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Old 08-11-2007, 12:40 AM
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Default Re: WSOP on ESPN thread (8/7) ($3,000 NL)

I was there when they filmed it, and leading up to the final hand it seemed like both players were kinda tired and getting impatient. Shankar might have been a little steamy when he made that call, but he was very excited when he saw Beth's hand, even moreso than it looked on TV. Beth had also been playing very aggressively from the time they were 4-handed as well; frankly I think she outplayed the table for the most part, except for a few badly timed shoves that ultimately cost her the match. TV did not do her justice.

And I never believed it before, but I swear the TV editing really did make Phil look like much more of a jerk than he really was. He seemed to be much more of a good-humored showman when the event was actually playing out. On TV, he looked like a whiny, bitter, jerk. That definitely did not seem like the case while I was there, even though he certainly did get frustrated at times.
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