What do you think of Dannenmann's boredom?

[einbert]

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This will sound nuts to you, but I hate money

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People like you are the reason I play poker. Thank God for you.

[djcolts]

Actually, I doubt that people like me is why you play poker, but if I'm used to get your point across - so it be.

[einbert]

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Actually, I doubt that people like me is why you play poker, but if I'm used to get your point across - so it be.

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Well um yeah you're right, my last statement was a bit off probably.

Still, the difference between $4M and $7M is about $3,000,000 to me, and that's a ton of money.

[riverboatking]

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Still, the difference between $4M and $7M is about $3,000,000 to me, and that's a ton of mone

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actually the difference between $4M and $7M is EXACTLY $3M.

[garyg1]

yes, he is the one. during a break before the end of the tournament it was reported that he said he knew the other guy was a better and more experienced player than himself and was only the 4th best player in his home games so he was just going to enjoy the match and not get rattled because he was used to playing against better competition. In the live radio broadcast Hellmuth said the guy was just sitting there relaxed, often just smiling right at his competitor.

[SheridanCat]

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Can you chop the pot when it gets down to two players?

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You can make a deal at any time if all players agree.

Regards,

T

[einbert]

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Still, the difference between $4M and $7M is about $3,000,000 to me, and that's a ton of mone

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actually the difference between $4M and $7M is EXACTLY $3M.

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I don't know why I even post in this forum any more. It is more and retarded every time. Jesus.

[lefty rosen]

He was mentally burned out. Not that hard to believe considering the stress and playing cards till 6am PST..... [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[talcum]

I can see how he would be more than happy with what he had already done and a bit bored after days of all day play. But he was supposedly splitting the money with his friend that put up $5K so though I'm sure his friend was happy to get over $2MM back, not sure he would be happy that Steve wasn't trying his hardest for the extra $3MM.

[ThisHo]

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This will sound nuts to most of you - but I'd rather finish 2nd and get 4.25 mil than win and get 7.5 mil. I can easily live with 2.5 mil after taxes and not having the pressure of living up to winning the WSOP ME bracelet when I'm not anywhere close to a world-class player. So, if that is how Dannenmann felt, then I completely understand the feeling

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I don't think that this is a ridiculous point. I'm not saying that I agree, but I'm not dismissing it out of hand.

You win the extra 3.5mil (about 2mil extra after taxes) and that is good... but you are the champ and are doing interview after interview after interview for the next year. You are expected to show up at ALL the major tournies even if you know that you aren't good enough to be there. The 2nd place guy may take some grief for the next few weeks... the champ will get hammered for every bad play he makes for the rest of his life.

Taking the 4.5Mil and riding off into the sunset (back to his Tuesday night homegame) isn't an aweful idea.

Just my thoughts - ThisHo