Anyone out there been watching the World Series of Poker on ESPN or watch World Poker Tour events on the tube?? Its been rediculous so far this year. My favorite player definitely has to be Gus Hansen, although he's been eliminated from the World Series. He plays shit and wins. Gotta love it. P.S.-don't post the winner of the World Series; I know it already took place, but want to watch it week by week and not know who wins 'til the final table. thanks. :Bingo:

wayne rooney wins

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fat ass fossil with the funny glasses must have a horeshoe up his ass :twisted:

my boy, Matt Dean makes it to the final round of 8. he came in 7th place and won something like $575,000... now that is a nice paycheck!

Poker is the pet rock of the sports world.

[quote=peloquin]wayne rooney wins[/quote] thanks dick :Bingo:

^ wayne rooney is a footballer.. not a poker player :wink:

Not my favorite player by any stretch, but that Dutch Boyd guy (came in 11th, I think, last year -- not sure how he did this year, although I know I've seen him on there) went to law school with me. He was only 15 when he started and had his mom drive him to school every day.

He pretty much acted like you might expect a 15 year old who was already in law school would act -- kinda cocky, and pretty much kept to himself and did his thing. I about flipped when I saw him on there!

Man I was pulling for Doyle Brunsen to get his 10th bracelet...then some no-name chump who'll more than likely go bust by the next episode had to go all in on him with nothing and get lucky....

The man invented poker...he should have a seat at every final table bar none...

Now I turn my efforts toward Chris "Jesus" Ferguson...If these lucky talentless hacks like Chris Moneymaker keep winning these championships its going to end up shitty like every other thing that gets popular in America....

The day I see Paris Hilton in the final round is the day I throw my television away and take up needlepoint.

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Amazing...they show Poker matches on American TV?

All I can imagine in my head is a bunch of Mobsters with a table covered in cigarette butts and whiskey glasses...

hold'em on tv is pretty addicting

i can't understand how they broadcast darts in europe.

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I'm all about Jesus or Ming the Master :wink:

i couldnt play texas hold'em if my life depended on it!! i wanan learn but .. im just soo bad at poker its not even funny.. i should get my mom to teach me.. hahah shes pretty good at taking other ppls money at poker... hahah yes my mother.... great.... i guess its an asian thing.. :?

but watchin texas hold'em is very interestin.. has anybody seen the strip poker on tv.. hhahhaha GREAT... me and my bf were watchin it.. hey who said. i wasnt allowed to look.. great girls.. but i think the ugliest one won IMO.. :Down:

[quote=peloquin]^ wayne rooney is a footballer.. not a poker player :wink:[/quote] i had no idea--thanks :RockOn:

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Poker has totally gone mainstream now, lots of people who only see it as a chance for to get rich quick after a no name won last year. I don't know what the number of entires records are but they have definitely jumped exponentially over the last few years. The more people you have entered the contest, the more the chances of luck befalling on some amateur to the scene, the guys who are the professional poker players have less and less chance of winning the whole pot.

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[quote=Kinetic]Amazing...they show Poker matches on American TV?

All I can imagine in my head is a bunch of Mobsters with a table covered in cigarette butts and whiskey glasses...[/quote]

I get it here too :D

It's pretty interesting to watch... specially when the show Razz, that's a crazy game...

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Scotty Nguyen pulled one of the most classic bluffs on this poor spineless sap last year. flat out told this guy he can't afford to make the call, making the dude fold his winning hand on the river by the power of trash-talk. then rubs it in by showing everyone his 8-3 bluff that didn't pair anything...and tries to joke it off as if he thought he was playing blackjack.

"that's no limit baby!" :lol:

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[quote=LV-8]I'm all about Jesus or Ming the Master :wink:[/quote]

Ming is a trip, he calls himself "Ming the Master" at least 100 times everytime he plays.

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[quote=dlax2][quote=LV-8]I'm all about Jesus or Ming the Master :wink:[/quote]

Ming is a trip, he calls himself "Ming the Master" at least 100 times everytime he plays.[/quote]

i like when he spit up his corona on the table :Cheerz: :Hurl:

boy can't hold his liquor! :EatMe:

[quote=HoneyBearKelly]Poker is the pet rock of the sports world.[/quote]

Word - if there's a 2006 WPT, I'll be surprised.

I love [i]playing[/i], but watching it is comparable to watching people play Monopoly - fun for about 45 minutes but after 4 or 5 episodes I'm a little bored. I'll be glad to see it go just so they'll get rid of that stupid message bar at the bottom of ESPN. "We've only got 16:52:39 till the next epsiode of WTP, shit I better call out of work!"

just because they have shown this on tv with lots of publicity, do you know how much more popular the "sport" has become though? i wouldn't be surprised if they had another one. they've been televised FOREVER, just not on as large of a scale as this year's tourney. i find it interesting too for only about 45 minutes, but always end up changing the channel.

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[quote=hulkhuss][quote=dlax2][quote=LV-8]I'm all about Jesus or Ming the Master :wink:[/quote]

Ming is a trip, he calls himself "Ming the Master" at least 100 times everytime he plays.[/quote]

i like when he spit up his corona on the table :Cheerz: :Hurl:[/quote]

HAHA!!! I totrally forgot about that, but did you guys see that one time when he lost to an amatuer when he had like 3 kings??? That pissed / shocked mug he had was priceless!! :lol:

[quote=Garrick]just because they have shown this on tv with lots of publicity, do you know how much more popular the "sport" has become though? i wouldn't be surprised if they had another one. they've been televised FOREVER, just not on as large of a scale as this year's tourney. i find it interesting too for only about 45 minutes, but always end up changing the channel.[/quote] I don't know how you guys could invest 45 minutes into watching an event and then turn the channel? If anything, I'd think you'd watch the last 45 minutes to see who wins. Thats like watching a close football game until near the end and then turning it off!! All the drama comes when its down to like 3 players. Thats when you see some real poker, and if you like making $$, this is where you learn a lot as well. ...Just my humble opinion :Bingo:

well yeah, of course i watch the last 45 minutes ;) i time it.