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Watch Me Play For Bracelet #13!
My WSOPE final table is airing this weekend and next. Watch tomorrow (12/9) at 8PM EST on ESPN2 and next Sunday (12/16) at 3PM EST on ESPN!
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China
I’m in China for 10 days teaching seminars in Beijing & Shanghai, plus playing in the World Poker Tour National Tournament! Brought my Mom and Dad along, and we spent Friday touring the magnificent Great Wall, then hit Tiananmen Square and the famous “Schoolhouse” for lunch.
Dad and I on the Great Wall. It was cold out!
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Hand of the Week: Taking Down Young Phan for Bracelet #8
In the 2003 World Series of Poker’s $2,500 buy-in limit Hold’em tournament, I found myself heads up with Young Phan. This may not seem like a huge deal, but let me fill you in on a little history:
In 2001, I was heads up with Scotty Nguyen in Omaha 8 or better with a chance to win my eighth title; I lost. In 2002, I was heads up with Johnny Chan in no limit Hold’em with a chance to win number eight; I lost – instead Chan won number seven to tie me. This time I needed to win!
There have been certain times in my career where I’ve felt an uncanny, almost other-worldly feeling playing poker, like I had entered a zone of complete talent and dominance. When I enter that zone, I know the time is ripe to take down a championship. So although I was playing great poker and was ready to take down Young, he wasn’t going for it. He brought his “A game.” Back and forth we battled, 100 hands, then 200 hands, and finally we crested 300 hands of one-on-one poker, and neither of us would back down. Grueling heads-up play like this feels more like a chess match, and sometimes you have to get creative and surprise your opponent.
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Flashback Pic
2007 WSOP Grand Entrance. Never hurts to have a couple of lovely ladies on each arm for luck!
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PH in Bronze!
I’m not sure I’m worthy of a piece of sculpture like this… but WOW!! Many thanks to World Class artist Jon Hair for his gift: a PH Bronze Bust. The Jon Hair Studio of Fine Art also has busts of Annie Duke, Doyle Brunson, Dick Van Dyke and more. So cool!
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Holiday Weekend
Who’s playing their poker home game this weekend? Think $635,000 is an adequate cash haul?
