2009 WSOP Main Event Discussion (Caution: Most likely has spoiler news within)

#1 3rd July 2009, 10:13 PM

The main event starts today; players will certainly be posting updates on Twitter, etc.

So... let's keep all the thoughts in one thread for cleanliness/sanity. Who's going to win the ME? A pro? A Jerry Yang?

By the way, does anyone know when the episodes start airing?

#2 3rd July 2009, 10:46 PM

Sometime we will meet behind a final table!

#3 3rd July 2009, 11:27 PM

ESPN WSOP schedule is here

Here are the highlights
July 28 -- 8-10 p.m., ESPN WSOP $40,000 Special Anniversary Tournament

August 4 -- 8-10 p.m., ESPN WSOP Champions Cup Invitational

August 11 -- 8-10 p.m., ESPN Ante Up For Africa Charity

August 18 to October 6 8-10 p.m., ESPN WSOP main event episodes 7-22

October 13 to Nov. 3 -- 9-11 p.m., ESPN WSOP main event shows 23-30

November 10 -- 9-11:30 p.m., ESPN WSOP main event final table

#4 3rd July 2009, 11:32 PM

Everyone should come see this thread: Re-Vamped Last Pro Standing Contest

Crystal Blue is running it. For a $5.00 entry fee you get to choose two ME players. If they outlast all the other chosen players then you win the prizepool. They don't have to win the thing they just need to last longer than all others picked in this event. gogogo.

Oh, and if you want to play more than two, you can. For every increment of $5 you can pick two more players.

#5 3rd July 2009, 11:35 PM

FP is gonna win yo ;D

#6 4th July 2009, 3:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Daniels

Everyone should come see this thread: Re-Vamped Last Pro Standing Contest

Crystal Blue is running it. For a $5.00 entry fee you get to choose two ME players. If they outlast all the other chosen players then you win the prizepool. They don't have to win the thing they just need to last longer than all others picked in this event. gogogo.

Oh, and if you want to play more than two, you can. For every increment of $5 you can pick two more players.

I don't got monies but if I did they'd be on Hellmuth and Matusow. Most consistent in the ME in the last 5 years.

#7 4th July 2009, 3:02 AM

F PAU ftw

#8 4th July 2009, 7:07 AM

ftw indeed

#9 4th July 2009, 8:17 AM

Hey FP! Did you start playing already?

#10 4th July 2009, 8:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesdadeliverer

Hey FP! Did you start playing already?

think FP starts Monday, day D1,,again GL FP,,,,buck

#11 5th July 2009, 8:17 PM

That would be lovely if a cards chat member one... I am going to be there on the 9th so i will put a little update on whats going on... i know last year i kept up with chip counts on cardplayer i believe

#12 5th July 2009, 10:04 PM

I want a good final table. ESPN Classic has been running poker all night. One of the Omaha finals from 2005 had Cunningham, Ivey, Hellmuth, Williamson. Would be nice for some pros to have a good ME.

#13 6th July 2009, 1:52 AM

Day 1C and looks like they'll be lucky to break 6000 entrants this year.

#14 6th July 2009, 4:35 AM

lol PH as caesar

#15 6th July 2009, 4:42 AM

Jeff Lisandro is chip leader for Day 1C... if he took this down that would be amazing

#16 6th July 2009, 7:50 PM

Phill is a self promoting a** hole.Sure he's a damn good poker player but i get so very very tired of his antics.Jeff L so far is haveing one of the best wsop i can remember,an good for him he went so long getting out lucked on finial tables in the past.

#17 7th July 2009, 1:03 AM

"Lady Penalized, Patronized
An unfortunate lady was taken aside by a floorman who most apologetically explained to her that she was being penalized for checking the nuts. "You see, you had the best hand possible, so if someone bets you have to raise and if someone checks you have to bet, you have to create action. See, if you don't, then it's more like a home game, with everyone just checking and all friendly..." The lady in question looked suitably patronized, and was issued her penalty on top of that."

WSOP official update

That's actually a rule?

#18 7th July 2009, 1:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emperor IX

That's actually a rule?

Yes.

#19 7th July 2009, 1:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emperor IX

"Lady Penalized, Patronized
An unfortunate lady was taken aside by a floorman who most apologetically explained to her that she was being penalized for checking the nuts. "You see, you had the best hand possible, so if someone bets you have to raise and if someone checks you have to bet, you have to create action. See, if you don't, then it's more like a home game, with everyone just checking and all friendly..." The lady in question looked suitably patronized, and was issued her penalty on top of that."

WSOP official update

That's actually a rule?

Yes, its in place to stop/minimize collusion/softplay.

#20 7th July 2009, 1:36 AM

Floorman: You can not check the nuts, ma'am. You must bet.

Lady: What's "bet?"

#21 7th July 2009, 2:27 AM

Interesting to note that Day 1D is definitely sold out and they're actually turning people away - they're not accepting alternates or anything else.

With exceptions for guys like Patrik Antonius and Sully Erna from Godsmack, naturally.

#22 7th July 2009, 3:00 AM

Congrats to Ivey for the early jump to 70k. Hyper-aggro with a stack is going to be a force to deal with. I'd like to see him go deep for sure.

#23 7th July 2009, 3:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OzExorcist

Interesting to note that Day 1D is definitely sold out and they're actually turning people away - they're not accepting alternates or anything else.

Definitely sucks. Guess the cap was 3k.

#24 7th July 2009, 3:40 AM

lol i don't get how sully erna gets so much face-time. like, who the f knows anything about godsmack or whatever they're called?

#25 7th July 2009, 4:01 AM

He'll get some TV time this year. Didn't he cash the last three years? idk about 08 but I'm pretty sure it was 06/07 for back to back ME cashes.

#26 7th July 2009, 4:08 AM

yeah, i just remember him being like

I HAVE KQ AND NEED RUNNER RUNNER. ONE TIME GOD, LET ME DOUBLE UP AND GET BACK TO 1/2 AVG STACK SO I CAN GET MORE TV TIME EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT EVEN THAT FAMOUS

#27 7th July 2009, 5:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

lol i don't get how sully erna gets so much face-time. like, who the f knows anything about godsmack or whatever they're called?

Godsmack was huge for a few years in the late 90's/early 00's

Funny story, they were suppose to go into the studio a couple years back, but Sully won a couple hundred thousand in a poker tournament, so he decided not to go back into the studio.. the rest of the band didn't like that decision, lol.

I've never been a big Godsmack fan, myself.

#28 7th July 2009, 6:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emperor IX

"Lady Penalized, Patronized
An unfortunate lady was taken aside by a floorman who most apologetically explained to her that she was being penalized for checking the nuts. "You see, you had the best hand possible, so if someone bets you have to raise and if someone checks you have to bet, you have to create action. See, if you don't, then it's more like a home game, with everyone just checking and all friendly..." The lady in question looked suitably patronized, and was issued her penalty on top of that."

WSOP official update

That's actually a rule?

wait, like, no joke?

and this is checking in position right?

#29 7th July 2009, 6:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesdadeliverer

wait, like, no joke?

and this is checking in position right?

NO YOU CAN NOT CHECK RAISE THE NUTS ON THE RIVER EITHER

#30 7th July 2009, 6:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

NO YOU CAN NOT CHECK RAISE THE NUTS ON THE RIVER EITHER

did she just not know she had the nuts or was she just crazy weak/passive?

#31 7th July 2009, 6:27 AM

probly both

#32 7th July 2009, 6:44 AM

blue elephant!

#33 7th July 2009, 8:02 AM

It so crazy this year that i didnt make it to the WSOP this year, i really thought i would make it. It was all of a sudden like isnt the wsop going on right now as i sit at work. Then when i played on fulltilt i would be in the fantasy poker league on there and it was picking players in the different tournies, then it dawned on me " I should be one of these names" oh well better luck next time right

#34 7th July 2009, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

lol i don't get how sully erna gets so much face-time. like, who the f knows anything about godsmack or whatever they're called?

Guess ESPN takes whatever they can get. Tobey Maguire makes a point of hiding himself the entire time and there's only so much of Ray Romano, Jason Alexander and that other guy that the public can take. Plus Erna usually runs deeper than all the other aforementioned C-listers.

Still an awful band though.

#35 7th July 2009, 5:20 PM

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