Steven Dannenmann at $175 tournament
 

I entered the $175 buy-in NLHE tournament at the Borgata in AC last night. Immediately to my left was -- Steven Dannenmann!!

A few things:

1. I didn't ask him why he entered such a low level tournament.
2. I ask him if it was true that he made some of the moves he made at the end because he was bored. He said it was mostly because he was exhausted.
3. I ask if there was a lot of drinking at the final table(he was chugging bloody marys one after another last night). He said yes, but wouldn't name names.

At the break we talked about the HOH books. After that, any time I contested a pot and lost, he asked me if Harrington would have agreed with my play. Annoying.

I was heads-up with him in only one pot and bluffed him at the turn with a "too small to be a bluff" bet. Yeah.

I didn't cash. I don't know if he did.

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I am already preparing to hate him once the ME airs.

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So did he seem to actually be interested in the HOH books or did it seem like he was humoring you?

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If I won as much as him only a certain amount of it would be going back into playing poker. And that amount would be about the right bankroll for playing $175 tournaments.

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I think there was a mocking tone in his voice. Also one time there was an 8-8-5 flop and I thought about my play for about a half minute and he said "Either you have an eight or you don't" i.e. hurry up.

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I think there was a mocking tone in his voice. Also one time there was an 8-8-5 flop and I thought about my play for about a half minute and he said "Either you have an eight or you don't" i.e. hurry up.

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Reply: "Or 2"

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Assuming he paid into the USPC at the Taj with his own money, the poker bankroll may be a bit higher.

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The guy was a regular in a few home games in the D.C. Area. I hadn't played with him, but those who had said he wasn't one of the better players in his home games. Apparantly truly just a rush of cards story.

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The guy was a regular in a few home games in the D.C. Area. I hadn't played with him, but those who had said he wasn't one of the better players in his home games. Apparantly truly just a rush of cards story.

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obviously that's the image that he and ESPN would love to cultivate, but I doubt it's truly the case.

Re: Steven Dannenmann at $175 tournament
 

he's been in and out of my regular game in arlington (northern virginia) and didn't possess any skills that i thought a runner up WC would have.

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I saw him at the Borgata tournament as well, and he didn't cash (I outlasted him, and didn't as well)

He was also playing in the 500 dollar Foxwoods satellite @ the Borg the next day

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i don't know why people are discussing this now, three months after everyone saw how bad he played at the main event. he got lucky in some key spots, put his money in drawing half dead, and made bad bluffs. i was on the sidelines and could call almost every hand he had nothing. it was pretty obvious he was lucky to make it as far as he did.

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Have ya been to some of the last few Garagios?

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Again, I was sitting next to him and he played like a predictable rock as long as I had chips. Frankly, he gave me hope that if he could go that far at the ME, so could I.

I know, typical fish thinking.