Jack Effel: \”Players, you may now go on your 117-day break.\”
I thought it would be extra funny if two people went out on the final hand … would\’ve totally caused a \”Doh!\” moment to the folks who bought thenovembernine.com and thenovember9.com. (I\’ll give you a hint, since I can\’t link specifically to search results here.)
Craig Marquis made it! And even though he had the smallest cheering section of any player — save for maybe the stoic Russian — the dude from Dallas is clearly the man, and the only player who matters. St. Louis, Shmaint Louis!
In the meantime, while we figure out what\’s up over the next almost-four months, you can see a few more details about the final table of the 2008 WSOP main event here.