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Episode 6

This Week in Poker #6 with Joe Sebok, Vince Van Patten, and Andrew Feldman

Tuesdays at 4pm PT.

For Episode #6 of This Week in Poker, the Entities that comprise Wicked Chops Poker break down the 2010 WSOP November Nine and start of the new WPT season. They were joined by ESPN’s Andrew Feldman, poker pro Joe Sebok, 2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table member Joe “subiime” Cheong and World Poker Tour host Vince Van Patten. For a quick reference guide to what happened when on the show, see below:

3:01 – The discussion on the November Nine begins with Joe Sebok and Andrew Feldman giving their thoughts on where this final table stacks up to year’s past.

4:06 – Is Soi Nguyen, the sole amateur and oldest player at the table, the Jerry Yang of this year’s 2010 WSOP Main Event Final Table? Given who one of his good friends is, he may get more prepping than any other November Niner.

7:01 – As someone who went deep in last year’s WSOP Main Event and has made a name (“Seventhbok”) out of bubbling WPT TV final tables, Sebok discusses how much it must sting for 10th place finisher Brandon Steven.

8:44 – The panel discusses Matt Affleck’s brutal beat that saw him eliminated in 15th place and how both he and the media reacted to it.

12:55 – Breaking down the good and bad of the November Nine concept.

18:22 – A debate over what could have been with ESPN and Phil Ivey at the 2009 WSOP Main Event Final Table.

22:35 – The discussion turns to Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi including where his WSOP performance so far ranks in poker history.

25:25 – Talk turns to the ESPN3.com live streaming broadcasts of final tables this year and Feldman weighs in on whether more will be done next year.

26:24 – More talk about the Grinder including his recent financial troubles and his marketing potential with a mainstream audience. Also, the panel breaks down more of the November Niners including John Dolan and Filippo Candio.

34:09 – November Niner Joe “subiime” Cheong joins us via Skype.

49:29 – The remainder of the show is an interview with World Poker Tour co-host Vince Van Patten. The topics discussed include what’s in store for Season IX, Kimberly Lansing and the Royal Flush Girls, beating John McEnroe in tennis, how he survived as a child actor, his legendary Hollywood home games, sneaking into LA casinos as a teen to play poker and his solid run at this year’s WSOP Main Event.

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