

Has anyone actually ever seen one of these in a game?

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12-21-2014 , 04:41 PM

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DJKendo

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WTF was I thinking?

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12-21-2014 , 07:14 PM

#143

tRaMSt0p

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To continue the bobblehead theme ... I have this gems with all my other random poker stuff I've collected.

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12-21-2014 , 07:17 PM

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tRaMSt0p

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This is one of my favorites from either the 2007 or 2008 WSOP Main Event ...

Basically a mini torch that's 2 inches tall, and when you click the button it (amazingly still after 7 years) shows the old WSOP black and white poker chips logo.

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12-21-2014 , 07:59 PM

#145

PeteBlow

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That's actually pretty cool!

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12-21-2014 , 08:35 PM

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LVpokerPRO

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Originally Posted by gobbo

Rebuy events went away because floormen were pocketing rebuy money. Had nothing to do with the bracelets.

This just isn't true. While that did happen in binion days, it wasn't why WSOP at rio got rid of it.

They made zero money off the rebuys as juice and now everyone is deep stacked in a long tourney. They'd rather have a 1k or 1500 and rape the juice than a 3 day rebuy tourney. It's all about money

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12-22-2014 , 03:57 AM

#147

jonchillmatic

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That Men "the master" bobblehead looks nothing like him. They nailed PH though.

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12-22-2014 , 05:01 AM

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insidemanpoker

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The most amazing poker collectibles all in one place:

Can a mod blurr out the address on the box at the end of the video? "To the children of Vietnam"

I also can't get over how much greater of a grasp he has on placing 10 year old poker photos at random tournaments vs naming his own children.

Last edited by insidemanpoker; 12-22-2014 at 05:11 AM.