Tournament of Champions - WSOP

Angelic_Ace · #1 12-24-2005, 04:46 PM

Is this the first airing? I couldn't find any threads about the ESPN telecast. I think it has been extremely entertaining - probably the best show they've done yet. Some great actual poker shown too - Matusow owning Hellmuth is always great TV.

JackWhite · #2 12-24-2005, 04:53 PM

It has been very entertaining indeed. Not a big deal, but I thought I'd point out another Norm Chad error. He said Hoyt beat Phil heads-up for the WPT title. Phil went out third, and Hoyt beat Ibrahim heads up.

Annulus · #3 12-24-2005, 04:59 PM

Definitly entertaining watching a fat, balding, degenerate gambler keep yelling "one-time, one-time". Im speaking of Matusow, the guy is a work of art. lol.

ImsaKidd · #4 12-24-2005, 05:06 PM

I thought Matusow's needling was excellent. Dannenman calling hellmuth a punk was pretty unexpected, but very funny.

Angelic_Ace · #5 12-24-2005, 05:07 PM

Matusow was awesome - I thought a lot of his barbs towards Phil were dead-on, which makes them all the more amusing.
Mike took advantage of the tight atmosphere at the tourney, it seemed like there was a point where he noticed how scared everyone was playing, and realized he should switch gears to 'crazy and loose Mike'. Phil played pretty well, but he did exude weakness. He would 'have a read', but be unwilling to stake his chips on it, and both his bluff vs. Hoyle and his 10 8 all in vs. Hoyle, he was giving off very weak vibes - as Mike said 'you were begging for a call'.

lonn19 · #6 12-24-2005, 05:09 PM

Yea, this was the first airing. Good point about Chad's error, I realized it too. He probably doesn't know much about poker outside the WSOP. Anyway, I thought this show was very entertaining.

A_Junglen · #7 12-24-2005, 05:14 PM

Some of the funniest quotes ever are from this episode. Matusow is my hero

g3rkshz · #8 12-24-2005, 06:51 PM

Matusow, Hellmuth and Dannenman = GREAT TV poker!

just add a J.R. Bellande and a similar personality and you've got another winner!

SoftcoreRevolt · #9 12-24-2005, 06:54 PM

Once again Hellmuth is only entertaining when he has other people trashing him. Phil without a foil is just sad, as his insults are unoriginal and forced.

But when he has Mike and Steve to make him look like a fool, it is a grand day even with ESPN taking Mike quotes out of context to try and ruin it.

TheBob · #10 12-24-2005, 07:42 PM

It would be awesome if someone could make a torrent out of the 9 or twelve repeat and get this up for christmas for us Canadians.