2008 World Series of Poker Final Table Poker Player Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips was the most talked about person in all of poker for several months after he held the chiplead when the World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set. Not only did Dennis Phillips make the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, but he possessed the chiplead with 26,295,000 chips. Dennis Phillips nearest challenger was Ivan Demidov who began the day with about 2 million less chips then him. There was a large gap between them and the rest of the final table players. Known as the November Nine was the World Series of Poker final table players who clinched their seat to the live on television final table by outlasting nearly 7,000 poker players in the multi-day WSOP Main Event tournament in July. The November Nine came back to Vegas in November 2008 to play out the final table and give each player a shot at $9 Million and poker inmortality by being the 2008 World Series of Poker Champion.
Dennis Phillips had several up and down moments during the final table and eventually finished in 3rd place. His solid play changed a bit during the final table as he began making more bluffs against the powerful hands of his opponents. These untimely moves eventually led to his demise in third place.
Dennis Phillips is an account manager for Broadway Truck Centers in St. Louis, Missouri. Being loyal to his friends in St. Louis, Dennis Phillips turned away several endorsement deals by online poker rooms to wear their hats and logos in order to continue wearing the Broadway Truck Center shirts and St. Louis Cardinals hat he had been wearing. Dennis Phillips turned away an offer by Full Tilt Poker to wear the Full Tilt hat backwards opting to stick with the hat of his hometown favorite baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals. Unlike many players who are required to wear logos of the online poker room where they won their seat playing in an online poker satellite tournament, Dennis Phillips does not have to because he won his seat in a $200 satellite at the Harrah's casino near his hometown of St. Louis.
Playing poker for 4 years as an active hobby, Dennis Phillips has an impressive track record of cashing in local tournaments in the St. Louis area. At nearby Tunica, Mississippi Dennis Phillips has two 2007 World Series of Poker circuit events cashes in no limit holdem tournaments, a 9th place finish for $2,386 and a 7th place finish for $2,192. Test your online poker skills with a game of texas holdem and online bingo at our online casino, we also have dozens of casino games on offer.
Winning the bracelet at the World Series of Poker main event is an accomplishment of epic proportions and a dream held by nearly every person who has ever played poker seriously. Chipleader Dennis Phillips was in a prime position to capture the bracelet this year and odds makers had Dennis Phillips priced at 4 to 1 to win the WSOP Main Event. After playing phenemonal poker for all of the days of the main event and outlasting every major poker pro in the world, Dennis Phillips took a commanding chip lead and continued to apply pressure on the shorter stacks as they winded down towards the final table. The 2008 WSOP final table was the most anticipated final table in the history of poker and the history of the World Series of Poker. We here at dennisphillips.org wish the best of luck to Dennis Phillips in his quest to accomplish an incredible poker achievement.
Dennis Phillips Photos from AP Photo by Isaac Brekken