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wpt final table

02.28.2008

I am at the final table of the LA Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino on the World Poker Tour. Unfortunately, I am not playing but it is cool watching from the studio audience. The two Phils, Hellmuth and Ivey are both at the final table, and neither of them has won a WPT event so far and as far as I know, they've never played at a final table together, certainly not at these stakes at least. The winner will get over 1.5 million dollars. One of the Phils is probably the greatest Texas Hold 'em player in the world. The other one just thinks he is and will certainly tell you that he is!

I'll keep you updated and I'll add photos later.

update #1: 5 hands into it a Phil Ivey is bleeding chips. He's lost half of his stack so far. Also, its kinda boring to watch... its not as fun when you can't see their hole cards.

update #2: its getting better. Phil Hellmuth just made a bad call and doubled up Nam Le and had a mini meltdown like only he can do.

Update#3: Hellmuth just got knocked out and he was actually quite the gentleman about it. I think his poker brat persona is mostly an act. He seems to be a nice guy and shook a lot of hands on the way out and even signed an autograph or two.

update #4: Ivey won it all... we didn't stay until the end because it's boring watching people play poker when you don't know the hole cards. We did go downstairs and play some poker for a while and I did pretty good!

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