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I think it's pretty interesting that Chip is the Rodney Dangerfield of tournament poker - he doesn't get any respect. But let's face it - his results before this event in tournamnet NLHE haven't been that impressive (last bracelet before this was in 1982 I believe?). I asked Barry Greenstein why this was, and here's what he had to say:

"It's unfair to say that [Chip is not a successful tournament player] because first of all, he doesn't play in that many tournaments. He is only going to play in probably 3 or 4 series events this year and he has missed a lot of them in the past. Also, this hurts players like Chip because when he does play, he doesn't know the how the other players in the field play. If you look at a guy who plays a ton of tournaments, he is going to have a ton of insight into each player at his table, while Chip is playing against unknowns for him. Chip is a great player, and if he did play as many tournaments as other people, he would make the adjustments and win."

By the way, for those of you who didn't get to watch the final table, both players played FANTASTICALLY - this is definitely going to make must-see tv. You gotta feel for Bloch, who didn't seem to make a single mistake but just couldn't win a race for the life of him. Both were total class acts and it was sad when one of them had to lose.