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    Most of Sanders' memory of that tournament is concentrated on July 4. "It was exciting. At one time I was at the ESPN featured table with Phil Ivey on my right — who everyone considers the best poker player in the world — and the last year's winner (Phil Hellmuth, an 11-time bracelet winner) was on my left. There's a YouTube (video) of those hands. The hand that I went out on was featured on ESPN" he said. And if you were to follow the link tulsaworld.com/ youtubeSandersPoker , it would take you to the cable sports network's Day 7 coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Full Article at Tulsa World
    It was exciting. At one time I was at the ESPN featured table with Phil Ivey on my right — who everyone considers the best poker player in the world — and the last year's winner (Phil Hellmuth, an 11-time bracelet winner) was on my left. There's a YouTube (video) of those hands. The hand that I went out on was featured on ESPN
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
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Tulsan finds luck away from the poker table
  1. There (are) certain skills that a poker player will develop as far as being able to what they call put your opponent on a hand, meaning narrow down the possibilities of their two cards — their betting patterns, their physical tells ... The best players can do that. They'll know what you have or a range ...
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  2. Oh, it makes me sick of what could've been, but that's the same thing with 6,000 other people ... But I was happy to get where I got. I had a wonderful time, just a lifetime experience.
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  3. There is. You've seen everything if you've watched enough poker
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  4. Why poker is a game of skill is because you can win without the best hand ... If you're playing blackjack, you better beat the dealer. If you're playing roulette, your number better hit if you're going to win. In poker, if you can bluff your opponent off his hand, you're going to win.
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  5. If I had won that hand, I'd be dead now
    – Steve Sanders SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  6. There is luck involved in any given tournament, but time is what separates the pros
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  7. Playing poker? No way ... I have a St. Bernard and two bull mastiffs that I could not leave for two or three hours. I just mean, I couldn't go to a casino and play poker.
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  8. If you get on a run, anybody can win it, and that's what's so exciting about this
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago
  9. There's a lot of psychology involved
    SOURCE: Tulsa World 4 weeks ago

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