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[Rstutsky]

If anybody reads ESPN Page 2, The Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, is playing in the WSOP. I can't find any information on how he's doing or if he's played yet. Anybody have any idea?

[chrozzo]

who?

[TB17]

Hope he does well. He's hilarious

[blazerp0410]

chrozzo, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 11:29 AM, said:

who?

You must be a tool...(sw).....only the funniest sports writer around right now. Bill Simmons. Used to write for the Globe now a writer for ESPN @ Page 2.

[reedmcneal]

I was kind of interested to see how he has done/will do. Anybody know what day he's playing? Far and away my favorite sportswriter.

[chrozzo]

blazerp0410, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 3:35 PM, said:

You must be a tool...(sw).....only the funniest sports writer around right now. Bill Simmons. Used to write for the Globe now a writer for ESPN @ Page 2.

do'h! i dont watch much sports, i will check it out though

[Push Monkey]

he says he sucks at poker and will be out in the first two hours. I'm curious, too.

[InsanityCubed]

Push Monkey, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 4:05 PM, said:

he says he sucks at hold'em and will be out in the first two hours. I'm curious, too.

FYP. He's actually a fair Stud player. I wonder why he didn't play in the 5k Stud or something, since ESPN is obviously bankrolling him.

[mcpickl]

InsanityCubed, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 12:27 PM, said:

FYP. He's actually a fair Stud player. I wonder why he didn't play in the 5k Stud or something, since ESPN is obviously bankrolling him.

actually, Harrahs is bankrolling him

[Push Monkey]

InsanityCubed, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 4:27 PM, said:

FYP. He's actually a fair Stud player. I wonder why he didn't play in the 5k Stud or something, since ESPN is obviously bankrolling him.

Thanks for correcting me.And, if you think about it for a second, you'll realize why he didn't play the Stud event. He's only playing to write about it, and ESPN.com Page 2 readers don't care about a Stud event at the WSOP. They care, somewhat, about the Main Event and which amateur will become a millionaire.I really hope a pro wins this year.

[Rstutsky]

but still, does anybody know how he's doing, or how i can find out?

[Storm Pockets]

Rstutsky, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 2:56 PM, said:

but still, does anybody know how he's doing, or how i can find out?

according to the ESPN WSOP chat today:Can we get an update on how Bill Simmons is doing? Andrew Feldman: (4:04 PM ET ) Bill Simmons busted out early on his first day

[Flack_attack]

Push Monkey, on Sunday, July 30th, 2006, 2:03 PM, said:

I really hope a pro wins this year.

I dont. Random donk wins=more fish.

[Norhas99]

He is only playing for a story, kind of like a Playboy writer about a year ago for the Party Poker Million (IV?)

[ed1776]

Here's his article on his brief main event appearanceSports Guy at the WSOPYeah he's right that the tourneys filled with tons of donks and you gotta get lucky, but sounds like he made a pretty stupid play. Nice read on his opponent post flop, but why would you call a raise of 5.5x the big blind, in the second level (assuming) and with a large stack relative to the blinds, with K-10 sooted? He probably shouldn't have been in the hand in the first place.

[Ron_Mexico]

thanks for the link, I didn't see that article when it went up.

[turd ferguson]

Ron_Mexico, on Thursday, August 17th, 2006, 10:47 AM, said:

thanks for the link, I didn't see that article when it went up.

Have you printed it out for reading on the exercise bike yet?

[insano]

ed1776, on Thursday, August 17th, 2006, 9:44 AM, said:

Here's his article on his brief main event appearanceSports Guy at the WSOPYeah he's right that the tourneys filled with tons of donks and you gotta get lucky, but sounds like he made a pretty stupid play. Nice read on his opponent post flop, but why would you call a raise of 5.5x the big blind, in the second level (assuming) and with a large stack relative to the blinds, with K-10 sooted? He definately shouldn't have been in the hand in the first place.

[stan394]

ed1776, on Thursday, August 17th, 2006, 10:44 AM, said:

Here's his article on his brief main event appearanceSports Guy at the WSOPYeah he's right that the tourneys filled with tons of donks and you gotta get lucky, but sounds like he made a pretty stupid play. Nice read on his opponent post flop, but why would you call a raise of 5.5x the big blind, in the second level (assuming) and with a large stack relative to the blinds, with K-10 sooted? He probably shouldn't have been in the hand in the first place.

"It's one thing to get outplayed. It's another to lose to a reckless idiot."so true so true

[bipolarbear]

as much as i love the sports guy, he can't be mad at the call, the reckless idiot had top pair top kicker early on i a tournament where you have to build a massive chip stack early just to survive. even hellmuth wouldn't lay that down.i checked every day on espn.com for that article to finally be up, and i don't know how you found it, although i suspect the link ending with "060818" implies it is going to be posted tomorrow. nice find, though.