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05-08-2024 , 07:45 PM

rjen47

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Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 8

Since I have no questions to answer for this post, I asked ChatGPT the following questions off the top of my head consecutively:

1. When did the World Series of Poker Main Event first top 50 players?
2. Who was the first woman to win a World Series of Poker bracelet?
3. Who was the first woman to cash in a World Series of Poker event?

and it got all three answers wrong. Worse, it admitted it actually knew the correct answers when prodded.

Spoiler:

I promise I'll give you more accurate answers than ChatGPT and its ilk (but hopefully for harder questions than these).

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05-08-2024 , 07:58 PM

limon

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Originally Posted by rjen47

Spoiler:

I promise I'll give you more accurate answers than ChatGPT and its ilk (but hopefully for harder questions than these).

in super/system brunson said a huge fish nearly won the wsop in the early years because everyone kept trying to bluff him, who was that fish?

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05-08-2024 , 08:55 PM

rjen47

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Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 8

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Originally Posted by limon

in super/system brunson said a huge fish nearly won the wsop in the early years because everyone kept trying to bluff him, who was that fish?

If he was talking about 1977, I'd guess amateur Milo Jacobson (who finished third for $0, although wsop.com oddly has him second).

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05-08-2024 , 10:07 PM

limon

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Originally Posted by rjen47

If he was talking about 1977, I'd guess amateur Milo Jacobson (who finished third for $0, although wsop.com oddly has him second).

seems about right. they all made deals at the end then. i wonder if the winner gave him a "pity" deal because he lost so much in the cash games.

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05-14-2024 , 01:08 PM

Garick

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When did WSOP chips stop having a cash value? I recall a story about Doyle cashing out to avoid winning and making the news, in the 1972 WSOP, IIRC.

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05-14-2024 , 08:37 PM

DisRuptive1

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What were dealer downs like from 2000 to 2005-ish?

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05-14-2024 , 08:47 PM

rjen47

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Originally Posted by Garick

When did WSOP chips stop having a cash value? I recall a story about Doyle cashing out to avoid winning and making the news, in the 1972 WSOP, IIRC.

Lots of things were different in the early years, but that was a truly unusual 3-way deal that was made to allow Brunson to feign illness and "cash out" for $20,000. The deal worked out well for everyone, however, as Amarillo Slim Preston was the best poker ambassador you could ask for. He made numerous television appearances that greatly popularized the WSOP.

WSOP tournament chips (and tournament chips in general) never have cash value otherwise.

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05-14-2024 , 08:52 PM

rjen47

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Originally Posted by DisRuptive1

What were dealer downs like from 2000 to 2005-ish?

Sorry, I don't know what you're specifically looking for, but that's not my area of expertise anyway, so hopefully someone else can chime in.

Most of that was during the infamously cheap Becky Binion era, however, so I'm sure the dealers were especially overworked and underpaid!

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