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Dennis Phillips in the top 40 in chips with 100 left. After all the bashing he took from NVG tards over that AK hand last year, would be absolutely amazing if he could FT the Main Event back-to-back.

07-13-2009 , 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by TradePokerMoney

They should add the interest on the prize money to the pool too.

Harrahs is always thinking.

They do.

07-13-2009 , 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bored5000

Dennis Phillips in the top 40 in chips with 100 left. After all the bashing he took from NVG tards over that AK hand last year, would be absolutely amazing if he could FT the Main Event back-to-back.

ta layoff might have hurt him the most he was in the zone with 9 left -
bet that Roy the Orifice pimp messed him up

07-13-2009 , 10:08 PM

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chzbrglr

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will peter eastgate win again?

07-13-2009 , 10:09 PM

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VesperWoW

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Originally Posted by chzbrglr

will peter eastgate win again?

Was just thinking this, not enough love for a realistic chance for a back to back champion. Would be pretty crazy.

07-13-2009 , 10:11 PM

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turneresq

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Looks like play is finally going to slow down.

07-13-2009 , 10:12 PM

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Goooo brits! Jeff Duval, Jamie Brown, James Akenhead and erm, Peter Eastgate

Althought Ivey winning might be like moneymaker movement all over again.

07-13-2009 , 10:13 PM

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I was pretty impressed with the way Phillips regrouped last year after the awful start to the final table.

07-13-2009 , 10:14 PM

#1935

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Luckychewy/Ivey HU would all-time epic hof

07-13-2009 , 10:16 PM

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Jamie Platinum

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Is Dang still in?

07-13-2009 , 10:17 PM

#1937

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Originally Posted by nikinblinds

Although Ivey winning might be like moneymaker movement all over again.

There will never ever be another Moneymaker Effect again, and it doesn't matter if a complete unknown or Phil Ivey wins the WSOP. (Although I suppose it might have helped if Obama had played the seat somebody bought for him.) The only boom possibility is full US legalization.

07-13-2009 , 10:17 PM

#1938

Loretta8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Dennis Phillips in the top 40 in chips with 100 left. After all the bashing he took from NVG tards over that AK hand last year, would be absolutely amazing if he could FT the Main Event back-to-back.

he deserved every bit of bashing he got for that hand, it was horribly played.

but yes, would be impressive if he final tabled again.

07-13-2009 , 10:17 PM

#1939

thegumonyourshoe

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eastgate knocks hellmuth down to third youngest to win the main event

07-13-2009 , 10:18 PM

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Why would Ivey, one of the world's best and most successful high stakes players, have a similar effect if he won as Moneymaker, the average joe accountant who qualified from a $40 on-line satellite? It seems to me that someone like Ivey winning would have just the opposite effect on the poker masses, and could actually be bad for the game. I'm thinking we need a Chinese Moneymaker, but I doubt there's anyone left in the field who fits that description.

07-13-2009 , 10:19 PM

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Goooo brits! Jeff Duval, Jamie Brown, James Akenhead and erm, Peter Eastgate

Althought Ivey winning might be like moneymaker movement all over again.

hes bought a place in england, preparing to win the ME 09 and not pay taxes out his arse.

07-13-2009 , 10:20 PM

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Is Dang still in?

seems like it, i want him to win

07-13-2009 , 10:20 PM

#1943

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Originally Posted by illdonk

+1.
moneymaker effects will only take off in countries that havent had a poker boom. not sure why people seriously think that there are tens or hundreds of thousands of fishes just waiting to be told to play poker in the usa. If they havent worked out by now that they can play poker online, they never will.

the wsop main event is going to get even more concentrated with talent in the next few years - and i reckon it's gonna make for better TV

07-13-2009 , 10:20 PM

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chris babula

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Is Dang still in?

yes 1,040,000

07-13-2009 , 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by VesperWoW

Was just thinking this, not enough love for a realistic chance for a back to back champion. Would be pretty crazy.

well it's not *that* realistic actually, he's got less than one-half of one percent of the chips in play

07-13-2009 , 10:22 PM

#1946

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bored5000

Dennis Phillips in the top 40 in chips with 100 left. After all the bashing he took from NVG tards over that AK hand last year, would be absolutely amazing if he could FT the Main Event back-to-back.

Yes, couldn't agree more.

Phillips with over 2 million and Eastgate with close to a million.

They're approaching a Raymeresque repeat run with a chance at Harrington's back to back Final Tables.

Not to mention Eastgate's bid to repeat.

These two and Ivey's run, considering his two bracelets wins, are the story of the 2009 ME so far for me.

Final table with Phillips, Eastgate, Sebok, Ivey. One time.

07-13-2009 , 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by chzbrglr

will peter eastgate win again?

this would be the sickest win in ME history.... last time obv was Jonny Chan, and the field was like 3% what it is now

also, Dennis Phillips needs more love after the absolute bashing he took for the AK v AQ hand and for the ridonkulous article he wrote about what he thought was fold equity..... obviously, understanding FE isn't a prerequisite to making B2B deep runs in the ME.

07-13-2009 , 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mistergrinch

Are there really any people out there who haven't played poker that are going to turn on the TV and start playing because Bum #5420 won instead of Ivey? For the most part I don't think who wins matters anymore, barring a woman.

07-13-2009 , 10:23 PM

#1949

MarsMuzak

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Steve Sanders listed as having 1,850,000. Didn't the Walsh family have to get him out of trouble over a gambling debt back in the day? Guess that life lesson didn't stick.