Was it? You almost never see a pot size, you almost never know what level theyre at. Almost never know whos in which position. I think the coverage has gotten better, the product and players are just more boring
Not at all, todays era there is way more coverage man they show every single hand now and have halt time like chat during the breaks of the tournaments. Also they interview players between hands and so forth, the game is broadcasted live with a slight delay so its basically like the broadcasting of a sporting event like football and basketball esc.... I will say the early days coverage is nostalgic tho.
By far my most nostalgic year of the WSOP Main. I was on Sebok's rail for much of Day 6, and most of the friends I've made in poker came from this WSOP. Also, I'll have to look for myself during Eastgate's bustout, as I was sitting right behind Seat 7 when that went down.
@@SteveAustin-jp3evchill out dude he's just trying to re-live a great memory he had. Just because you don't have many moments you can go back to in life and say that was a great time doesn't mean you can shit on others'parades.
@@speakinfaxonly21 Even if true it sounds like a boring day. I cant imagine standing on the rail all day staring at peoples backs. I would be bored after about 3 mins lol
Literally just stumbled on Lex’s TH-cam channel on Christmas Eve and got to witness him win back to back tournaments in the matter of minutes for about $35,000? Epic man
I agree with everyone that coverage of these older events is more entertaining, especially with Norman Chad there. On the other hand, if you want to see how the tournament is won/lost by players, you get just about none of that in these shows because they only show the highlight hands. Very often, when a player makes what appears to be a gross blunder, it's because of all the hands that you don't see in a highlight show. It's the "everday" hands that win or lose the tournament and the advent of "live" coverage (with only a small delay to ensure security) has at least made that part available.
If Phil preflop raises with King 8 suited and wins the hand, he would declare it a stroke of genius.....but being busted by someone on the other end of it he loses his mind and insults them uncontrollably. I love watching him, but he really crosses the line sometimes!
I know it's nostalgia playing a part, but poker before 2010 seemed so much better. I think GTO is definitely an exciting development, but the *majority* of its proponents seem to be low on charisma. You can't beat live games for entertainment, with real characters playing at their best.
Yea right. His play EASILY would have him sidelined 4/5 times. But he’s “goated” to you because you saw the 1/5 variance? Luckbox Suddenly hand sample sizes don’t matter to you fks!? Okay then
Thank you, oh dear PokerGO, for blessing us by reuploading the scraps of these episodes that you previously had scrubbed from the internet only a few short years ago. The PokerGO Gods giveth, and the PokerGO Gods taketh away.
The mad genius segment is absolutely hilarious 😂.....He literally had the worst tells of the entire video leading up to that part midway through this video lol. Anyone watching could tell that the wordplay he was doing was from a position of strength
That Lex got a better result than Cunningham shows poker is not mainly about “skill”, specially in large fields. If the guys is cars dead there is nothing he can do. Q8 was his best hand is the tournament!
I know this is from over 15 years ago and it’s tournament poker but the amount of times someone made the nuts or effective nuts on the flop they just insta jam x1000 pot after the other guy bets. Sick value bro. In the left video AQ bet 2200 into 3000 on an KcQcBrick and AK insta jammed 20k and AQ folded quick
Well, $175K in live MTT earnings from events reported to Hendon Mob. My guess is he was more of a cash player, given his era. But yeah, his book of tells always struck me as iffy. Plus, by the 2000s, so many people were using it that there was no telling if someone was doing a reverse tell (e.g. looking off in the distance when you're bluffing).
@@BknMaxhe just plays a lot of off shore high stakes cash games. I also hear he owes people a fkn ton of money in the US but i cant confirm that. Im sure you can find more than a few viddys about it
I do not get why these "So-Called Pro Poker Players" NEVER go all in or at the least make a big Pre-Flop bet when they have Pocket Rockets. Yes, A's can be cracked but you have to represent your Boss Pocket Rockets Pre-Flop. That way if they do get cracked, the player that cracked them must pay a huge Bet. But when you just make a small call-bet most likely your Rockets will get cracked with someone who you LET Limp In. Case in POINT, @2:44:55, Lindgren has Pocket A's... he slowed played them like a first time Poker Player and got BLUFFED off them on the River when another player represented a FLUSH with a 5K bet.... How did Lindgren become Poker Player of the Year making horrible plays like that?
It’s amazing how all these “pros” pretend like luck isn’t a major part of their MTT success. The “do you got what it takes” is pure myth and narcissism
Norman was really annoying at times, between his wife jokes every 5 seconds he tend to either hate on someone or really like them. Here he hates on erick who maybe didn't play greatest session but it was okay, he was clearly playing small ball. He also hates on foreign players, or he was on years before very hard tho. This coverage was sure better that what we got now but still fake drama, moralizing about freaking gambling etc
This coverage was so much better then todays 😭
*than* ** and I agree 😉
Was it? You almost never see a pot size, you almost never know what level theyre at. Almost never know whos in which position. I think the coverage has gotten better, the product and players are just more boring
The poker boom is dead
Factually incorrect
Not at all, todays era there is way more coverage man they show every single hand now and have halt time like chat during the breaks of the tournaments. Also they interview players between hands and so forth, the game is broadcasted live with a slight delay so its basically like the broadcasting of a sporting event like football and basketball esc.... I will say the early days coverage is nostalgic tho.
Best era of televiased poker
I've got to say it's been really nice re-upping on my Main Event history with all these uploads.
1:57:53. Commentating just doesn't get any better than this. The whole set up until 3,2,1! Genius!
2003 - 2008 was an awesome ride. 2009 is when I stopped watching these in real time, so this will be a fun ride!
Production value of these never ceases to amaze me. That intro for this one is 🔥🔥🔥
What’s the first rule about fight club again?
@@philip-op6de You just broke it. 😁
By far my most nostalgic year of the WSOP Main. I was on Sebok's rail for much of Day 6, and most of the friends I've made in poker came from this WSOP. Also, I'll have to look for myself during Eastgate's bustout, as I was sitting right behind Seat 7 when that went down.
We don't care
@@SteveAustin-jp3evchill out dude he's just trying to re-live a great memory he had. Just because you don't have many moments you can go back to in life and say that was a great time doesn't mean you can shit on others'parades.
@@speakinfaxonly21he’s full of it. Always comments some nostalgic lie bs on every one of these.
@@saljablo2767 that's Definitely plausible, and if that's the case, then he knows he's pathetic.
@@speakinfaxonly21 Even if true it sounds like a boring day. I cant imagine standing on the rail all day staring at peoples backs. I would be bored after about 3 mins lol
My favorite wsop ME. To see Ivey final table like that, it was amazing .
I wish they would still make episodes like this. Same like the old EPTs
Literally just stumbled on Lex’s TH-cam channel on Christmas Eve and got to witness him win back to back tournaments in the matter of minutes for about $35,000? Epic man
Big deal
have you ever even cashed a tourney? xD@@saljablo2767
PokerStars just letting him win..
@@Y2jakeSnake Are you a bit slow? Is that what it is?
@@2lowkey100 it is what it is..
Djeeses how funny is Norman Chad. He just keeps cracking me up.
You'd think Lex Veldhuis had a personal grudge against that Muenz guy the way he kept kicking him in the balls.
mannn why didnt they keep this production
Yeah, this was the 441 era of the WSOP coverage. I want to say it switched to PokerPROductions the next year, and I still miss the look of this era.
Thanks again for the videos, Made my holidays
old school ivey coverage, love it
Awesome, very nostalgic
I agree with everyone that coverage of these older events is more entertaining, especially with Norman Chad there. On the other hand, if you want to see how the tournament is won/lost by players, you get just about none of that in these shows because they only show the highlight hands. Very often, when a player makes what appears to be a gross blunder, it's because of all the hands that you don't see in a highlight show. It's the "everday" hands that win or lose the tournament and the advent of "live" coverage (with only a small delay to ensure security) has at least made that part available.
Elezra is such a great man
If Phil preflop raises with King 8 suited and wins the hand, he would declare it a stroke of genius.....but being busted by someone on the other end of it he loses his mind and insults them uncontrollably. I love watching him, but he really crosses the line sometimes!
The Guy he lost to would not have anything against playing 100k hands hu with Phil online..
I know it's nostalgia playing a part, but poker before 2010 seemed so much better.
I think GTO is definitely an exciting development, but the *majority* of its proponents seem to be low on charisma.
You can't beat live games for entertainment, with real characters playing at their best.
There's like 2 minutes of Ivey in 3 hours of coverage but you guys still put him in the title lol
Because there was 8,000 other players to cover.
Lex was actually the GOAT this day, Muenz got absolutely bullied
Yea right. His play EASILY would have him sidelined 4/5 times.
But he’s “goated” to you because you saw the 1/5 variance?
Luckbox
Suddenly hand sample sizes don’t matter to you fks!?
Okay then
Thank you, oh dear PokerGO, for blessing us by reuploading the scraps of these episodes that you previously had scrubbed from the internet only a few short years ago. The PokerGO Gods giveth, and the PokerGO Gods taketh away.
@ 54:40 Doooope! Amarillo Slim has the exact same Rattlesnake Bulldogger Hat from Red Dead Redemption 2 🔥
Thank you for upload this masterpiece 🚀
2:29 nice poker table showing the poker boom match made in heaven
The way that Lindgren plays the AA at 2:43:35 is, perhaps, the worst hand I've ever seen a "professional" poker player make this side of Y2K
❤ So nice and cool to watch the old wsop
2:00:01 - Kent was definitely still around in 2019, so a better outcome than believed at the time 👍
1:48:00 hellmuth played that so bad flopped the nuts and raised all in when his opponent bets into him… just flat call and let him bluff it off dude
...still the best coverage of the wsop.
Bring back highlights, Lon & Norm, 'the nuts' and everything else.
Get rid of today's coverage.
The nuts is a pathetic segment
22:40 wow 1/100,000 love chad norman makes watching these much fun!
I love Phil 😂😂😂
All today's legendary players are here
The mad genius segment is absolutely hilarious 😂.....He literally had the worst tells of the entire video leading up to that part midway through this video lol. Anyone watching could tell that the wordplay he was doing was from a position of strength
2008 was the Demon Deacons, 2009 is the Ragin' Cajuns! I love this
12:22, I'm not drunk, but I see two Johnny Chans.
Amazing Las Vegas i will be there soon...
Benevolent throw at 54:00
love these...instant click
How do you call w QJ spades, to flop a flush and then fold to a raise on flop. What were you hoping to hit when you called ? Lol
My fave main event 😊
That Lex got a better result than Cunningham shows poker is not mainly about “skill”, specially in large fields. If the guys is cars dead there is nothing he can do. Q8 was his best hand is the tournament!
Who else came back to see Lex's performance? Best poker I ever seen.
Nostalgic
I know this is from over 15 years ago and it’s tournament poker but the amount of times someone made the nuts or effective nuts on the flop they just insta jam x1000 pot after the other guy bets. Sick value bro. In the left video AQ bet 2200 into 3000 on an KcQcBrick and AK insta jammed 20k and AQ folded quick
54:58 show me your hand hahahaha !
1:31:50 Hellmuth looks like he just put on a whole tube of Carmex!
17:00 Muenz not 3-betting that checkraise big after Veldhuis showed that bluff vs Elezra was horrible. Deserved to lose that hand.
Comment on snippets of 2009 poker much
38:42 😅
Mike Caro - 175K Live Earnings.... anyone can just write a book I guess
Well, $175K in live MTT earnings from events reported to Hendon Mob. My guess is he was more of a cash player, given his era.
But yeah, his book of tells always struck me as iffy. Plus, by the 2000s, so many people were using it that there was no telling if someone was doing a reverse tell (e.g. looking off in the distance when you're bluffing).
Love seen Lex
Why he’s fkn trash
What ever happened to Allan Cunningham
Or Tom Dwan
@@BknMaxhe just plays a lot of off shore high stakes cash games.
I also hear he owes people a fkn ton of money in the US but i cant confirm that.
Im sure you can find more than a few viddys about it
Playing for Pruitt, more important than anything else 😢
Orel Hershiser?!? Wtf lol I don’t recall this when I originally watched this
1:24:10 “Board the Pair” 💀💀💀
John Dodge reminds me of the late, great Norm McDonald.
R.I.P Doyle
Am I the only one who skips all the interviews and 'the nuts'?
Why did he show mike the ace ,should show him the jack of diamonds or nothing
1:24:11 Board the pair 💀💀💀
This is what poker is supposed to be, not these robots you see today who have tried to make it more sophisticated that it is.
Matusaw dont get the respect he desires, the guy is easily one of the best players on Earth im not folding a flopped Q high flush
best player on earth, folding a flopped flush and the winning hand? get you on my table
You must never play at global poker.
Because these setups happen and happen OFTEN!
Literally nuts Vs second nuts all the time.
Sooooo yer dumb
any other person and they are getting a penalty for berating other players the way phil does. I just don't understand how this was allowed so often.
He called me with J8 Honey!
I love watching Matusow lose even more than Hellmouth
I think Hellmute's wife is a psychologist!!😆
I do not get why these "So-Called Pro Poker Players" NEVER go all in or at the least make a big Pre-Flop bet when they have Pocket Rockets. Yes, A's can be cracked but you have to represent your Boss Pocket Rockets Pre-Flop. That way if they do get cracked, the player that cracked them must pay a huge Bet. But when you just make a small call-bet most likely your Rockets will get cracked with someone who you LET Limp In. Case in POINT, @2:44:55, Lindgren has Pocket A's... he slowed played them like a first time Poker Player and got BLUFFED off them on the River when another player represented a FLUSH with a 5K bet.... How did Lindgren become Poker Player of the Year making horrible plays like that?
Eric lindgren played his hand so bad its awful
Greg Mueller went on to play the main villian zombie in I am Legend.
Even the entry them song lol
Why did they ever change the coverage of the WSOP? The new coverage is methodical, mechanical, and downright boring.
LOL at Mike, makes a ridiculous fold then tries to tilt all his money off multiple times afterwards.
Helmuthacus. Lol
Weird way to play AQ 🤔 (Pouliat) … likewise the fella that bet small and let Eastgate get to that river 5 🤦🏻♂️
It’s amazing how all these “pros” pretend like luck isn’t a major part of their MTT success.
The “do you got what it takes” is pure myth and narcissism
Yeah. There's no consistent winners in poker. Just lucky idiots with personality disorders 😂😂😂
If you are bad at poker even with luck you won't ever make the final table. You need luck AND skills.
Maximus stultus
donkey lex in the old days :-) naah just kidding. in these days they barely knew about 3 bet bluffs.. :D
They’re talking about Johnny Chan winning back to back when it was only like 300 people in the tournament 💀
still an insane achievement, even got 2nd on the third year to lose to Phil Hellmuth.
Meltdown in 3 2 1…😂
Dead Money Walking
Norman was really annoying at times, between his wife jokes every 5 seconds he tend to either hate on someone or really like them. Here he hates on erick who maybe didn't play greatest session but it was okay, he was clearly playing small ball. He also hates on foreign players, or he was on years before very hard tho. This coverage was sure better that what we got now but still fake drama, moralizing about freaking gambling etc
Lex always was and still is a terrible player
Lindgrend play soo Bad, man was scared to bet