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Here we go again – madness, mayhem, Reader Mail! The WSOP Main Event has reached its final nine players and is now on a four month hiatus, so let the discussion begin. Email us at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or conspiracy theories about the battle for Tiffany Michelle’s breasts. On to the show:
So now that we’ve reached the final table of the Main Event with a bunch of no-names, can we officially declare the decision to the delay the final table a complete disaster?
Not quite yet. I’m going to pull a complete 180 here and pretend that I’m an optimist for a moment. Let’s give the giant propaganda machine that is Harrah’s/ESPN a chance to do their thing and turn these nine nobodies into the next big thing. The power of persuasive media can be, um, quite powerful.
But yes, my initial reaction to seeing that nine stiffs had made the final table was that Harrah’s/ESPN were probably shitting their pants. Obviously they’re praying to the wrong god, because this really didn’t work out too well for them. Might I suggest the Church of Fonzie for their next stop?
Whatever happens, it will certainly be interesting to watch it play out. Either the powers that be will be able to turn water into wine or this is going to be the biggest disaster since Waterworld. My feeling is that if things don’t work out well the WSOP will switch back to its standard format next year and kill the delay. It should be a fun four months…
The Tiffany Michelle debacle was obviously the biggest storyline of this year’s Main Event, any thoughts on the matter?
Oh boy, do I have some thoughts. Some of them are good, some of them are bad, some of them will probably get me fired, and some of them are better suited for Penthouse. With that said, I’m going to tread lightly here and answer this question as carefully as possible.
I think that Tiffany’s deep run in the Main Event was great for poker. It would have been fantastic had she made the final table, but hey, that’s poker baby. The enormous amount of pressure on her going into that last day of play had to be a tremendous burden, it sucks that she wasn’t able to just focus on playing poker and forget about the rest of it.
As for the other part of the story (the part dubbed by Sir Dr. Pauly as the battle for Tiffany Michelle’s breasts), yeah, not so much. She made a rather stupid decision to pimp a not-to-be-named-here online poker room currently engulfed in a not-to-be-named-here scandal. Was it because she’s friendly with people who run the not-to-be-named-here site? Was it because they offered her the best deal? Was it just some bad advice from the wrong people? Or did she really just not know any better? I don’t know the answer to any of these questions, but I do know this is bringing negative attention to online poker at a time when we really didn’t need it. And that’s all I have to say about that.
And, before I forget – giggity!
I’m not really into conspiracy theories, but the whole moving Hellmuth to Matusow’s table thing when they were the only two big names left in the Main Event reeks of backroom shenanigans.
From what I’ve heard (and trust me, I don’t hear very much these days), ESPN were really the people running the show this year at the Main Event. So am I surprised that both Hellmuth and Mikey wound up at the same table to put a show on for the crowd? Of course not, poker is entertainment and having those two sitting next to each other is about as good as it gets. Do I think this was some elaborate JFK style conspiracy? Umm, no.
Think about it: the best case scenario for ESPN was having both Phil and Mikey make the final table (along with Tiffany Michelle’s breasts). If they’re sitting at the same table, the chances of them both making the final nine decreases substantially. Instead of having their own pool of fishes to feed on, they were both swimming in the same pond. That means that pond just got a hell of a lot smaller, and there are less fishes to eat.
So save the conspiracies for your local crazy homeless guy – this is poker, not politics. Until next week…
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