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by on November 7, 2009 TweetThis
Things are getting tense inside the Penn & Teller Theater...
So tense in fact we had to go outside and take some snaps of smoking-hot Milwaukee’s Best Girl Andrea Tiede and her equi-hot blonde friend.
In semi-related news, Shulman didn’t call Ivey’s all-in and has chipped up to over 10M. In related news, more of Andrea Tiede here.
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by on November 6, 2009 TweetThis
When it's your year, it's your year.
That’s right. Come some point early next week, when the November NineTM has played down to one, we think that’s the headline we’ll be posting (again). Jeff Shulman is our pick to win it.
(Editor’s Note I: reference this excellent thread in 2+2 for a detailed breakdown of starting final table chip counts and results from 2004 to present)
(Editor’s Note II: If Shulman DOES win, Jeff Madsen will probably put out a theory that the final table was actually filmed yesterday in a secret bunker deep inside the Rio where they also filmed the moon landing and that’s how we knew the results. Also, if you still believe in the 9/11 conspiracy, read this).
Why Shulman?
A few bunch of factors: He’s got a healthy stack, with 19.58M chip (10% of chips in play). He’s experienced. This is his second WSOP final table of the decade. He’s been on TV (mostly via Poker SuperStars) many times. And he’s freaking editor of Card Player magazine. Dude has been in the industry long enough to not let all of this get to his head. So the spotlight isn’t going to affect/distract him as much as it does others (see: Phillips, Dennis). Plus, we’re big believers in the unscientific theory of, “Hey, if it’s your year, it’s your year.” And it’s the Shulmans’ year.
Why is it Shulmans’ year? Of course, Barry Shulman, Jeff’s dad, won the WSOPE Main Event. But it goes deeper than that. It’s about redemption.
After years of being out of favor with “the industry”TM due to its strong-arming tactics, Card Player, who has at least been a little kinder and gentler under Jeff’s reign, is more than due to have the sun shine on its ass. CP has been kicked to the curb by the WSOP and the WPT. Even in the WSOP Media Guide, the very last line of Shulman’s bio contains the mini-shot, “A vocal WSOP critic, despite his ongoing participation and success.” Nobody else has anything remotely close to a personally shot in their bio. So yes, this is redemption time, at least for the Shulmans. Jeff has shown a very disciplined game in ESPN broadcasts, he’s being “coached” by the best NLH tournament closer of all-time, Phil Hellmuth, and despite his comment about throwing the bracelet in the garbage, he’s repped himself well on TV (i.e. not a douche, like some others).
So yeah, after years of it not being the Shulmans’ year, it’s their year again. He’s our pick.
But if it’s not Jeff Shulman, then who will it be?
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by on November 3, 2009 TweetThis
Unlike 2007 (effing brutal) and 2008 (almost as effing brutal), there was a lot of “electricity” among us in the so-called “media” as the field got smaller and smaller in the WSOP Main Event.
Phil Ivey possibly making the final table obviously played a huge part in creating that buzz, but there really are some intriguing story lines that we’ll see in tonight’s episode of the WSOP on ESPN as they play down to the November NineTM. Will Jeff Shulman, who is making his second WSOP final table of the decade, really throw the bracelet into the garbage if he wins? Can Darvin Moon, a ginger logger who doesn’t even have an email address, literally come out of nowhere and bank over $8M? Can Joe Cada become the second youngest Main Event winner in a row? Can Antoine Saout prove that France can actually win something…anything?
Below are some of our favorite posts from that day. Look for Dr. Pauly’s always stellar recap sometime later today/tomorrow (right Pauly?) here. And finally in semi-related news, watch the new Inside Deal here.
Dennis Phillips = Poker Agent?
Sarah from UB Photo Dump
Phil Ivey Makes WSOP Main Event Final Table
Phil Ivey the Tiger Woods of Poker?
Good, Bad, or Meh for Poker
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by on October 27, 2009 TweetThis
On Tuesday ESPN airs the first part (Day 8 will be dragged out for two weeks). This is the day we broke Jeff Shulman’s plans if he won the Main Event bracelet and Dennis Phillilps‘ agenting, among other things. A Part I recap:
Jeff Shulman to Renounce WSOP Main Event Bracelet
Worst Final Table Ever if Ivey Busts?
Leo Margets One Last Time
Sarah from UB Brings You Dinner Break News
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by on October 2, 2009 TweetThis
CardPlayer CEO Barry Shulman (above) beat Daniel Negreanu heads-up to win the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe early this morning.
While Annette Obrestad’s WSOP Europe win in 2007 had us hiding in our underground bunker as we awaited the Apocalypse, CardPlayer CEO Barry Shulman’s victory early this morning in London has us kicking our dogs, cutting off people on the freeway and just being all around total douchebags. Because apparently good things happen to people who suck.
In what was an epic heads-up battle between good and evil that lasted more than five hours, the “good guy” Daniel Negreanu came up short of the title after the so-called “Hand of the Year,” or as we like to call it, “Any given hand on any given night on Full Tilt.” Getting all-in on a flop of 5d-8d-Jc with Qc-Jd against Shulman’s pocket aces, Negreanu took the lead with trips after a jack fell on the river. As the crowd erupted, we thought about how much we fuckin hate writing hand recaps …blah blah blah and Shulman hit an ace on the river to give him a commanding chip lead over Negreanu. One hand later, Shulman was dealt tens to Negreanu’s pocket fours and sealed the title by hitting a set. Shulman banks £801,603, or approximately $156 million US dollars, for the win.
You can watch the above play out in this video. The crowd’s response is pretty telling. If you’re wondering who the only person is cheering for Shulman, it’s his wife.
To Shulman’s credit, he didn’t disparage Harrah’s or the bracelet he won (yet), something his son Jeff Shulman promises to do if he wins the WSOP Main Event this November.
This was Negreanu’s second consecutive WSOPE final table appearance, and with his £495,589 cash today, he is now the all-time leading money winner for career lifetime earnings. And that probably means absolutely jack squat to him right about now.
For a complete account of the final table action, go here.
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by on July 21, 2009 TweetThis
You'd think a bunch of dudes who just became millionaires could at least crack a freaking smile.
The 2009 WSOP Main Event has played down to the November NineTM, which means it’s time for our second annual (sort of) Good for PokerTM, Bad for PokerTM, Meh for PokerTM list.
First things first, had Phil Ivey not N9′d it, this would be a turd of a final table on par with 2007. Probably even worse. Just like Cush would’ve saved all for Jerry, Ivey saved all for this final table from a marketing and general mass public interest perspective.
Anyway, we polled a number of people in the so-called “media,” industry types, and pros to gather opinions to go along with our own. Below is the general consensus. Note that just because someone might be listed as Bad for Poker, that doesn’t mean he is a bad dude (except maybe for Shulman). It just means they won’t do much to promote the sport and help the game grow, among other things.
For a more detailed “analysis” of this list, check out our column in next month’s edition of Bluff Magazine.
Meh for Poker
Bad for Poker
Good For Poker
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