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Greatest Main Event Achievement Ever?

Sky_SamTSky_SamT Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 984
edited July 2014 in Poker Chat
Hi All,

Hoping you can help us settle an office debate.

We are debating what the greatest main event achievement ever is. We have 3 of us with 3 different opinions (of course you may think somebody else deserves this accolade).

The answer could be based around prestige, monetary value or against the odds. We have:

1) Dan Harrington 3/839 in 2003 and 4/2576 in 2004
2) Greg Raymer 1/2576 in 2004 and 25/5619 in 2005
3) Mark Newhouse 9/6352 in 2013 and at worst 9/6683 in 2014

Please vote below and if you want let us know why you have chosen what you have.


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  • jimb0d1jimb0d1 Member Posts: 660
    edited July 2014
    Newhouse because of the size of the fields!
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  • MAXALLYMAXALLY Member Posts: 17,640
    edited July 2014



    Maxally R/U in Primo, 2011
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  • F_IvanovicF_Ivanovic Member Posts: 2,412
    edited July 2014
    Tricky decision. If Newhouse can get a top 6 finish then I'd say Newhouse. Dan Harrington may have had smaller fields but he finished 3rd and 4th respectively. If Raymer made the last 18 in the 2nd one then I think it would be him definitely, but again finishing 25th is not that big of an achievment.
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  • GaryQQQGaryQQQ Member Posts: 6,804
    edited July 2014
    Newhouse. Bigger fields, much tougher fields.

    As I undertsand it the the number of hold'em wizards playing in this tournament has increased exponentially over the last 9 years.
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  • scotty77scotty77 Member Posts: 4,970
    edited July 2014
    Yeah certainly Newhouse.

    To be so focussed for 7 days too is incredible in itself.
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  • Sky_SamTSky_SamT Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 984
    edited July 2014
    I think the votes speak for themself.

    Seem this office debate has been settled in the expected manner.
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  • MattBatesMattBates Member Posts: 4,118
    edited July 2014
    Surely the greatest main event achievement was Jerry Yang winning?
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    edited July 2014
    Jamie Gold?
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  • FCHDFCHD Member Posts: 3,178
    edited July 2014
    Johnny Chan winning two years running?
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  • DootyCallsDootyCalls Member Posts: 3
    edited July 2014
    Got to be Dan Harrington for me. Anyone who ever read his books would realise he was possibly the only man in poker tighter than Tikay. To make one final table with that style is impressive - two almost impossible.

    Good old Action Dan...
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  • imallin24imallin24 Member Posts: 77
    edited July 2014
    Johnny chang winning main event 2 years running 
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  • tomgooduntomgoodun Member Posts: 3,757
    edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Greatest Main Event Achievement Ever?:
    Maxally R/U in Primo, 2011
    Posted by MAXALLY
    lol..or even tomgoodun making day 2  of main event after qualifying via freeroll (on another site) and bein busto at same time as above mentioned Greg Raymer in 2010 out with AK allin pre v qq... board runs out A.K.4.10.J....a brag and unlucky story all in one.. :)
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  • rancidrancid Member Posts: 5,947
    edited July 2014
    Jonny moss
    Doyle brunson
    stu ungar
    jonny chan






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  • GCDFGCDF Member Posts: 74
    edited July 2014
    Since they changed the starting stack from 10k to 30k, it become a much tougher field, gone are the days of a recreational player winning again. 

    Newhouse for me.
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  • j3onoj3ono Member Posts: 2,073
    edited July 2014
    Got to be Harrington everyone seems to forget he won the Main Event in 1995, he's also 1 of only 5 players to win both the main and a World Poker Tour Title ;')

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  • yoyoyoyo Member Posts: 642
    edited July 2014
    surprised there's not more love for raymer, the 2nd run was played with a big target on his chest,

    tbf all 3 are mega impressive,

    hey, i busted 3 day 1's 3 years str8, wanna start a new poll anyone?
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  • alex1229alex1229 Member Posts: 680
    edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Greatest Main Event Achievement Ever?:
    Surely the greatest main event achievement was Jerry Yang winning?
    Posted by MattBates
    this +1

    Jerry Yang is a absoloute hero.


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  • scrumdownscrumdown Member Posts: 1,609
    edited July 2014
    has to be chris moneymaker the guy started poker boom
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