Isn’t this basically what every WSOP tournament was pre poker boom? Just pros and whales.
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Just watched the stream. Hellmuth played so poorly. They could play that final three 1000 times and Phil wins less than 50. He is for sure the worst famous poker player.
About to final table $50k so will be profitable after tonight.
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He finished in 3rd and is now +605k for the series.
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“Honestly, the bracelet is not as important for me as it is for many other players,” Badziakouski said on how it felt to win his first. "
They should make Mikita the new WSOP spokesperson
Calling the “celebrities” on the Huster’s celebrity stream Z-level celebs is a stretch. Their families would have a hard time telling people who they are.
These are the worst people on Earth sans Neeme.
What in god’s name am I watching?
I posted the link earlier and then deleted my post 45 seconds later. No one should have to watch this.
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I turned it on because I hate myself and what did I learn? The commentary is worse than the poker!
Not kidding he is a porn star who admits he knows nothing about poker.
i know andrew neeme is like semi famous in the poker vlogs scene but he looks like a broke aaron rodgers to me
Just tuning in for the final hour. Interesting mix of characters. I only recognize Mikki and that’s from seeing him like a month ago on the stream. Oh and Richard.
I read this before I turned on the stream and challenged myself to find the dude before I looked at any names. I wouldn’t say aaron rodgers is the first guy i’d compare him to (homeless or not) but it’s still a good enough comparison that i got it right immediately.
You missed some really gross shit.
Reading the Pokernews updates of these end-of-series high roller events makes the structures seem absolutely ridiculous. There’s like 30 minute levels? Every update is basically “someone shoved 4-8BB and someone else called / called off for less.” That’s what you get for your $50/100k?
Well, that would explain it and why so many of these seem to exist
Not really sure of the appeal to the pros-- the edge over whatever 3 crypto randos are playing?-- but then I almost never swapped back in the day. And now I think even wherever this goes for me I’d rather just play stuff I can keep all of my action in than try to play the biggest tournaments possible.
Maybe every extra (or first) bracelet is worth a certain amount of endorsement to the pros.
I think a large percentage of the top pros are crypto whales themselves at this point
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I dunno that there are really that many endorsement opportunities these days. And most of these guys have multiple bracelets and have some history of crushing so I dunno that one more will do it. Beats me, but then I prioritize game selection. (I only made one WSOP final table, fifteen years ago, and a big reason I picked the event I did was that it was starting the same day as the inaugural 50k H.O.R.S.E.)
I also don’t know exactly how accurate Chad’s comment is but it makes sense to me.