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07-01-2005, 01:28 PM
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McManus quits \'05 WSOP
His NY Times Poker Journal was supposed to last through the end of the World Series, instead today was the final entry. (I wonder if the Times will replace him?)
For a variety of reasons, described in his final journal entry, he's packing up and leaving Vegas. I know this isn't groundbreaking news, but I thought it warranted a post given how much so many of us would like to be in playing all the events in Vegas, yet it can easily be an incredibly frustrating and difficult month for many. 
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07-01-2005, 03:05 PM
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Re: McManus quits \'05 WSOP
As much as we all like poker, I imagine it would be exceedingly difficult to leave our wives and children for a month (or more) for the entire WSOP. I have to give McManus some credit for being honest about his homesickness.
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07-01-2005, 03:58 PM
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Re: McManus quits \'05 WSOP
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I will never like this guy after seeing how he reacted to Ellix Powers antics. [/ QUOTE ] ESPN didn't show what led up to the McManus/Powers incident that was aired. Earlier, Powers had been quite rude to T.J. Cloutier. McManus was offended by this because he considers T.J. to be somewhat of a mentor to him. The footage that was aired on ESPN was just a climax to the earlier incident.
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07-01-2005, 05:21 PM
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Re: McManus quits \'05 WSOP
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[ QUOTE ] I will never like this guy after seeing how he reacted to Ellix Powers antics. [/ QUOTE ] What about his lame book? [/ QUOTE ] I'm curious ... what exactly did you find lame about his book? When it comes to literary tastes, I can understand that we all differ. But, I can't understand how the book would be called "lame." It was very well written, covered an amazing run at the WSOP, and gave an inside view to an intriguing murder case ... that McManus was able to talk so openly with Binion family members right before and after the verdict was announced was a scoop he only got because of his showing in the WSOP. NCAces
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07-01-2005, 05:47 PM
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Re: McManus quits \'05 WSOP
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I will never like this guy after seeing how he reacted to Ellix Powers antics. [/ QUOTE ] What about his lame book? [/ QUOTE ] I'm curious ... what exactly did you find lame about his book? When it comes to literary tastes, I can understand that we all differ. But, I can't understand how the book would be called "lame." It was very well written, covered an amazing run at the WSOP, and gave an inside view to an intriguing murder case ... that McManus was able to talk so openly with Binion family members right before and after the verdict was announced was a scoop he only got because of his showing in the WSOP. NCAces [/ QUOTE ] the only thing i didn't like about the book was his cocky tone about everything. and when i saw the limit event last year he seemed just as cocky as his book made him out to be. just my opinion.
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07-01-2005, 06:26 PM
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Re: McManus quits \'05 WSOP
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His NY Times Poker Journal was supposed to last through the end of the World Series, instead today was the final entry. (I wonder if the Times will replace him?) For a variety of reasons, described in his final journal entry, he's packing up and leaving Vegas. I know this isn't groundbreaking news, but I thought it warranted a post given how much so many of us would like to be in playing all the events in Vegas, yet it can easily be an incredibly frustrating and difficult month for many. [/ QUOTE ] I'm surprised McManus isn't going to play the main event, especially considering his NY Times gig. Why not fly home, see the wife and kids for a couple of days, and come back for the main event? Reading his Times' column, in addition to missing his family, he seems to be discouraged by a bad run of cards. Anyway, it is too bad, he is a good writer, and I was looking forward to his writings about the main event. Frank
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