When Doyle goes bust...

[Sundevils21]

at the WSOP, he always gets a standing ovation.
Will Phil Helmuth ever get the same thing. By the time PH is that old, hes almost definatly going to be the most accomplished player at the WSOP. Will people stand and cheer in the same way they do for Doyle? I think probably yes, but then again most people don't like him.

[Bukem_]

No you need to be partially quiet to hear phil explain how exactly the rookie he was playing vs busted him out.

[scotnt73]

im not going to start the Helmuth bashing but being RESPECTED takes ALOT more than just being a very good poker player. did you see the difference between the way the 2 busted out. Doyle gave a big smile and waved to the crowd and said see yall next year. Phill...well Phil was Phil.

[meep_42]

Doyle was all class then entire time he was show on TV. Every pot he was in, every coinflip he won or lost, he took it all like it was just the way things happen.

I hope that I can be as even tempered as he was at the table someday.

-d

[swede0530]

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Doyle was all class then entire time he was show on TV. Every pot he was in, every coinflip he won or lost, he took it all like it was just the way things happen.

I hope that I can be as even tempered as he was at the table someday.

-d

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Blood pressure meds will do that to you.

[whiskeytown]

Doyle is like, the Joe Montana of Poker.

Phil is like the Jim McMahon of poker

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RB

[Sponger15SB]

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Phil is like the Jim McMahon of poker

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as in WWE or Super Bowl Shuffle?

[whiskeytown]

Super Bowl (keeping in line with Football theme) -

I remember being in the Sears Twr. observation deck in Chicago with a friend...and one wall is dedicated to Chicago sports... and of course, they had Michael Jordon and some others...

and I go to my friend "what, no Jim Mcmahon? - who took you to the superbowl?"

"No" he goes "we dont' really like him or miss him around here"

won a Super Bowl championship, but character defects obliterated his work.

RB

[CheckRaise]

They said on the broadcast that Berman was from Minneapolis, anyone know if he still lives there or does he live in Vegas or somewhere else.

[Fitz]

I'm not going to make a Hellmuth bashing post. I'm not fond of his antics, but to each his own.

I think the reason Doyle Brunson is so well liked and respected comes from many things. He appears to be a genuinely nice guy. He is, without a doubt, one of the greatest poker players of all time. He has survived a very difficult lifestyle and profession longer than just about anyone else. That by itself earns him a certain degree of respect. Finally, he is the last of something we will never see again. The "outlaw" element of poker that casinos and the internet have erased. There are still underground poker games out there, but the day of the back room game has been replaced by antiseptic casinos and a few mouse clicks. The truth be told, we'd all like to imagine ourselves riding into a town, chopping it up with our buddies and splitting with the cash while the locals wonder what hit them. Doyle Brunson lived that life, and that is part of why we think of him the way we do.

Time may mellow Phil Hellmuth, and he may well win ten more bracelets; he will have a very difficult achieving the level of respect Doyle has earned.

Good luck all,

Fitz