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opelmanta1900 Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, May 29 2018, 11:19 AM EST
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Not sure if anyone follows, but my good buddy, Dino, won any invitation to Vegas after winning an online tournament... he played his butt off last night in the Challenge the Champs tourney.... ended up going heads up with Scotty Nguyen who ultimately ended up with the win...

Still an excellent showing by my buddy, Dino, and we're all extremely proud of the guy... and I'm sure the second place prize of $15k isn't too disappointing...

https://mobile.twitter.com/wpt/status/1001319275657707520
Cathcam13 Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, May 29 2018, 11:29 AM EST
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Nice, I have a buddy who wants to do that some day.
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#3 Posted: Tue, May 29 2018, 2:52 PM EST
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That is very impressive. Takes some legit talent to be at that table. I remember seeing Scotty on the tube many times back in the day when I was really into the poker scene; multiple bracelet winner and fun to watch.
shaun341 Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, May 29 2018, 7:15 PM EST
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That's cool stuff Opel. Congrats to your buddy.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Jul 3 2018, 2:03 PM EST
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Dino is back in action... playing in the world series of poker right now... sitting at around 170 out of what was originally around 1000 people i believe... his buddy is at 100...
delta1 Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Jul 3 2018, 3:22 PM EST
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very cool...good luck to Dino and his buddy...
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#7 Posted: Tue, Jul 3 2018, 3:28 PM EST
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Very cool. I love Texas Hold 'em and watch it on TV all the time. We play several sit and goes ant FGM's Herf every year. Went to Vegas several years ago and won one smaller tourney and cashed in two others.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Jul 6 2018, 11:57 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Dino is back in action... playing in the world series of poker right now... sitting at around 170 out of what was originally around 1000 people i believe... his buddy is at 100...

Ok, i was way off... there were roughly 7700 people in this tournament, not 1000... last paying spot is 1182, which pays $15k ($5k over entry fee)... 1st place pays $8.8 million...

Dino (monte phelps) was 170, but that was before about half the pack played... that was Monday....

He started yesterday around 650 i believe, had a big surge at the end of the night, and currently sits at 450 with 151,200 chips...

He's got the day off today and then plays everyday "until they crown me champion"...

His buddy got knocked out in the 3rd round yesterday...
shaun341 Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Jul 6 2018, 12:02 PM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Ok, i was way off... there were roughly 7700 people in this tournament, not 1000... last paying spot is 1182, which pays $15k ($5k over entry fee)... 1st place pays $8.8 million...

Dino (monte phelps) was 170, but that was before about half the pack played... that was Monday....

He started yesterday around 650 i believe, had a big surge at the end of the night, and currently sits at 450 with 151,200 chips...

He's got the day off today and then plays everyday "until they crown me champion"...

His buddy got knocked out in the 3rd round yesterday...


I was watching on ESPN last night and 151K is a decent stack at this point. Wish him good luck the rest of the way!
LetsRock Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Jul 6 2018, 1:55 PM EST
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We should try again to get the CBID poker games going. Those were a lot of fun.
opelmanta1900 Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 2:34 AM EST
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One player to go before the bubble pops!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 2:51 AM EST
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He's in the money!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 11:21 AM EST
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with the day about to begin, Dino sits at 835, 140,000 chip count.... roughly 1175 players left... everyone still in it gets a guaranteed $15k...
shaun341 Offline
#14 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 11:41 AM EST
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Lets go Dino!
delta1 Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 11:51 AM EST
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ThumpUp
opelmanta1900 Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 2:39 PM EST
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looks like theyre down to 913... He's still in there!
opelmanta1900 Offline
#17 Posted: Sun, Jul 8 2018, 10:06 PM EST
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He finished up at 722! Not bad at all.... took home a $19,900 payout... we're all proud of him and looking forward to seeing him do it again next year...
shaun341 Offline
#18 Posted: Mon, Jul 9 2018, 5:02 PM EST
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Nice work, congratulations!
bgz Offline
#19 Posted: Mon, Jul 9 2018, 5:32 PM EST
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That's pretty awesome dude.
bgz Offline
#20 Posted: Mon, Jul 9 2018, 5:35 PM EST
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I won 6k one time in a tourney at a local casino here.

Cashed in a bunch. I stopped playing pretty much when they made it hard to get your money out of online poker rooms.

Figured if I wasn't actively practicing, no point in keeping up with it.

Always like playing live better, but practicing a lot helps with making better decisions when it matters.
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