by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.9.2008 in
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As we wrote in our "Good / Bad for Poker" article on espn.com, Craig Marquis definitely fell into the "Good for Poker" hole and one (or three, as in, the Entities) might argue that of the November NineTM, he might’ve been the best for poker if he won (definitely the most marketable).
Well that ain’t happening.
Marquis busted out first, falling to Scott Montgomery.
In a hand you’d typically only see on Full Tilt, Marquis was all-in pre-flop with pocket 7′s. Montgomery called with A-Q. Marquis flopped a set, but Montgomery runner-runnered broadway for a straight.
Kelly Kim, who is clinging on to dear life with only 600,000 in chips now, did this upon Marquis’ busting, as he’s now a millionaire.
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Has anyone down there seen Dennis Phillips’ chip lead?
Somewhere, difficult to tell in this photo but in the stadium seating behind the final table, there are about 200 white-shirt-wearing, St. Louis Cardinals ball capped Dennis Phillips fans. Outside the Penn & Teller theater, there are probably 100 more.
All are there, of course, were brought there by Dennis Phillips.
So it kind of sucks for him that he’s gone from chip leader to near short-stack, dropping to around 4M in chips.
Phillips lost a monster pot to Ivan Demidov, and has continued to slip. The once vocal Phillips minions (who we spoke with many, all good, friendly people) have gone silent.
That party Phillips promised for all if he won looks highly improbable now.
Phillips in general looks shell-shocked and a little lost. Maybe he’s feeling the pressure of not having to disappoint so many supporters out there.
Follow the action here or with Dr. Pauly here.
UPDATE: Ok as soon as we posted this Phillips doubled up through Chino Rheem and is now stacked at 9M. Chino is down to around 6M.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.9.2008 in Uncategorized | no comments
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 11.8.2008 in Uncategorized | 6 comments
After four months in captivity, November NineTM hostages are finally ready to be released.
We are less than 24 hours away from the 2008 WSOP final table. Do you care?
What happened to all the promised ESPN build-up? Where’s the hype? Where’s the PR push around the fact that somebody, perhaps a 50-something truck driver or 23 year-old whiz kid, is about to win $9M? People lose their mind after watching the seventyeththousandth Survivor winner bank just one mil. Why not give this some more reality treatment during the lay-off?
This is a great story, yet it hasn’t seeped into the mainstream at all.
Why hold these nine people hostage for four months if you’re really not going to do anything that much outside of airing the episodes like you’d normally do to hype it?
So we ask…are you really excited about this final table tomorrow? Anyone?
Anyone?
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