WSOP Oddities

In addition to the 300 person strong entourage that followed Dennis Phillips to the WSOP Main Event this year, there was another element that helped root Dennis along to his third place finish – a truck horn. You read right, some of his friends and family somehow managed to get a complete, working truck horn powered by a battery into the event. Surprisingly, the WSOP officials let it slide and despite the repeated use of the device, never shut down the honky tonk operation.

Unfortunately for Dennis, it didn’t help him much when he made an ill-timed buff holding only ten high against the flopped set of threes held by ultimate winner Peter Eastgate. No miracle runner-runner cards came for Phillips and he was sent home packing.

There was also a strange chant that the Danish contingent would fall into anytime Eastgate won a hand. Apparently an effort to emulate the popular “Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oy! Oy! Oy!” chant from Joe Hachem and his crowd a few years, the Danish effort didn’t quite have the same endearing affect, sounding more like ducks being run over by a truck.

Regardless, it didn’t seem that Peter needed much help as he plowed through the last two players to take home his massive nine million dollar payday.