While doing some research on your final 14 I came across a forum called St. Louis Today in which Dennis Phillips\’ citymates are rooting him on.
Here\’s what poster Tim McKernan had to say about the 53-year-old commercial account manager:
I\’m pulling for him big time.
I played against him once…two weeks ago at Harrah\’s. I had no idea who he was…as I rarely play \”live\” games in St. Louis. But, when I sat down, he was in seat 1, and I was in seat 9.
One of my friends came over and said, \”Beware of that guy. He\’s one of the best players out here.\”
He got short-stacked early on some bad beat from some nitwit player…and I was able to take him out when I was fortunate enough to have a full house.
I noticed everybody took a sigh of relief when he went out.
Now I understand why.
It turns out he had won back to back tournaments out at Harrah\’s.
You can\’t do that on \”luck.\”
