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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 2126658, member: 23910"] FWIW I don't believe Jerry Yang ever pretended to be anything other than a lucky amateur - in fact he steered well clear of shows like High Stakes Poker after his win (unlike Jamie Gold, or other Main Event run-gooders like Dennis Philips). IIRC he ended up bankrupt as a result of stuff outside of poker. I doubt a lot would have changed over the past four years if a big-name pro had have won instead of Gold or Yang. The US Government still would've gone on its crusade against online poker, and that's been far and away the biggest event in the poker economy during that time. Other than the fad of poker being a "cool" thing to do wearing off, which again was going to happen anyway regardless of whether a Gold or a Yang or an Ivey won the main event. [/QUOTE]