Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the WSOP

[mmbt0ne]

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Can you imagine what kinda crossover coverage that would bring from ESPN if he made the final table?

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Bingo. If a tennis player can do this, I can too.

[sexypanda]

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Can you imagine what kinda crossover coverage that would bring from ESPN if he made the final table?

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Bingo. If a tennis player can do this, I can too.

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I'd venture to say that it's far far more difficult to win any major tennis tournament than it is a poker tournament, he won't have the "Moneymaker" appeal. Him playing will give even more credibility to the game though, and bring it even more to the mainstream.

[mmbt0ne]

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I'd venture to say that it's far far more difficult to win any major tennis tournament than it is a poker tournament

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If people thought this rationally, there wouldn't be fish.

[coolhandkuhn]

That's why he (Dan) didn't make the top 100 influential sports personalities list and Casey did...I also blame Jeremy for not rolling tape the one time he did get it correct.

[ClaytonN]

Kafelnikov is 13th in chips with 20 remaining.

Cardplayer has his first name listed as "Eugene"... hah...

[Kevmath]

You almost had it in the first open event, where an active NHL player (Travis Green) finished 12th in the $1500 NL event.

Kevin...

[einbert]

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I'd venture to say that it's far far more difficult to win any major tennis tournament than it is a poker tournament,

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Wow you're quite the risk-taker.

[Sponger15SB]

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Can you imagine what kinda crossover coverage that would bring from ESPN if he made the final table?

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I've never heard of this tennis player before, who gives a [censored]?

Poker is so saturated on ESPN as it is, this won't matter.

[burningyen]

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"19-Oct-04 $ 5,000 Championship Event
Korona Russian Poker Championships, Moscow 3rd $ 11,640"

3rd place typically gets something around 7% of the prize pool. Given YK's win here, that works out to about a field of 30ish players. 3rd out of 30? who f*cking cares. Unless the prize money is a misprint.

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Game, set, match.

[ClaytonN]

He won a major, the australian open, something like 4-5 years ago.

He was top 3 in the world at some point a few years ago, so people who watch SportsCenter likely have heard of him. I apoligize for your lack of long term SC memory skills.