- WSOP ME FT: Meet the Final Nine -

[Brad1970]

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Jerry Yang is a 39-year-old psychologist and social worker from southern California. He holds a Masters Degree in health psychology. Yang was born in Laos. He is married and has six children.

Jerry has two sons and five daughters.

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Ummm. So does he have 6 or 7 kids? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Zetack]

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Even though Monday was a day off from play, it was "media day" for the players as each player had to honor its media interview obligations with ESPN Original Entertainment TV (done by 441 Productions), ESPN pay-per-view TV (done by Poker PROductions), and Bluff Media (worldseriesofpoker.com, Sirius Satellite Radio). Each player had to spend about 2 hours doing all the interviews at the Rio.


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What if they said, "No, I don't want to talk to the media?"

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Any player who has one or more sponsors has to honor the media obligation associated with the sponsorship deals.

Unless you want to turn down all sponsorship opportunities, you would WANT to do all the interviews you can during "media day" so that you can deliver value to your sponsors.

Big time poker tournaments are NOT just about "playing poker" anymore. They are now televised "sports entertainment" events which allow participants to leverage the value of being on TV.

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Yeah, but unless you're Hilm, do you show up for the 10 am corum watch presentation? I'm all for free swag, but do you want to be part of their promotional appearance if you're not getting paid for it?

[sirtimo]

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KHAAAAAAAAAN

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gold

[Bulldog]

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Wow. Those chip colors really are ridiculous.

[Warteen]

It saddens me that we only got through the first five players. This is a good thread.

Also, this stuff from Jon Kalmar's profile may need updating soon:

How do you rate yourself as a Poker player (1-10)? 6

What is your best Poker moment? 3rd on Ladbrokes Cruise

Have you have any 'off-line' tourney wins? Won a nice event in Reno. And had a nice little pick up in Vegas and on some boat.

[W brad]

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Whoa, those chips are about to slide off the table.

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Chris Pauley...

Chris Pauley (left) claimed the $1,000 a month/$60,000 top prize in the Lottery's $2 instant game Monthly Grand. His dad, Sam Pauley, accompanied him to the Columbus regional office.


edit: whoops, from wrong group of lottery winners. Sorry

[Austiger]

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Awesome.