Was just watching a little early Fox News, and the weekend hosts got visibly excited about the World Series of Poker. Their hedline: \”Average Joes Taking Over.\” Wha? Apparently the Fox reporters/interns aren\’t reading Wicked Chops. Idiots But regardless, dead money is dead money, right?
\”That\’s why we like it so much, because the underdog can win!\” cooed Ainsley Earhardt. Coming up is one of those Average Joes, Dennis Phillips. From there the Fox-branded morning sunshine went on to a story about cadaver dogs being called in to search for a two-year-old girl, and then the weather. My personal chills subsided.
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Interview starts with \”This is wonderful stuff, the World Series of Poker\”
Dennis appears, wearing STL ballcap and Pokerstars.net logo on his shirt. (Boo, St. Louis!)
He refused sponsor money for his cap.
\”I\’m a 53-year-old truck salesman, I\’m not going to go around wearing a hat backwards. It\’s just not going to happen.\”
Headline under random, low-quality footage from the WSOP (as if the lighting situation in the Amazon room were new to them or something) — Poker-Palooza: Average Poker Guy Takes Vegas
The key to his success at the WSOP was having fun the whole way.
Dennis is not married and has no kids.
The Fox News staff is rooting for him.
After a break, the extended crew comes back and has a discussion about how amazing his poker face is. They all give impressions, then asks who plays — I\’m shocked that the two dudes who are so excited about poker say they don\’t — and then they turn to Courtney Friel. She says that while he was hostess of the World Poker Tour, she herself wasn\’t very good because she gave away her excitement over big hands.
They end the show with: \”Go All-in with Fox & Friends!\”
