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Dennis Phillips didn’t win the 2008 WSOP Main Event, but he carries himself as if he did.
Listen, we’re not ripping the guy for stepping up and filling the “poker ambassador” void left gaping open by Peter Eastgate, but he’s practically established himself as the Anna Kournakova of the game: he never won anything big but you’d never know from all the attention he gets. The big difference here, of course, is we weren’t Yahoo! image searching “Dennis Phillips up-skirt Wimbledon” when he was 16 years-old, but whatever.
Phillips and his white-shirt-St.-Louis-Cardinals-cap wearing minions (seen above) just busted right before break, going down in an impressive 45th place ($178,857). While we won’t fall victim to some so-called poker “media” hyperbole that this is one of the best ever WSOP Main Event performances, what he did was impressive as hell, and a final table Phillips run would’ve brought great press to the game.
With Phillips’ elimination, we’ve lost almost all of our “name” pros. Billy Kopp is still the chip leader. Phil Ivey is still fourth. Antonio Esfandiari and Leo Margets still remain.
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.
One of The November NineTM, Dennis Phillips, has formally signed with Oracle Poker Consulting for 2008 WSOP final table advice.
When everyone first learned that the World Series of Poker would hold nine people hostage (later to be dubbed The November NineTM) from July until November this year, one of the first outcries from the public was, "Who will HELP these people???"
The first shoe has dropped (publicly at least) on Wednesday as big stack Dennis Phillips as aligned himself with Roy Winston and Joe McGowan of Oracle Poker Consulting for advice leading to the final table.
Says Dennis Phillips (of this cry for help?):
"I look forward to working with Roy & Joe and Oracle Poker Consulting over the next couple of months leading up to the Main Event. I’m confident in my game and don’t intend to change it, but I’m also smart enough to know that you can always learn more. Roy and Joe’s help and insight will be invaluable, not only in preparing for the final table but in helping me navigate through the many aspects of being in the poker spotlight."
How this may or may not impact Phillip’s relationship with the other hostages, or when he is released back to the general poker public, remains to be seen. Will he suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome? Will he bank $9M? Will he be good or bad for poker? As John Wetton might say, only time will tell.
Editor’s Note: When Harrah’s came to us back in April this year and said, "Hey Entities, we’re going to do this thingy with the 2008 WSOP Main Event final table were we delay it till November. Can you help us come up with a cool way to brand it?" we said "Ok…but it will be our trademark." They said, "We guess that’s aieght." So we said, "All right well we’re naming it ‘The November 9TM‘." And Harrah’s was like, "Coolio. We’re Audi 500." *
It took a little longer than we would’ve expected, but we finally have some odds on The November 9TM for the 2008 WSOP Main Event.
Dennis Phillips, who we are slowing changing our opinion on and possibly upgrading to "Good for PokerTM," leads "theTM" way at 3/1. He’s followed by Scott Montgomery at 4/1.
Our pick to win from the get-go, the guy you just can’t get mad at although we may be downgrading to "Bad for PokerTM" David "Chino" Rheem, is at 15/2. And with eight big blinds left, Tommy Rocky HorrorKelly Kim brings up the rear at 25/1.
Head over to Bodog Lifehere to view the rest of the odds. Discuss the odds or who you think has the best value in the WCP forumhere.
* Conversation didn’t quite happen like that. Or at all.
UPDATE: Tell us who you think will take it down. Head over to the WCP forum and cast a vote in our poll here. (Btw, the correct answer is Chino Rheem).
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