Poker Orifice
Fully Tilted
Platinum Level
jinx imo .... huge sighThis surely has to be Phils best WSOP series ever?
I truly believe he deserves a bracet this year most defiantly! Played some great events with two second places, he's surely gotta win!
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only_bridge
Legend
Silver Level
How much did we bet again? I forgot.
Jokes aside, Helmuth played it very well, but no luck heads up.
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fkucdaw0rld
Rock Star
Silver Level
wow that is insane...i went to sleep wen they were 4 handed and it was looking like phil was guaranteed the bracelet...just randomly checking ish out today and saw that he got second, my jaw literally dropped...that is just sick, im sure he just got ridiculously unlucky wen it was heads up too...he had to have been dominating chip leader wen they got down to 2....damn that is sick, he was playing awesomely too...hope he wins his 12th this year man he deserves it
arahel_jazz
Unbalanced and Committed
Silver Level
So brutal. That one has got to hurt. Phil had Brian down 5:1 at one point, and just couldn't close the door on him - why? - I think Phil lost the discipline he showed for the entire series and got bracelet fever.
Although, $1.06M will buy a bunch of 25-year Mcallan's to soothe his pain.
I do think Phil has proven a point this year. He is a very good all-around card player and one of the best in the world. Here's hoping he doesn't screw it all up by making a stupid showboating entrance at the Main Event.
Although, $1.06M will buy a bunch of 25-year Mcallan's to soothe his pain.
I do think Phil has proven a point this year. He is a very good all-around card player and one of the best in the world. Here's hoping he doesn't screw it all up by making a stupid showboating entrance at the Main Event.
coolnout
Legend
Silver Level
Ya 1 million bucks and leading player of the year. Who'd have thunk it?
JamesDaBear
Visionary
Silver Level
He got "unlucky", but that's still not Phil's game to put so much in on flush draws. Phil played great until then when Rast owned him in the huge pots and the huge decisions. $1m is nice for Phil, but it's not like he's hurting for money. When Phil and Erik and Juanda get heads up, they win the bracelet. More than that, they act with class when they lose, which Phil again didn't do. He gave no credit to Rast and instead just moaned about getting unlucky over and over.
Congratulations to Brian Rast, a true high-stakes player and shining poker star!
Congratulations to Brian Rast, a true high-stakes player and shining poker star!
JamesDaBear
Visionary
Silver Level
As far as the ESPN3 coverage... they just need better announcers. They don't need hole cards to make the coverage interesting. What they also need to do is open the access to everyone. There are too many US players who are shut out because their ISP doesn't offer ESPN3. I had to get it off a European feed, but it actually worked quite well. It really was amazing to watch last night live instead of just following on twitter and PokerNews.
Vfranks
Legend
Silver Level
Yeah I fell asleep when it was 3 handed, too bad for Phil. Just incase anyone wants to know who's ISP wouldn't broadcast it... if you or your kid has an XBOX 360 than you can watch ESPN on it from the video marketplace.
dmorris68
Legend
Loyaler
Wish I could have seen it all, I watched up until 4 handed until about 1am or so. Had an 8:30 meeting at work this morning so couldn't stay up later.
I watched the ESPN3 feed (props to my ISP), and I didn't mind the lack of hole cards especially once Lon and Antonio took over as commentators. Busque and that other guy didn't do much for me.
I watched the ESPN3 feed (props to my ISP), and I didn't mind the lack of hole cards especially once Lon and Antonio took over as commentators. Busque and that other guy didn't do much for me.
Does it not require a paid Live subscription, like Netflix? That's what I had heard, don't know if it's true. My 360 collects dust and I refuse to pay for a sub.
Vfranks
Legend
Silver Level
It does require you to be a Xbox 360 Live Gold member I guess, but you don't have to pay for ESPN separately like you do for Netflix.
At least I'm pretty sure you have to be a gold member. I just bought this Xbox a month ago and a friend bought me a 3 month Xbox live membership. I hadn't even used the ESPN application until last night.
To watch netflix on my xbox i had to put in my netflix email/password, for the espn thing it does not require any email/pass.
Poker Orifice
Fully Tilted
Platinum Level
They were pretty much even when it got to HU, but Phil then went on to dominate the HU match (90% + of it anyways)...then boom... Boom.. BOOM! (it was all over quickly as Rast doubled thru twice to make them even, then won final hand when Phil rrai into the NutStraight.. with a FD & OESD (< which was obv. no gd seeing as Rast held KQ nut strt)
meh.. so Phil got emotional (a bit) when he lost. Is it really that surprising? He'd already taken '2nd' place in two other events (#12 bracelet kept evading him.... just barely).. then to have a HUGE lead, dominate the match for 90% of it, then go out quickly... I think that'd be a bit of a bummer.. no?
I'm not a huge Phil Helmuth fan or anything but do enjoy watching him play & also find it entertaining. Yes he can go over the top at times, berating other players & moaning about great injustices done to him. It's just who he is. From what I've heard (fwiw) he's a really nice person away from the tables - generous, genuine, kind & caring. I think a bracelet win in the Players Championship would've been great for Phil (& for poker).... especially seeing as it seems he has the POY wrapped up now with his 2nd place finish.
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fkucdaw0rld
Rock Star
Silver Level
yea i didnt see it but i wouldnt blame phil at all for taking that one kind of harshly and acting like phil...but thats just him...i kinda feel bad for him cuz despite all the evidence that pretty much prooves he's the greatest NL holdem player in the world, people just dont take him that seriously because of how he acts..its unfortunate because from the way he talks when he's not whining, he seems like a very reasonable and honest/caring person, but since he's always being 'phil' wen the cameras are on him, he gets a bad rap..i know he basks in the whole 'poker brat' thing but wen he actually loses something big u can see his true desperation showing...he's great tho i really hope he wins his 12th...
also, am i the only one who thinks that to win the POY u had to have won at least one bracelet? it just seems odd that even without a bracelet someone can win POY...not trying to take anything away from phil, im just saying it'd b really ironic if he's doomed to 2nd place finishes this year...i think if he gets HU in the main event and loses he'll kill himself lol...i kinda hope the only bracelet he wins is the main event
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onemorechance
live free or die
Silver Level
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fkucdaw0rld
Rock Star
Silver Level
before i say anything, i wanna commend u on the sig and avy...barksdale was the best, but avon definitely earned his respect no doubt....snoop and chris were the shit...
but yea u dont think he's the best? im not saying all around poker player, im saying specifically NL Holdem...the man has more bracelets in ONLY nl holdem, thany ANYone else holds in ANY other poker game...if that alone doesnt mean enough to u to convince u then idk...who do u consider the greatest? he understands the game better than almost anyone
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onemorechance
live free or die
Silver Level
Yeah snoop was amazing, the actress who played her did prison time pre-The Wire on murder charges
Ivey
Durrrr
Galfond
PA etcetc
Don't get me wrong, as much as I dislike Hellmuth he is obviously very, very good at large field nl mtts and extracting value from players who aren't very good, but I'd take people like moorman and gboro over Hellmuth
Disclaimer - I really know nothing about poker
arahel_jazz
Unbalanced and Committed
Silver Level
FWIW - Hellmuth doesn't have a lock on POY - they are including wsop Europe this year in the calculations. He's only 60 points ahead of Lamb. That's easy for a top 20% finish in the ME even without multipliers.
http://www.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-poy/formula.asp
Current leaderboard:
http://www.wsop.com/players/2011.asp
http://www.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-poy/formula.asp
Current leaderboard:
http://www.wsop.com/players/2011.asp
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only_bridge
Legend
Silver Level
Lamb needs to at least final table the ME to catch up to him.
Anyone who plays the ME gets 25 POY pts.