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May 29 2007, 06:50 PM
This week's Podcast features interviews with Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little and Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll.
The Mirage Poker Showdown Main Event saw 309 tournament players enter Day 1 with hopes of capturing a 1st Place prize of over $1 Million. When the action got down to the final table, three PocketFivers were still in, including online poker legend Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken. Big name live pro Phil Ivey was busted in 4th Place, and it then became apparent the Top 3 finishers in this WPT event would all be PocketFives.com members.
Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little was able to capture the 1st Place prize of $1,066,000 and some change, while Cory "UGOTPZD" Carroll collected 2nd Place winnings of around $562,000. Our interviews with these two tournament players will focus on their success, both online and live. Jonathan is currently playing online cash games of $3/$6 and $5/$10 NL Holdem, while Cory has already made two final tables in the prestigious PokerStars Sunday Million tournament, placing 2nd and 3rd.
What do these two top-notch players have to say about some of the bigger name live pros? Do they respect each other's games? Could many PocketFivers be correct when they say the level of play from online players has far surpassed that of the live players? Listen to this week's PocketFives.com Podcast to find out.