Poker Shock Jock Donald Key here to relay more of the excitement from the 2007 World Series of Poker. With the main event rapidly approaching, and sure to provide its share of captivating storylines, I’ve compiled my top 10 moments of the 2007 WSOP so far. These are not opinions. These are facts. Pay attention. BAM!
#10 - The $100-$200 Level of the Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Event
BAM! This is what we live for as poker fans. Amarillo Slim made QUADS during this action-packed level, catapulting this moment into the top 10, barely nudging out, “John Juanda Orders a BLACK Coffee.”
#9 - Phil Hellmuth Gets His 60th Cash
In the words of one of Donald Key’s best friends, Randy Moss, “Straight cash, homey.”
Winning may be everything, but cashes "is" king. And Phil Hellmuth alone wears the crown for most in World Series history.
I know what you’re thinking, “Maybe you should check your facts, Donald. Phil’s watershed moment for World Series cashes came at #59.” Think again. "The Keys" facts are straight. What you don’t know is that the only thing more exciting than a good cash is padding stats. #60 put a little more distance between Phil and what I like to call, “everyone else.” The only moments that can possibly eclipse Phil’s 60th cash are #’s 8 thru 1 on this countdown, and his 61st cash. Aside from that, nothing can possibly top this 2007 WSOP moment.
# 8 - A Guy Named John Checkraises This Other Guy
This was pretty cool. I saw this with my own two eyes. There was this guy named John, and he checkraised this other guy. You should have seen the look on this other guy’s face, it was like, “John, how could you checkraise me like that?” I thought this guy was going to get realllly upset. Amazing. This is what makes the World Series of Poker, the richest event in sports.
# 7 - Sam Grizzle Eliminated from the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
I think we all know the implications of this top ’07 WSOP moment. If I were a betting man, I’d bet poker is on its way out. “Our only hope,” could not get the job done in our time of need. The Grizz fought valiantly - at one point flirting with the 200k mark in chips. In the end, though, Grizzle busted out of the money, and took with him, hope. I guess I’ll just stroll through the crisp, smoke-free air of the Amazon room, completely unafraid of collusion or a smack in the head, and watch from the rail as all the trust fund babies play what they view as a grown-up version of pogs with their daddies’ money.
#6 - Joe Sebok Eliminated
Take your pick. Happens every tournament. Equally entertaining each time. The Key loves to see which horrible fate will befall Seebs next. Will it be a one outer, or a two outer? Sebok’s last two World Series efforts are akin to Charlie Brown letting Lucy hold the football. Sebok is Charlie, the WSOP is Lucy, and that bracelet is the football.
#5 - The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know
Joey buys a big screen TV and two leather reclining chairs; he and Chandler don't move from them for days. Phoebe helps Monica cater a party at the home of Dr. Richard Burke, an old friend of the Gellers, who recently divorced. Despite their age difference, Richard and Monica begin dating. Ross and Rachel begin dating. One of their dates is interrupted… Sorry - I’m writing a blog on the top 10 episodes of Friends for my other blog over at www.Friends4Eva.com/donaldkey.org.net.
Back to the Action
#4 - Shuffle Up and Deal for Event #24 World Championship $3,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
A tournament director took the mic and said shuffle up and deal to the 236 entrants of this event. From what I recall there was really good intonation in the tournament directors shuffle up and deal here. He seemed confident in the command he was giving. Shuffle up, and deal. The most important thing really is to make sure that the dealers shuffle up before they deal. You run into a problem with this sometimes because of their title. Dealers think, “I’m a dealer, not a shuffler. If I was supposed to shuffle, I would be called a shuffler.” Then they just deal, and you end up with a bunch of Royals, and the whole thing is a big mess.” This tournament director got these loose canons under control, and ran a successful tournament that saw Eli Elezra earn an ego boost, and $200,000 he doesn’t need.
#3 - Eugene Todd, Bro on Pokerwire Radio
Even though I despise this radio show, because it spelled the end for my short lived take-no-prisoners, tell-it-like-it-is, multiple-hyphenation radio show, The Donald Key Experience, Stapes, Seebs, and Smith did an amazing job of cultivating comic hilarity out of one Eugene Todd… bro, during their short time with him. “I’m sucking moose cock, bro.” Aren’t we all Eugene?
#2 - Harrah’s Runs a Flawless World Series of Poker - Players Have Nothing to Complain About
I’m saving this space for when it happens. Maybe if Sam Grizzle had won the $50k H.O.R.S.E.?
#1 - People Go All-In
This is more like a group of moments lumped into one, but I mean, come on, who doesn’t love the all-in? It happens once every 15 seconds in the Amazon room, but somehow it never gets old.
These three words trump all others at the World Series. A guy could be getting attacked by a cougar in a port-o-let outside of the poker sauna, but if someone said all-in back in the Amazon room, ESPN cameras would rush inside to catch the action. The power of the words make People Going All-In #1 on Donald Key’s countdown of the top 10 moments of this years World Series of Poker. Thanks for Reading.
