Player of the Month: Not one but nine players in July. The November Nine of course.
Quote of the Month: Former world champion Peter Eastgate quits poker . “In the 20 months following my WSOP win, I feel that I have lost my motivation for playing high-level poker along the way, and I have decided that now is the time to find out what I want to do with the rest of my life.
Story of the Month: The Berlin poker robbers convicted.
Hand of the Month: Eventual WSOP main event winner dogs Matt Affleck en route to the final table. “Affleck Eliminated in 15th place for $500,165. Duhamel bet 550,000 from the cutoff position. Affleck raised to 1,550,000 from the button. Action was back to Duhamel. Duhamel four-bet to 3,925,000 and Affleck called. The flop came 10
9
7
and Duhamel checked. Affleck bet 5,000,000. Duhamel called and the Q fell on the turn. Duhamel checked again. Affleck moved all in for 11,600,000. Duhamel tanked before finally calling to put Affleck all in.
Their cards:
Duhamel: J J.
Affleck: A A
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Affleck was in the lead for the pot worth 42,000,000. However, the river brought the dramatic 8 and Affleck was eliminated. Duhamel took the pot and was the overwhelming chip leader with 51,000,000 after the hand.
Blog of the Month: Marty Smyth in candid form about a pretty disastrous WSOP .
Picture of the Month: The November Nine.
