# \[Discussion\] World Series of Poker **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 31, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247 "2009-05-31T07:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/41 "2009-06-29T07:27:44Z")
End of day three chip counts for 50K H.O.R.S.E. Vitaly Lunkin 1,527,000 Erik Sagstrom 1,315,000 Freddy Deeb 1,300,000 David Bach 1,265,000 Ville Wahlbeck 842,000 John Hanson 815,000 Gus Hansen 801,000 Mike Wattel 779,000 John Kabbaj 678,000 Huck Seed 672,000 Brett Richey 671,000 Tony G 650,000 Chau Giang 616,000 Steve Billirakis 576,000 Frank Kassela 499,000 Erik Seidel 464,000 David Chiu 397,000 Ray Dehkharghani 262,000 Todd Brunson 145,000 So who are your picks to take it down? I’m going with Seed, Seidel or Hansen. Possibly Giang also. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/42 "2009-06-29T13:05:15Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Freddy Deeb 1,300,000 > > So who are your picks to take it down? Deeb has to be considered one of the favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/43 "2009-06-29T13:46:03Z")
Good to see UK pros John Kabbaj and Tony G doing well, I’ll be rooting for them, but I agree that on those chip counts, Deeb looks the most dangerous. If he gets a run of cards he’ll be all but unstoppable. ---
**Author:** ![straggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@straggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straggler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/44 "2009-06-29T19:09:42Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Good to see UK pros John Kabbaj and Tony G doing well Tony G is Australian, of Lithuanian origin. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/45 "2009-06-29T19:10:00Z")
And no one to be proud of. ---
**Author:** ![straggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@straggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straggler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/46 "2009-06-29T20:24:52Z")
He’s an entertainer, who understands marketing. That’s probably why he’s such a successful businessman. ---
**Author:** ![Mannish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mannish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mannish)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/47 "2009-06-29T20:52:48Z")
> [@straggler](#): > > Tony G is Australian, of Lithuanian origin. [You mean he isn’t Russian?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprGnEjm2oE) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/48 "2009-06-30T00:32:43Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Deeb has to be considered one of the favorites. Deeb is the short stack now. Seed on the other hand is fourth in chips. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/49 "2009-06-30T00:43:14Z")
Random Huck Seed story… I wish I could remember the details better. I was playing poker at Binion’s shortly after I moved to Vegas. A few of us had been playing a $3-6 NLHE cash game (weird stakes, I know) when two guys joined the table. After a while, I can’t remember exactly what I said but I made some sort of remark to one - maybe a smart ass comment about their play. His friend gives me the “you know who this is, right?” type attitude and then told me it was Huck Seed. I asked (towards Huck) “really?” and he told me to go look for myself if I wanted and pointed towards the Wall of Champions where there was a picture of every WSOP main event champion. Thinking it was some guy who sort of looked like Huck who told random poker tables he was him, I sort of chuckled and said “Right… does that actually work on anyone? I guess you took a break from playing the $4000/8000 games at the Bellagio, right?” and he replied “$2000/4000 games, actually” and I just sort of blew it off and kept playing. About 10 minutes later he left. So a few of the staff come over to the table after he’s gone and speculate about what he was doing there - and confirmed that it was indeed Huck Seed that I’d just scoffed at. Apparnently he was just killing a half hour by playing with us before the rest of his friends arrived to go up to the steak house. So that’s my poker celebrity story - I’d made fun of and then scoffed at Huck Seed. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/50 "2009-06-30T00:47:54Z")
That’s cool! I \<3 Huck Seed for reasons that I can’t completely comprehend. I just like his style, even though most of his current personality has been formed by years of drug use, if I’m not mistaken. Anyways, his height didn’t tip you off that maybe he was legit? Isn’t he like literally six and a half feet tall? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/51 "2009-06-30T00:54:31Z")
I don’t think at the time I had anything but a vague recollection of what he looked like. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/52 "2009-06-30T01:53:43Z")
Well Deeb’s out. Go Hansen, Seidel and Seed! W00t! ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/53 "2009-06-30T02:10:22Z")
I’m here covering the events. Go Erik Sagström! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/54 "2009-06-30T05:15:51Z")
Final Table: Seat 1 - Ville Wahlbeck Seat 2 - Erik Sagstrom Seat 3 - Gus Hansen Seat 4 - John Hanson Seat 5 - Huck Seed Seat 6 - Vitaly Lunkin Seat 7 - David Bach Seat 8 - Erik Seidel Seat 9 - Chau Giang Gus Hansen has practically no chips. Seidel is below the median and Huck Seed _is_ the median player with 1,450,000 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/55 "2009-06-30T05:47:40Z")
Okay, all the Dr Pepper I’ve had today has made me twitchy and anxious (just a day in my life) and I jumped the gun. Gus Hansen was eliminated in ninth and giving us the official final table of: Seat 1: Ville Wahlbeck Seat 2: Erik Sagstrom Seat 3: John Hanson Seat 4: Huck Seed Seat 5: Vitaly Lunkin Seat 6: David Bach Seat 7: Erik Seidel Seat 8: Chau Giang Seidel is the second shortstack and Seed is still in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/56 "2009-06-30T05:55:07Z")
And my Dr Pepper induced twitchiness, anxiety and impatience comes back to haunt me. Here’s the final table with chip counts: Seat 1 - Ville Wahlbeck - 645,000 Seat 2 - Erik Sagstrom - 3,675,000 Seat 3 - John Hanson - 1,700,000 Seat 4 - Huck Seed - 1,380,000 Seat 5 - Vitaly Lunkin - 2,490,000 Seat 6 - David Bach - 2,345,000 Seat 7 - Erik Seidel - 965,000 Seat 8 - Chau Giang - 1,075,000 ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/57 "2009-06-30T08:03:42Z")
I’m going with **Lunkin**. From what I’ve heard he’s been late to the national scene but has as much skills as anyone. Won the $1500 Hold 'Em last year and the $40,000 Hold 'Em this year and he looks to me like he’s not a one trick pony. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/58 "2009-06-30T11:21:00Z")
I just busted 18th in Event 52. That was a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/59 "2009-06-30T13:30:33Z")
> [@straggler](#): > > Tony G is Australian, of Lithuanian origin. Doh! I had a vague feeling I was wrong about this, but couldn’t be bothered to check. I think he plays more in the UK than most overseas players. > [@SenorBeef](#): > > And no one to be proud of. I didn’t say I was proud of him, I just like to see Brits winning! Of course, now I know he isn’t, I don’t care much one way or the other. > [@Gadarene](#): > > I just busted 18th in Event 52. That was a lot of fun. Nice work! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247/60 "2009-06-30T19:08:31Z")
**Gadarene** : Just what in the hell is “triple chance” NLH? EDIT: Congrats! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-world-series-of-poker/498247.md?page=4)