#28 (3k NLHE) - Hellmuth + Norm MacDonald in final 26

[Jack Bando]

(Norm at the 2004? ME. Names are wrong if it's 05 or 06)

"I hear Moneymaker and Farha are out. So I guess that means I'm now the world's best player."

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pokernews.com has the live updates
hellmuth is in 8th with 15 left. everyone is coin-flipping all-in. sounds like madness.

[philfan05]

10/16

[jimmytrick]

Gotta give Phil some credit for running well.

[philfan05]

Can someone explain why Cardplayer's coverage is so horrible this year? I know Bluff got certain rights, but Cardplayer is wayyyy behind everyone else. They don't even have Hellmuth listed on their chip counts. The few updates they do give are horrible.

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Gotta give Phil some credit for running well.

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"running well?" --The guy made 4 final tables last year and will probably make as many final tables this year. He has the most bracelets and cashes ever. If you noticed from the updates, he is not involved in these all-in preflop coin-flips. He plays a little differently than everyone else. In the event he just won a bracelet in, when it got down to two tables, he started getting hyper-aggressive, raising every pot. In this event, it looks like he is staying out of the way more, letting everyone else kill each other off with coin-flips.

[philfan05]

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Gotta give Phil some credit for running well.

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"running well?" --The guy made 4 final tables last year and will probably make as many final tables this year. He has the most bracelets and cashes ever. If you noticed from the updates, he is not involved in these all-in preflop coin-flips. He plays a little differently than everyone else. In the event he just won a bracelet in, when it got down to two tables, he started getting hyper-aggressive, raising every pot. In this event, it looks like he is staying out of the way more, letting everyone else kill each other off with coin-flips.

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Pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. He more than doubled his stack without ever being all in. Just brilliant poker. Must be nice to "run well" for the past 20 years.

[Kevmath]

CardPlayer is limited to giving hourly updates on tournaments.

[Dynasty]

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I'm downright jealous of those who got to play with that man.

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I played with Norm once back in 2003 in the Mirage 20-40 game. He's been playing poker for a long time.

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Gotta give Phil some credit for running well.

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"running well?" --The guy made 4 final tables last year and will probably make as many final tables this year. He has the most bracelets and cashes ever. If you noticed from the updates, he is not involved in these all-in preflop coin-flips. He plays a little differently than everyone else. In the event he just won a bracelet in, when it got down to two tables, he started getting hyper-aggressive, raising every pot. In this event, it looks like he is staying out of the way more, letting everyone else kill each other off with coin-flips.

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Pretty much took the words right out of my mouth. He more than doubled his stack without ever being all in. Just brilliant poker. Must be nice to "run well" for the past 20 years.

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Yeah, and he is making amazing reads. He had 44 and called an all-in post-flop from a guy who he read as being pair-less and weak. The funny thing is, everyone underestimates Hellmuth's game, when nobody really knows how he plays. All the hyper-aggressive players underestimate him. There are like 20 threads on 2+2 with geeky internet twerps saying Phil sucks. Its hilarious. Phil only went all-in once prior to the final table in the event he won bracelet #11 in.