2009 WSOP Main Event Winner - predicitons

#26
#26
is this right? it seems like this would totally change the momentum/flow of the game? theoretically the same cards will come no matter what... but when you're hot you're hot! when you're not............

July 13,2009 12:00 PM Day 6
July 14,2009 12:00 PM Day 7
July 15,2009 12:00 PM Day 8
November 7-10,2009 TBD FINAL TABLE
Click to expand...
 
#28
#28
hmm... it hasn't always been like that has it? looks like last year was the first..
Event 54: $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
12-Day Event: Thursday July 3, 2008 to Monday July 14, 2008
Final Table: Sunday November 9, 2008 to Monday November 10, 2008
Number of Entries: 6,844
Total Prize Pool: $64,333,600
Number of Payouts: 666
Winning Hand: A♦ 5♠
Click to expand...
 
#29
#29
kev20 said:
my official pick.....if she's playing in it this year.....

annabenson.jpg
Click to expand...


poker after dark
 
#30
#30
Daddy Gee said:
is this right? it seems like this would totally change the momentum/flow of the game? theoretically the same cards will come no matter what... but when you're hot you're hot! when you're not............
Click to expand...
Yes, they went to that format last year.
 
#32
#32
The final table has been set. Phil Ivey is still in. I would like to see him win it.

1. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
2. Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
3. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
4. Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
5. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
7. Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
8. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
9. James Akenhead - 6,800,000
 
#33
#33
I think I got my final table right. 2 big names. Ivey and Shulman. Shulman may not be a huge name, but he was on Poker Superstars.

I want to see Ivey win, I think it will be an unknown though. Ivey's stack in not that great.
 
#35
#35
footballref said:
The final table has been set. Phil Ivey is still in. I would like to see him win it.

1. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000
2. Eric Buchman - 34,800,000
3. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000
4. Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000
5. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000
7. Phil Ivey - 9,765,000
8. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000
9. James Akenhead - 6,800,000
Click to expand...

I'd love to see Ivey take it, but that's a pretty small stack when one of your competitors has a stack 6x larger...
 
#40
#40
Am I the only one that is not terribly impressed with Helmuth's play in the WSOP?

It's like he plays just to survive, not to actually win. And a lot of time his talk or how he acts during a hand easily gives away his hand strength.

For example, last year when he had the AK and the Romanian guy called him with 10-4, when the guy called him preflop, Phil was saying something like "Wow, did they just stack me AA vs my KK?"

Then the flop comes out 10 high, and Phil angrily just checks. The guy bets, and Phil insta-mucks.

Thats just an example. I know he's a world class player, but when I watch the WSOP there are a lot of players who I am more impressed with than Phil - who considers himself the best in the world.

He just tries to hang on and get as far as he can, as opposed to actually build a stack and make a run at it.
 
#41
#41
not an expert here, but it seems that the "rules" at the table have completely changed since phil won his title back in the day... there seems to have been a kind of etiquette that the new guys don't play by.. more exciting for us.. more frustrating for the old-timers..
 
#46
#46
What a joke that final table was. It was a complete donk-fest.

Worst hand (preflop) won 90% of the time.

No one was even playing poker, it was just an all-in fest.

Darvin Moon played like an aboslute moron.

Utter garbage.

The Main Event is supposed to be the Super Bowl of poker. That'd be like the NFL trotting out the Redskins vs Browns for the Lombardi.

Embarrassing.
 
#47
#47
This is more ESPN's fault than anyone. They showed what 15-20 hands out of 350+ hands played. They condensed the longest final table in history to about 80 minutes. Of course you're only going to see the rediculous stuff.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement

Back
Top