Posted by Junelli 7:24 AM


Morris and I played pot limit all night last night with Matt Dean. He was an extremely nice guy, and was happy to talk about his experience in the 2004 WSOP. A few tidbits from his perspective:

Josh Arieh is a prick;
Raymer was very good and deserved the win;
Dan Harrington was an awesome player (very nice too);
Chris Ferguson was also very nice (and clearly enjoyed the media attention);
Moneymaker divorced his wife and now has a hot girlfriend;
Hellmuth is not much different than on TV;
There wasn't very much bluffing at the tournament (TV is misleading);
Marcel Luske was hilarious and provided constant entertainment;
Murphy (the guy who overslept) was also good;
David Williams shouldn't have been in that last hand :)
ESPN made everyone sign a waiver beforehand authorizing videotape of all hands, etc.(i.e. Seidel couldn't block the camera with his chips).
ESPN producers were contantly telling the players where to hold their cards so that the camera could see em.
The tournament is exhausting. They played until approx 3am every night (averaged 12-15 hours a day).

He also mentioned the editing. As we all know, the tournament is severely edited down. Although Dean was only shown in a few hands on ESPN, he played at the final table for over 6 hours.

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