The luckiest run in WSOP main event history
Consensus seems to be Jamie Gold in 2006. He was basically the cheap leader from day 4 onward and had a run of cards that defied probability.
Do people agree with this?
Darvin Moon
although Cada that same year got it in with an underpair 3 times on the FT and hits sets to save his life
Darvin Moon
although Cada that same year got it in with an underpair 3 times on the FT and hits sets to save his life
Was Moon the chip leader for a while before the final table?
I thought Cada was a luckbox but he has done very well since, returning to the Main Event FT in 2018. Incredible achievement.
Was Moon the chip leader for a while before the final table?
I thought Cada was a luckbox but he has done very well since, returning to the Main Event FT in 2018. Incredible achievement.
Moon was chip leader for days. Apparently everyone around the room was talking about him
Jerry Yang another one.
Hard to quantify but probably Darvin Moon yea. The man's play is one of those that should be essentially drawing dead to even cash the ME given the structure and just how -EV he probably is but he goes on to take 2nd place lol
The legend that is John Hesp in 2017
Jamie constantly talked his opponents into making the wrong decision. Hes probably the biggest idiot to ever win the ME but the only really lucky thing that happened to him was getting Johnny Chan to coach him.
Lexy Gavin Mather almost cashed
Luckboxes pick up chips all the fricking time. It is a feature of the game. Why hasn't anyone mentioned Hal Fowler yet?
Greg Merson's comeback from 2bb on, what, day 3? 4?, to win the bracelet in 2012 was phenomenally lucky; and he is an excellent player.
George Holmes still only having two Hendon cashes is pretty baller. And didn't he come back from the dead a couple times in that run?
I think its that time Carlos Mortenson won.
Yeah and people don't realize how hot Jamie ran in the first 3 days as they only see the televised portions that were at the end.
Has to be the hottest 7 day run of cards anyone has ever had.
I remember a dealer telling me they dealt his table day 2 and he had AA vs KK twice for stacks just in his down.
What about Aaron Kanter back in 2005?
I remember him running crazy on the episodes.
Surprised no one mentionned Jerry Yang yet
Yeah and people don't realize how hot Jamie ran in the first 3 days as they only see the televised portions that were at the end.
Has to be the hottest 7 day run of cards anyone has ever had.
I remember a dealer telling me they dealt his table day 2 and he had AA vs KK twice for stacks just in his down.
To be fair he probably hasn't had a winning session since then.
Hal Fowler in 1979 needs to be mentioned. He just couldn't lose. First amateur winning the WSOP. At least he dared to play back against all the legends.
My guess is that given normal field sizes now Jamie Gold has chances around 13000-1 to win the main. Someone like Darvin Moon,a great man may he rest in peace was probably more like 30000-1.
But Carlos cracking Dewey Tomkos aces heads up in that spot given how much it meant to Dewey and when and where it was was probably more like 1000000-1. Destiny was defied.
Also dont forget Dennis Phillips
The real answer is all of the main event winners of the last 20 years.
Otherwise, I'd go with Jerry Yang as everytime I've rewatched the 2007 ME (he wasn't on a ton of coverage leading up to the final few tables) his skill level looks worse and worse. He looked as good as a mediocre aggro 1-3 player.
Gold at least had a characteristic which appeared to fool a lot of people.
Didn’t Jerry Yang have the lawd on his side?
I’m going with Jamie Gold.
Filippo Candio
