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#532
08-08-2006, 06:46 PM
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Re: Jamie Gold Info
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[ QUOTE ] From the poker blog on ESPN.com, the complete article can be found at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/inde...mp;lid=tab1pos1 A snippet: [ QUOTE ] "There might be a story,'' Gold said, "if I dump at the end because I don't want to be famous.'' Excuse me? "Dump at the end''? Isn't it every player's dream to win this one event? "I don't want to be famous,'' Gold said while sitting in the Bodog lounge before Day 6 of the event Monday. "I'm not sure if I want to win. And I'm in control of that.'' The stunning epiphany hit the 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident earlier that morning. "I just thought about what would happen if I won,'' Gold said. "Out of the goodness of their heart, a lot of people would feel like they needed to talk to me, they'd want to know what I was doing, cameras would follow me around. I don't want my life on display. I don't have anything to hide. I'm just not that person. I've always been behind other people. I like making other people famous. I'm not comfortable being in the spotlight. I like my private life. "I also don't want to be responsible for being the ambassador of poker or anything like that. What Greg Raymer does is amazing. Good for him. I'm not looking to quit my job. I like the job I do. I don't need the money. I'm not doing this for the money. I love the competition.'' The money, though. It's $12 million. "The money will help my father,'' Gold said. "But $6 million will help him, too. I would rather come in second.'' Suddenly, this raises the question of the way he might play his hands. The integrity issue comes into play. "I haven't decided what I'm doing,'' he said. "If it's inappropriate, I won't do it. I'm just telling you that if I had to plan it out, coming in second would be more satisfying to me.'' But the bracelet represents the greatest accomplishment that this competition offers, a place among the greats. "I want to win,'' he said. "I don't want to be famous.'' [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] I can see where he's coming from, but to state this publicly ahead of time is pretty stupid IMO. [/ QUOTE ] Or an excuse in advance. I didn't really want to win it, see. Yeah, that's the ticket. I wanted to be anonymous, like Sammy Farha. 
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#533
08-08-2006, 06:47 PM
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Re: Jamie Gold Info
I should include the end of the article:
[ QUOTE ] The interview is about to end, and I'm stuck. Gold has only a couple minutes to get to his table and he has a massive stack, one that he would double to more than $14 million by the middle of the afternoon. I'm stuck because I heard his story and don't know whether to wish him good luck or bad. "No,'' he said, "wish me good luck. I'm just being honest. I want to win.'' [/ QUOTE ]
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#534
08-08-2006, 06:48 PM
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Re: Jamie Gold Info
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From the poker blog on ESPN.com, the complete article can be found at http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/inde...mp;lid=tab1pos1 A snippet: [ QUOTE ] "There might be a story,'' Gold said, "if I dump at the end because I don't want to be famous.'' Excuse me? "Dump at the end''? Isn't it every player's dream to win this one event? "I don't want to be famous,'' Gold said while sitting in the Bodog lounge before Day 6 of the event Monday. "I'm not sure if I want to win. And I'm in control of that.'' The stunning epiphany hit the 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident earlier that morning. "I just thought about what would happen if I won,'' Gold said. "Out of the goodness of their heart, a lot of people would feel like they needed to talk to me, they'd want to know what I was doing, cameras would follow me around. I don't want my life on display. I don't have anything to hide. I'm just not that person. I've always been behind other people. I like making other people famous. I'm not comfortable being in the spotlight. I like my private life. "I also don't want to be responsible for being the ambassador of poker or anything like that. What Greg Raymer does is amazing. Good for him. I'm not looking to quit my job. I like the job I do. I don't need the money. I'm not doing this for the money. I love the competition.'' The money, though. It's $12 million. "The money will help my father,'' Gold said. "But $6 million will help him, too. I would rather come in second.'' Suddenly, this raises the question of the way he might play his hands. The integrity issue comes into play. "I haven't decided what I'm doing,'' he said. "If it's inappropriate, I won't do it. I'm just telling you that if I had to plan it out, coming in second would be more satisfying to me.'' But the bracelet represents the greatest accomplishment that this competition offers, a place among the greats. "I want to win,'' he said. "I don't want to be famous.'' [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] This dude's so full of [censored]. He's a Hollywood producer and he doesn't want to be famous? Right.
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#535
08-08-2006, 06:49 PM
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Re: Final Table?
I Did bet on Alan Cunningham Before the ME started on Bodog he was 110/1 to make the final 9, i wish i would of known of these other sites that offerd much better odds, insted of getting 1,100 i could be getting 7,500 bucks
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#537
08-08-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Jamie Gold Info
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] This just in: Cardplayer Magazine has just been awarded a contract to be the exclusive source of information on the 2008 Presidential Election results. [/ QUOTE ] On an AZ-NM-LA-MS-AL board, John Edwards flips California and Texas for the nut straight, but Bill Frist takes it down with Wyoming and Rhode Island. [/ QUOTE ] that wouldn't make any sense at all [/ QUOTE ] Exactly. [/ QUOTE ] Precisely. (i was trying to be funny dammit. play along.)
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#538
08-08-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Final Table?
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I Did bet on Alan Cunningham Before the ME started on Bodog he was 110/1 to make the final 9, i wish i would of known of these other sites that offerd much better odds, insted of getting 1,100 i could be getting 7,500 bucks [/ QUOTE ] 110 to make final 9 is MUCH better than 750 to win.
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#539
08-08-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Jamie Gold Info
Seating arrangements for the last 2 tables:
Feature Table: 1. William Thorson 2. Michael Binger 3. David Einhorn 4. Leif Force 5. Rhett Butler 6. Jeff Lisandro 7. Jamie Gold 8. Allen Cunningham 9. Luke Chung Table 2: 1. Richard Lee 2. Paul Wasicka 3. Dan Nassif 4. John Magill 5. Doug Kim 6. Kevin Aaronson 7. Erik Friberg 8. Fred Goldburg 9. Sirous Jamshidi
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#540
08-08-2006, 06:52 PM
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Re: Final Table?
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I Did bet on Alan Cunningham Before the ME started on Bodog he was 110/1 to make the final 9, i wish i would of known of these other sites that offerd much better odds, insted of getting 1,100 i could be getting 7,500 bucks [/ QUOTE ] The 750:1 is for Cunningham to win the whole thing.
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