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DennisPhillips was the chip leader for four months — possibly the longest time anyone in the history of poker has held onto the biggest stack. And though he got off to a shaky start and would ultimately finish 3rd (winning $4.5 million) he still skillfully survived a roller coaster session to be the Last [...]
Here's what 2008 WSOP Main Event chip leader DennisPhillips has to say right before play begins.Watch DennisPhillips Chip Leader Challenge at the Hard Rock Poker Lounge on RawVegas.tv
Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate will battle heads up for $9.15 million at the World Series of Poker on Monday night. DennisPhillips was eliminated early Monday after trying to bluff Eastgate with a... [[ Visit the Vegas Syndicate for the full story, other content, and more! ]]
Has anyone down there seen DennisPhillips' chip lead? Somewhere, difficult to tell in this photo but in the stadium seating behind the final table, there are about 200 white-shirt-wearing, St. Louis Cardinals ball capped DennisPhillips fans. Outside the...
26,295,000 chips The 2008 World Series of Poker chip leader has an interesting back ground and almost none of it involves poker. DennisPhillips started playing Texas Hold ‘Em only four years ago. Phillips was a blackjack player until a college friend dragged him to a poker table at the Ameristar Casino. Phillips made his first showing on the WSOP circuit in Tunica, making...
Finally caught the final table of the World Series of Poker 2008 over the weekend. Some assorted thoughts on the game, on poker, and on TV production: * Boy, someone at ESPN really loves their ring flash, don’t they? I’m not sure shooting interviews with the final table players with big glowing circles over their eyes is really a good look. * I was happy that the man I was rooting for — Dennis...
DennisPhillips of College Hills, Illinois took third place in the World Series of Poker's main event early this morning in Las Vegas, the lone American left standing. For his efforts, Phillips, trucking account manager, will take home $4,517,773. At least, before taxes. Almost 7,000 players began the competition back in July.
Ylon Schwartz check-raises with nothing into the nuts of Peter Eastgate, and Pauly and I begin the countdown and begin speculating on what two Eurokids (and maybe even DennisPhillips) will mean for poker/PokerStars … and where poker is in Europe these days. But are Russians dead money or just scary? Maybe a little bit [...]
Upon reaching the Final Four, Pauly coins DennisPhillips as “Mr. F-in’ Rollercoaster”, and from there we look at the strategy in play, make assessments of the time (and playing styles) it will take to get to the final two, and officially declare victory for PokerStars. Book 4: WSOP Final Table Episode 4.8: Livin’ on a Prayer [...]
One of the patches on DennisPhillips’ shirt (and the shirts of all his fans) — ThePokerLawyer.com. TPL is actually The Schindler Firm, out of St. Louis … Josh Schindler being the main dude … he got that space via DennisPhillips’ eBay auction, making a $19,350 donation to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in exchange [...]
It seems like just about everyone here is wearing a distinctively red St. Louis Cardinals hat … pretty cool … as the night goes on, you’re starting to see them all over the casino. And the way tons of these people have been getting them autographed by the pros, a la DennisPhillips, you gotta [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) -Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate will battle heads up for $9.15 million at the World Series of Poker on Monday night. DennisPhillips was eliminated early Monday after trying to bluff Eastgate with a 10 high. Eastgate held a pocket p...
LAS VEGAS -- A 53-year-old trucking account manager from near Alton, Ill., is more than $4.5 million richer thanks to a monster poker tournament, but winning the top prize just wasn't in the cards. DennisPhillips of Cottage Hills, near Alton, finished third early today in the World Series of Poker's main event in Las Vegas. He was the last American left in the field. Phillips...
Phillips doubles, Chino stumbles It took until the last hand before the break, but it was worth the wait. David Chino Rheem came in for a raise to 800,000 and DennisPhillips moved all-in for 3.7 million more. Rheem struggled over his call, but eventually made the decision to put in the chips. It was Qd-Qs for Phillips and Jd-Jc for Rheem. As Phillips' supporters...
