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Johnny Chan, Jennifer Tilly, Arnold Thimons, Mike Matusow, Phil Laak, Daniel Negreanu. March 30: (International III) Brad Booth, Allen Cunningham, David Benyamine, John Juanda, John Phan, Ivan Demidov April 6: REPEAT (Speak your mind) Todd Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Gordon, Gabe Kaplan, Cory Zeidman, David Grey April 13: REPEAT (Brilliant Minds). Poker player Arnold Thimons won his slot onto the show's Dream Table III through a freeroll event, earning the right to pick the poker players that he wants to compete against for the $120,000 winner-take-all cash prize.
On March 23rd, 2009, Arnold Thimons will try to accomplish what no online poker qualifier has ever accomplished before-actually last long on and win the Dream Table on Poker After Dark. Beginning tonight, the widely known poker show of NBC will start broadcasting its third installment of the 'Dream Table' where it deviates a little from its usual six-handed tournament structure of big-name poker pros by placing one online poker qualifiers and allowing the player to pick his opponents.
This season, the forty four year old Pennsylvania native overcame the odds to win a spot at the prestigious late-night poker table. Arnold Thimons picked two-time main event champion Johnny Chan and four-time world series of poker bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, together with poker pros Mike Matusow, Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak as the players he wanted to face in the event. The champion will take home $120,000. NBC placed two online poker qualifiers into Poker After Dark in the previous seasons of the PAD, but neither online qualifier was able to win against the six-handed poker tournament.
All of the big 5 poker names Thimons picked are regulars on Poker After Dark, although a number of the players will likely be eager to earn another win onto their tournament record. Mike Matusow has a record of one-ten on Poker After Dark, while Daniel Negreanu (one-six) and Phil Laak (one-four) have not won a PAD title since the first season of the show.
04/06/2009, Monday
Todd Sanders
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I've been watching Poker After Dark this week. Some guy named Arnold Thimons on Full Tilt won the right to play a table full of the pros of his choice on the show.
It's easy in such circumstances to play armchair quarterback, and I think there were lots of choices I would have made differently in Thimons' shoes. But the heck with that. Instead, I'll chime in on who I would have chosen, had I been asked. Not that anyone cares, of course, but why not?Arnold Thimons Poker Games
Most of these folks are instructors at one or more of the boot camps I've attended.
In no particular order:
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Kenna James. He was the pro at my table of the SnG at the champion's camp. With 3 aces on the board, I bluffed him off his pocket kings by making what looked like a value bet on the river after checking the two-ace flop and the ace turn. It's still the most amazing lay-down I've ever seen from anyone involved in a hand with me.
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Mike Sexton. While he was dealing a lab for us, I made 3 bluff bets at a board I had missed, hoping to impress him with my ability to 'fire that third bullet.' But in fact, my opponent in the pot had flopped a set and was 'walking the dog,' as they say. It'd be nice to be able to show him something better than he saw from me at the camp.Clonie Gowen. Of all the things I learned at the boot camp, Clonie's SnG strategy has been the single most valuable thing. The opportunity to effectively play a 6 handed SnG with her would be outstanding.
Crispin Leyser. He's been at all the camps I've been at, and I've had a private session with him.