Comments on: PokerStars sponsoring High Stakes Poker/Dennis Phillips invited to play

By: DW Nolan

DW Nolan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:41:38 +0000

I have played poker with Dennis at Harrah’s StL. He is a very nice guy.

He also is a very intense player who concentrates very hard. He is not a guy you can engage in conversation very easilyy to get him off his concentration. He studies his opponents all the time he is sitting at the table. He played cash games for years before he switched to tournaments. I’m sure he’ll do just fine but, you never know – it’s poker.

By: S77

S77 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:46:13 +0000

Thanks, B.J. I appreciate the post, which is consistent with what I’ve heard/read. I do wish that the original poster would reply though…

By: BJ Nemeth

BJ Nemeth — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:02:25 +0000

I’ve had a lot of contact with Dennis Phillips, and I haven’t seen *anything* that made me think “scumbag.” I have close friends who interact with him more than I do, and they are also very complimentary about him.

Those were my thoughts before this year’s WSOP, but during the summer he went out of his way (and out of his own pocket) to sponsor food and drinks for the WSOP’s Dream Team Media event. Pizza, wings, and an open bar, courtesy of Mr. Phillips. And he wasn’t walking around shaking hands and trying to network — he was just saying thank you and having a good time. (For the record, I doubt most of the people in the tournament had any idea that he paid for the food and the drinks.)

I can’t speak to Brian G.’s experience, but I’ll go on record with my real name to say that Dennis Phillips deserves his reputation as a good guy.

By: S77

S77 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:13:31 +0000

“Dennis Phillips is a scumbag behind the scenes and everyone knows it. He is so full of crap I am beyond sick of him.”

I’ve not heard this before. I thought he had a pretty solid rep as a “good guy.” Please enlighten…

Thanks.

By: JW

JW — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:47:22 +0000

Shana Hiatt???? Please Please Please!!!!!

By: Poker Girl

Poker Girl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:40:46 +0000

Please, please take Dennis Phillips off my TV.

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:18:38 +0000

http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/next-high-stakes-poker-host-is-not-vanessa-rousso-5604/

Vanessa states she’s not hosting HSP.

By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:16:00 +0000

Vanessa Selbst? That would be surprising if they put that bulldyke on the show.

Dennis Phillips is a scumbag behind the scenes and everyone knows it. He is so full of crap I am beyond sick of him.

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:36:48 +0000

***Is Stars staking Phillips in the HSP cash games? Those sharks are gonna eat him alive.***

Dennis Phillips didn’t win the 2008 WSOP? Are you sure?

By: DanM

DanM — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:35:34 +0000

I heard a rumor — total rumor, zero hint of confirmation — that the possible Benza replacement is Vanessa Selbst.

Served as a reminder to me that we sure were spending a lot of time talking about Vanessa Rousso with very little to go on.

Sure, circumstantial evidence and possibility is enough to sentence someone to death in Texas, but beyond that …

By: Kevin Mathers

Kevin Mathers — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:18:48 +0000

I have no idea, but he must have a really good deal with Stars.

By: Pauly

Pauly — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:07:07 +0000

Is Stars staking Phillips in the HSP cash games? Those sharks are gonna eat him alive.

By: Fifth Street Journal

Fifth Street Journal — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:38:40 +0000

Re Rousso: on the other hand, a Poker PROductions representative has said the new cohost won’t be her.