Met Ellix Powers on Monday.

[Asufiji2004]

I played in a rebuy tourny at the Hawaiian Gardens (near Long Beach, CA) on MLK day. I guess he's become somewhat of a regular there. I saw him the friday before wandering around. He was just hanging around the registration area looking for people to introduce themselves. From the looks of it he considers himself a pretty big star. He must have blown that 40 G's pretty quickly (hopefully not all in pennies), it looked like he was tryin to put some scratch together to play. Plus he's lost alot of weight (crack) since his WSOP. He looks like he already has a foot in the grave. On a side note I cashed in my first live tournament 20th..out of 337 entrants. Yay me.

[housenuts]

congrats on your finish. he is a disgraceful bum, and belongs at the slot machines rather than the poker table.

[DesertCat]

He's disrespecting the game, man!

[AngryCola]

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congrats on your finish. he is a disgraceful bum, and belongs at the slot machines rather than the poker table.

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This kind of statement makes me physically ill.

Are you Jim McManus?

Bleh...

[DesertCat]

I agree with John Hennigan. Ellix is not just good, but he's great for the game. He's an entertaining character, and an inspiration to other maniacs. Don't you think many new players see his success and say, hell, I can do that, I need to put my (dead) money down on a WSOP event!

Besides helping bring money into the game, what's wrong with livening up the table? I like Jim McManus too, but he's got to leave "bad jim" at home when he makes a TV table.

I hope Ellix keeps his life and health on an even keel and has a long and successful career.

[dankhank]

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I like Jim McManus too, but he's got to leave "bad jim" at home when he makes a TV table.

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completely off topic, but i actually think the way mcmanus plays (weak/straightforward) and conducts himself (anal) at the poker table is 100% "good jim".

[frank_iii]

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completely off topic, but i actually think the way mcmanus plays (weak/straightforward) and conducts himself (anal) at the poker table is 100% "good jim".

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You must know more about him, but from the Limit WSOP footage he sure didn't look weak to me. Plus, he became very laggy against Ellix. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Jan Sjovic (sp?) was the only one who looked very weak.

[27offsuit]

I love how everyone forgets Hennigan was the first to say "Get a floor boss" as soon as McManus said "Yer disrespectin' the game."

Only after re-thinking it and seeing the situation unfold before him did he say "He's great for poker."

Lost a little respect for "World" that day.....not much, though.


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I agree with John Hennigan. Ellix is not just good, but he's great for the game. He's an entertaining character, and an inspiration to other maniacs. Don't you think many new players see his success and say, hell, I can do that, I need to put my (dead) money down on a WSOP event!

Besides helping bring money into the game, what's wrong with livening up the table? I like Jim McManus too, but he's got to leave "bad jim" at home when he makes a TV table.

I hope Ellix keeps his life and health on an even keel and has a long and successful career.

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[jomatty]

hennigan suggested getting the floor to clarify a rule, he passed no judgement on poweres. calling the floor should not be taken personally and its crazy fopr loseing respect for someone because they politely asked for a ruling
matty

[NoPeak]

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I love how everyone forgets Hennigan was the first to say "Get a floor boss" as soon as McManus said "Yer disrespectin' the game."

Only after re-thinking it and seeing the situation unfold before him did he say "He's great for poker."

Lost a little respect for "World" that day.....not much, though.


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Hennigan didn't call for a floor boss due to McManus's comment. No need to lose any respect for the man due to calling for a floor boss anyway.