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05-08-2024 , 07:45 PM
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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:
1. 1979 (54 players); ChatGPT said 1982, which was the year it first topped 100.
2. Vera Richmond (1982); ChatGPT said Barbara Enright, who was the second in 1996.
3. Bonnie Baez (1976); ChatGPT said Barbara Freer in 1978, which didn't actually happen and misses the 1977 Women's Seven-Card Stud anyway (I probably should have specified "open event" although it wouldn't have changed the correct answer).


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
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Originally Posted by rjen47
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:
1. 1979 (54 players); ChatGPT said 1982, which was the year it first topped 100.
2. Vera Richmond (1982); ChatGPT said Barbara Enright, who was the second in 1996.
3. Bonnie Baez (1976); ChatGPT said Barbara Freer in 1978, which didn't actually happen and misses the 1977 Women's Seven-Card Stud anyway (I probably should have specified "open event" although it wouldn't have changed the correct answer).


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
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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
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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
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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
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What were dealer downs like from 2000 to 2005-ish?
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05-14-2024 , 08:47 PM
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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.
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
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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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06-18-2024 , 08:51 PM
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I used to subscribe to a weekly email from somebody. This person used an alias so it was not his real name. He also brought out a book.

It was in sections like how to play heads up and had a home game feel to it. It was around 2003 ish.


Its annoying me that i cannot remember his name.
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06-18-2024 , 10:37 PM
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I found it… roy rounder.
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