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(Editor’s Note: Portions of the following post appear in our January column in Bluff Magazine)In the January issue of Bluff Magazine, we named our Player of the Decade for each 10 year span of the modern poker era (so starting in the 1970’s). The criteria was simple: what player had the greatest success and most impact on the game in each decade of the modern poker era?
While some decades, like the 80’s, were tight, it was pretty clear for the aughts/zeros/Ohs who the best player was. Below is an excerpt from our column. Go below the fold for excerpts from our 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s Player of the Decades.
Player of the Decade – 2000’s: Phil Ivey
Honorable Mentions: Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker
Phil Ivey first really came onto the scene in 2000, winning a Jack Binion World Poker Open event. Since then, he’s amassed over $11 million in tournament earnings and established himself as the best live and online cash game player in the world.
A WSOP Main Event final table appearance in 2009 cemented his status. And even Honorable Mentions for this decade, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth, openly admit that Ivey is the best player in the world. Well, Negreanu does at least.
2009’s final table appearance also provided a push for Ivey in the publicity department, something almost solely dominated by the likes of Negranu and Hellmuth until then. He appeared on an ESPN The Magazine cover and countless major media features.
We expect Ivey (and Negreanu and Hellmuth) to be contenders for this title in 10 years as well.
(Buy the January issue in stores for the full column version…)
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Tagged as: Doyle Brunson, featured, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey
First Dan Harrington doesn't get elected into the HOF, and now they stick him behind the elevator where Russ used to be...wtf did Action Dan ever do to anyone?
We were at the Penn & Teller Theater earlier this morning as they set up for the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table. Some quick notes:
:: Darvin Moon apparently is still on a heater. Last night he shared a $10 Texas Hold’em table game on the floor at the Rio with Kevin Schaffel’s brother and some others. Playing $10 a hand, Moon is said to have run it up to over a $1,000.
:: Speaking of Moon, Doyle Brunson was on ESPN Radio 1100 AM today where he said he tried to get Moon to wear a Doyle’s Room logo. In return, Doyle would coach him. Moon turned it down. However, we know that Moon is talking to/getting advice from Dennis Phillips.
:: Speaking of getting advice, while Moon maybe should’ve taken Doyle up on his offer, Steven Begleiter made a good call by getting SNG king Jonathan Little as his coach.
:: Speaking of Begleiter, his contingent of 100 have shirts that say “Begs, Begs, Begs!” Original.
:: Speaking of shirts, Kevin Schaffel’s contingent are wearing “Schaffel Up and Deal” tees.
:: Way better viewing situation in the P&T Theater this year compared to last, as you’ll see by the Jeffrey Pollack Vlog going up shortly.
Tagged as: 2009 WSOP Main Event, Darvin Moon, Doyle Brunson, November Nine
Tiger Woods isn't in the Golf Hall of Fame yet.
Poker blogger Doyle Brunson woke up from one of his naps this past Sunday to chime in on the inductees for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame. Or more specifically Phil Ivey, who he thinks is too young to get the nod.
Said Doyle on his blog:
It’s almost time to vote for the 2009 inductees into the Poker Hall Of Fame and I’m unsure of who my choices will be. I’m leaning toward the older guys with my first choice being Mike Sexton. We have to pick two and I’m thinking hard about my other vote. Phil Ivey is the best player on the list, but he is only 33 years old. Chip Reese is the youngest player to be inducted at the age of 40. Phil is great, but he still isn’t Chip. Give Phil a few more years and he will certainly be elected.
We tend to agree with Doyle here and we’re guessing Phil Ivey probably does too. Or doesn’t care, unless he has a prop bet on it. Hall of Fames aren’t for players still at the height of their careers, like Ivey. They’re for players whose careers have more to look back at then look forward to.
What do you think? Should Ivey be inducted at the age of 33? Should they have an age requirement for players put on the ballot (see Dwan)? Let us know in the comments.
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Tagged as: 2009 Poker Hall of Fame, Doyle Brunson, featured, Phil Ivey
Will the Rio Amazon Room be celebrating a record-tying 11th WSOP bracelet for Doyle Brunson today?
A pretty crazy finale to
Event #35 ($5,000 PLO) and a poker legend goes for a record-tying win. Here’s yesterday
2009 WSOP round-up:
:: Event #35 ($5,000 PLO): After playing small ball all tourney, Richard Austin got his chips all-in after the flop with gut-shot straight and flush draws against Sorel Mizzi and JohnnyBax “Cliff Josephy” in a huge three-way pot for the $5k PLO championship. Having both Mizzi and JohnnyBax covered, Austin rivered the flush for the win and $409,484. Mizzi takes second ($253,048) and JohnnyBax third ($166,771). Get full tourney recaps here.
:: Event #36 ($2,000 NLH): Blah. Here.
:: Event #37 ($10,000 7CS Hi/Lo): This is the tournament everyone will have their eyes on today. Doyle Brunson will be going for his record-tying 11th WSOP bracelet. It’s just like high school. He’ll enter the final two tables stacked third overall with 525,000. With a total of 12 remaining, the chip leader is high-stakes cash specialist Abe Mosseri with 950,000. Jeffrey Lisandro is second with 786,000. Scotty Nguyen (watch his latest Scotty Being Scotty here) is also alive with 298,000. Get full chip counts here.
:: Event #38 ($2,000 Limit Hold’em): The starting field of 446 played down to 107. David Baker is at/near the chip lead with 72,100. Also alive include but are certainly not limited to Maria Hoooooooo! (22,100), guy-with-hot-girl-porn-star-name Shannon Shorr (16,900), Daniel Negreanu (14,700), and Phil Hellmuth (12,100). Go below for Daniel’s latest vlog. Get full chip counts here.
Finally, remember to read about and sign-up for our Dream Team Poker WSOP Giveaway here.
Watch Daniel Negreanu Wraps It Up with Erick Lindgren on RawVegas.tv
Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Poker News, Richard Austin
Peter Eastgate is one of many "name" pros who are leaving it all hanging out there but with little results at the 2009 WSOP.
While the final tables yesterday were of the friends and family variety, some potentially good storylines developing in other tournaments. Here’s the recap:
:: Event #9 ($1,500 NLH Six-Handed): Ken Aldridge won his first bracelet while banking $428,259. Unless you’re a close relative or possible childhood best-friend, you don’t really care about the rest of the final table. But for sheer morbid curiosity, view results here.
:: Event #10 ($2,500 PLH/PLO): Plenty of big names made the money in this 453 person field, but the final table was mostly blah. Cornel Cimpan just missed out on winning a WPT title and WSOP bracelet in the same year when he finished fourth. Eventually Rami Boukai took this one down, banking $244,862. View full results here.
:: Event #11 ($2,000 NLH): Only 25 remain from the starting field of 1,646. Phil Hellmuth was eliminated in 29th place, making this his redunkulous 70th WSOP cash. Yet again, another friends and family final table is shaping up. Chris Taylor is the overnight chip leader. UFC Octagon voice Bruce Buffer put the ladies aside long enough for his first ever WSOP cash ($3,894). He discusses the cash (and jetting off to Germany early next week) here. Get chip counts here.
:: Event #12 ($10,000 Mixed Championship): The money bubble burst towards the end of play and now 20 remain. Our old Official Pick to Win ItTM, Huck Seed, is the overnight chip leader, stacked at 645,500. Our current Official Pick to Win It, Howard Lederer, is nowhere in site. Huck is gunning for his fifth bracelet. Joe Serock, who is both NOT Joe Sebok nor the way Asian people would say Joe Sebok, is second in chips with 584,500. Todd Brunson, Doyle Brunson (going for a record-tying 11th bracelet), and Michael Binger are all still in contention as well. Get full chip counts here.
:: Event #13 ($2,500 NLH): This one had 1,008 entrants with 180 advancing to Day 2. Phil Ivey is among those in contention, sitting well above the average stack with around 65,000. With all of his bracelet prop bets, if Ivey were able to pull this out, he’ll pretty much be the straw that stirs the entire poker economy. Money bubble pops at 117. Get updates here.
:: Event #14 ($2,500 LH Six-Handed): Aaaannnd finally, a field of 367 played down to 98 last night. Big names remaining include Daniel Negreanu, the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran, and Barry Greenstein. View updates here.
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Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, Doyle Brunson, Girls on the Rail, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey
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