12 Nov 08
Weekly Vote: Your Opinion on the WSOP
The 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to an end, with the young Danish player Peter Eastgate cashing in the first prize of over $9 million. Since it s now over, we want to know your opinion on this hyped event.
Your opinion on the WSOP
The most hyped WSOP Final Table ever is finally over and 22-year old Danish player Peter Eastgate defeated Russia's Ivan Demidov, winning $9,152,416 (the second largest prize in the history of poker tournaments). With this achievement, he's also became the youngest player to ever win Main Event winner, knocking Phill Hellmuth Jr's record of 24 years of age that he got in 1989.
Since the WSOP decided to pause the Main Event for 117 days, so there would be enough time to hype the event, which was evident on all the major poker sites. Now we are asking whether you enjoyed the final table action: was it what you expected, were you disappointed with the players or do you simply not care enough to follow the event? Let us know what you think about the WSOP Main Event in our feedback thread: Your opinion on the WSOP.
Last week we asked you if you think Barack Obama will have an impact on online poker. Many of you showed interest in this topic, and almost half of the votes pointed out to a positive impact. 45% of the remaining voters said that Obama will not have an impact on online poker whatsoever, while 8% considered his impact to be negative.
The following graph shows you the complete results of last week's poll:
#1
alland, 12 Nov 08 13:51
Eastgate FTW!!we are from the same town so now I see where I got my talent from :P
#2
AtonalMonk, 12 Nov 08 14:00
Thanks for revealing the winner with no spoiler alert.#3
vhallee, 12 Nov 08 14:19
#2, the winner is known for quite some time and to me there was no real need for spoiler in my opinion :)#4
Snuggles666, 12 Nov 08 14:31
the wsop was pretty good, especially cause of the hype ;)i was hoping the russian demidov to win, but oh well...
#5
rhinoneil, 13 Nov 08 15:15
hate to say i told you so but... i told you so in my blog months ago, peter was the outstanding talent at the final table#6
andyb43, 13 Nov 08 15:44
lol...........Espn here in Africa showed it....got my beer and settled in to watch...........the last 44 players, why show this when we know the result!#7
viewer88, 14 Nov 08 09:13
I dont like the poker hype... to much fuz. Girls screaming, cards getting turned over slowly when all-in, people bringing fanclubs... bs imo :p