The entire of the poker world was sweating the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over the weekend, with many players offering their thoughts through Twitter on several aspects of the tournament.
UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth accurately pointed out, once it got down to one table, that several players eliminated just off the final ten were solid talent-wise. “10 left [in the] WSOP, some tough players fell short,” Hellmuth Tweeted during the early morning hours on Sunday. “Adam ‘Roothlus’ Levy, Eric Baldwin, Scott Clements, Hasan Habib, Matt Affleck (sick beat!).”
Others who hung through the early morning grind were exhausted from the extended session to determine the November Nine. “Man I’m exhausted and gotta work in the morn,” UB.com sponsored player and adult entertainer Samantha Ryan chirped. “Can’t seem to stop Twitter sweating the WSOP Main Event almost final table. Intense!” Poker blogger “Mean” Gene Bromberg, however, pointed out in a Tweet one of the drawbacks of tournament poker: “I think we’re seeing now why poker will never be a huge spectator/live TV sport/game. We like things that end before dawn.”
As the final ten players continued into the early morning hours, some brought up the WSOP run of Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. “If @TheGrinder44 wins the Main Event, he will have won the 2 most prestigious WSOP events this year and be tied with @fkassela for POY,” pointed out Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler to his Twitter peeps. “How @TheGrinder44 is not player of the WSOP is beyond me.”
Tournament director extraordinaire Matt Savage also pointed out an interesting fact if “The Grinder” is able to capture the WSOP Main Event title: “@TheGrinder44 will become the winningest tournament player of all time when he beats 9 more players!” Mizrachi needs to finish sixth to move into the top ten; finishing second or winning would move him past Phil Ivey.
Once Brandon Steven was eliminated from the table and the November Nine was set, the Tweets poured in congratulating Mizrachi for his run in the Main Event. “Wow, just WOW,” Maria “maridu” Mayrinck Tweeted early Sunday morning. “@TheGrinder44 – his Series alone was already surreal, but adding Nov. 9 to the mix just makes it seem so easy! What a sicko!”
Carbon Poker’s Shannon Elizabeth piped in with her congratulations, “Congratulations! You so deserve it-can’t wait to see you take it down on 11/09!” For his part, Mizrachi was able to celebrate for a bit with family and friends, offering a Tweet to those who followed him throughout the November Nine ordeal: “Thanks to every1 for sweating me!! Means a lot to me!!! 123 days to rest Heading back to Miami in a few days. Tired. Time to party!”
There were some people in the poker world who took some time off from the felt to become movie critics. With two large films – the Leonardo DiCaprio thriller “Inception” and Steve Carell’s comical animated film “Despicable Me” – opening in theaters, some took time to take in the latest Hollywood offerings. “Playing some cash game then going to see Inception soon w/friends,” Elizabeth Tweeted about her Sunday. “Hearing great things (about it).”
She was one of the many the moviegoers over the weekend (“Inception was an amazing movie! Very thought provoking-Loved it!”). Also visiting the silver screen were Joe Sebok (“Inception. Wow. Incredible. I’m hooked.”) and Erik Seidel (“After an intense weekend of Christopher Nolan films, Memento, The Prestige + Inception my brain is hurting.”).
While the WSOP comes to a close, many are heading home for rest, relaxation, or for some more poker. “Thx to everyone who made Vegas such a great time,” Tweeted Annette Obrestad on Monday. “U know who u are. Love ya all…Going to Cardiff tomorrow morning for two episodes of Poker Lounge.” Double WSOP bracelet holder Greg “FBT” Mueller also is headed there: “Last nite of dice in Vegas then off to London 2moro to do 2 poker lounge shows (Europe’s poker after dark) and 1 poker million show!”
DoylesRoom Brunson 10 member Amit “amak316” Makhija found some good fortune as he was doing some post-WSOP cleanup. “After all my WSOP accounting is over I found one last 5k Rio chip. Brag: 5k richer than I thought. Beat: back to the Rio not for the Nov 9.” Sebok seems to be getting over his WSOP run: “Grilling out in Hermosa, World Series of Poker memories fading, stoked to be back home.”
Finally, Joe Reitman pulled off Tweet of the Weekend when he chirped about the close of the WSOP: “I can’t sleep. Post WSOP issues. With no one calling me Jeff Shulman & asking for pictures & autographs I’m not sure what to do with myself.”
